Hand numbness is the cycling problem that sneaks up on you — everything feels fine for the first hour, then your fingers start tingling around mile forty, and the pins-and-needles can hang around long after you're off the bike. Giro's Supernatural Glove attacks that specific problem with EIT Palm technology, making it the first glove with EIT Palm tech available in the U.S. Instead of stitching foam pads onto a fabric palm, the Supernatural uses a molded, one-piece palm engineered around where your hand actually needs support.

Giro co-developed the Supernatural with Elastic Interface and the University of Padua Department of Biomedical Sciences, using pressure sensors during development to determine the best locations for specific padding. That's a chamois-for-your-hands approach — pad placement backed by data rather than eyeballed by a designer. The inserts are 3D molded into a seamless, one piece palm and positioned to improve blood flow and reduce pressure on the ulnar nerve, and since the palm is elastic, it stretches and moves with your hand, conforming to your grip on the bars or hoods.

The key is a molded, three-dimensional palm made from a single piece of stretchable, multi-density foam to match the anatomical contours of your hand, and the seamless design allows for a smooth channel between padded areas to help protect arterial circulation, improve blood flow, and reduce common discomforts. If you've bounced between padded gloves that either felt too spongy or left your hands numb anyway, this is a different approach worth trying.