Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £29.28 – Save 35% (RRP: £45)

Take a look now to discover what makes Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

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• Brand – Castelli
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Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Gloves. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Gloves. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Gloves. Brands like Castelli are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Gloves category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Gloves.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £29.28 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Gloves

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Gloves.

We found 295 in the Gloves category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £30.85, making it below average at £29.28.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Gloves. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £110.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £10.00.

With 295 products available we worked out that 124 cost more than Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves and 170 were cheaper.

Cost of Castelli products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 371 products from Castelli, of which 27 were in the Gloves category.

For now though we’re looking at Castelli branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £74.52 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Castelli product we found was £6.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £340.00.

Of the 371 from Castelli, 283 were more expensive than Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves and 87 were cheaper.

How much are Castelli Gloves?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Castelli products that are listed in the Gloves category.

The average price of the 27 products that match this search was £38.36, with the cheapest coming in at £15.40 and highest price was £110.00. With the average being £38.36, Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves comes in below average.

15 products that meet this search were more expensive than Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves and 11 were cheaper.

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Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Gloves category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 3.7 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves or another similar product, like Castelli Icon Race Gloves reviews or Castelli Women’s Rosso Corsa Free Gloves reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Gloves.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Gloves. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Castelli, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.2/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25854843201
• Product ID 2: 780287UK
• Brand: Castelli
• Model number: CS200330701
• RRP: £45
• EAN: 8050949071212
• Description: Castelli Arenberg Gel GlovesTough trails, wheel crushing cobbles and gravel roads can all be tackled with confidence and in comfort with Castelli’s Arenberg Gel Gloves.Castelli produced their short-finger Arenberg Gel Gloves to tackle the brutal cobbles of Paris Roubaix and they apply that heritage and shock-absorbing performance to these long-fingered Arenberg Gel Gloves. The gel padding to the palm does the job of soaking up the bumps as you speed along the roughest of roads. Silicone print gives precise control of braking and gear changing and sure-handed grip of the bars as you bounce over rough terrain. A MicroMesh back keeps weight to a minimum and keeps your hands free of sweatCastelli Damping SystemAs cyclists, we can occasionally suffer numbness and discomfort in the hands, simply from prolonged periods of gripping the bars. The Castelli Damping System seeks to address this issue by carefully positioning a combination of cushioning foams and protection in key zones across the palm, providing damping from road vibration and increasing control and comfort.Features:Materials: 93% Polyester, 7% ElastaneGel padding and silicone grip add comfort and controlCastelli Damping System (CDS) protects median nerveAdjustable wrist closureMicroMesh backMicrosuede nose wipe on thumbSuggested Temperature range: 12 to 27 degrees CBuy Castelli Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Clothing > Gloves
• Savings percentage from RRP: 35%
• Size: XS
• Male
• 15.72
• Adult

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Other options for Gloves

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Gloves. 295 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Castelli Arenberg Gel Gloves included,
Castelli Women’s Roubaix Gel 2 Gloves reviews, Castelli Team Sky 2017 Kids Fan Gloves reviews, or we really liked the look of Castelli Unlimited Long Finger Gloves reviews as another alternative.