The Knox Zero winter riding glove has just been voted Best Buy in the best selling UK Sports Bike magazine, Fast Bikes.

The Zero includes 3 patents – The Boa Closure System, OutDry technology and the Knox Scaphoid Protection System

This award is hot on the heels of another win at the end of 2011 when the the Handroid was voted Best Innovation of the Year.

How many people thrive on riding a motorcycle over 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours? How about in less than 17 hours? Not many, but there are a few and there’s a club called the Iron Butt Association that pushes these road warriors to set lofty goals and then go for it!

Boa Product Design Engineer Eric Irwin set out this weekend to prove his case for inclusion in this coveted club and he rocked Boa all the way. Here’s his summary of the weekend’s adventure.

We started from Denver’s C470 and Santa Fe at 5:00am and returned back there at 9:15pm. In that time we went to Trinidad, CO; followed by Idaho Springs, CO; through the amazing Glenwood Canyon to Mesa, CO; back through Denver and out to Brush, CO at sunset; and finally back to our start.

Boa's Eric Irwin with his game face on during the 1008 mile ride around the block. begins!

We stopped about every 2 hours for 15 minutes or so. Every other stop was for fuel, just about every stop included a bathroom break for some reason. We snacked on PB&J’s and granola bars and drank water during each stop.

The odometer showed a total 1008 miles, start to finish. This particular route has already been verified by the Iron Butt Association. At the finish, we had to show our ride log, where we had recorded information at all the mandatory stops as well as gas receipts for each of those stops.

I had one brain malfunction and forgot to latch my saddlebag lid, which sent us back in Glenwood Canyon to find it along the side of the road. Luckily it landed on the side of the road, so it did not get run over. Some tweaking with a pair of pliers got the aluminum back into form enough to put back on the bike. That cost us about 30 minutes, otherwise we would have broken the 16 hour mark. Apparently, that is somewhat of an accomplishment.

Here is a link: http://www.mctourer.com/rides/2011/Regional_SS1K/Denver.html

I wore my Boa AXO Striker boots and Knox Handroid or Zero gloves for the entire ride. We had great weather with hi temps around 80 and low’s around 50 and only a few minutes of light rain on the return trip through Glenwood Canyon.

Boa was bruised, battered but not beaten!

The crew at Knox just forwarded over this customer email.

We can read product reviews all day long about motorcycle technology, but only a letter like this truly illustrates the strength, quality and durability of the Boa Closure System on moto gloves when put to the ultimate test…a real world crash. The Boa Closure System on the Knox Handroids stayed tight and secure during the entire slide and kept the gloves on his hands. What more can you say? Glad you are doing OK Brandon!

Let me start off by saying you guys rock. About a year and a half ago I bought myself a pair of Knox Handroids because I kept hearing good things about them. I picked up a pair and loved riding in them. They felt great, looked great, and I hoped they would protect me as well as they looked. Last week they got put to the test. I went down going around a turn at about 105mph. I low sided because of some gravel, slid across the road, across the gravel, and flew into a ditch which then turned into a corn field. And my hands came out perfectly! Without even a scratch, bruise, burn etc. I did mess up my left knee, my back and my left thigh sense they weren’t covered by something that Knox makes!

Way to make one damn amazing product. Enclosed are some pictures of the damage to the gloves.
I’m also curious if you guys do some sort of refurbish if I were to send you the gloves?

Thanks again,
Brandon Smith
Minnesota, U.S.A.

Congrats to the crew over at Knox for taking home the Bikechatter 2010 Clothing Innovation of the Year award for the Knox Handroid with Boa. Read more about the award HERE.

“Hell For Leather Magazine” the name says it all! Another rave review of the Knox Handroid moto glove featuring the Boa Lacing System.

Originally published on HellForLeathermagazine.com
When we first saw images of the Knox Handroid, we realized they represented a tangible advance in motorcycle glove technology. The problem was, we had no details and only two images. Now that we have multiple images, full details and even videos of the entire Knox Hand Armor range we understand Knox is making major improvements over other glove makers in three main areas: fit, impact amelioration and scaphoid protection.

All four pairs of gloves share the Boa Lacing System. It consists of two aircraft-grade steel cables that connect to large sliders on both sides of the glove. Twisting the dial tightens the cable and glove evenly, ensuring a perfect fit. On the underside of the glove an elastic band connects the sliders, ensuring that when you tighten them, it’s an even fit all around. Of course, fit is important not just for comfort, but for safety too. Reports from people that have tried these gloves on at Britain’s NEC bike show indicate that this system should make it near-impossible for the gloves to come off in a crash, easily outdoing the velcro cuffs of any previous gloves.

Despite our initial guess that the flexible spines on the Handroid’s fingers were there to prevent hyperextension, it looks like they’re actually there just for impact and abrasion protection, with the articulation built in to allow for freedom of movement. All the Hand Armor gloves feature honeycomb gel impact protection on the back of the hand and the knuckles.
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Knox will unveil its innovative Hand Armour to British riders at this year’s NEC Bike Show. Featuring a host of patented innovations, including exoskeleton protection, SPS and the exclusive Boa Lacing System, Knox Hand Armour looks radically different to existing motorcycle gloves and this British technology is set to take glove design to the next level for the future.

The Knox Handroid

Team Axo rider Julian Simon celebrates his 125cc MotoGP World Championship victory in Australia. He was wearing the Axo Lancer boots.

Enjoy the pictures HERE

Julian Simon (middle) leads the MotoGP 125cc class for 2009

Using pure speed and exceptional body control on his motorcycle, Julian Simon of Team Bancaja Aspar is currently leading the 125cc class of the MotoGp, the world’s premier motorcycling championship, with a season of 18 Grands Prix in 14 countries. In his own words below, Julian describes how the Boa Lacing System stands out as his go to technology on the AXO Lancer moto boots.

“The great thing about Boa is that I can adjust the boot as I wish through micrometric increments. This system is for sure better than traditional closure systems such as zips. From a performance standpoint, it is more practical than other boots with internal bootie and laces. The system never loosens during the entire race.” – Julian Simon of Team Bancaja Aspar

Julian Simon hugs the turn wearing the Boa Lacing System