FIVE, the brand
Welcome to the world of FIVE, the glove specialist.
FIVE: Our name rings out loud and clear, since our mission is to protect hands (and the FIVE fingers that come with it…) during activities that require high-performance technical gloves, such as riding a two-wheeled vehicle, such as riding a two-wheeled vehicle (motorcycle, scooter, bicycle). For 20 years now, we’ve been helping riders enhance their enjoyment at the controls, while protecting their hands from injury in case of a fall, by equipping millions of motorcycle and cycling enthusiasts around the world. Gloves are an item designed for safety, but also for comfort.
Our commitment can be stated in three words:
Protection / Fit / Design.
PROTECTION
because your hands are essential. Imagine having to spend even a single day without using one of your hands due to an injury, even one that’s not serious. The smallest activity would be arduous, and the discomfort would be highly distressing. Protecting your hands is crucial.
We don’t always think about it, but as a reflex, we tend to put our hands out in front of us if we fall. They are, therefore, particularly exposed. Our goal is to reduce the risk of specific injuries related to riding by offering gloves that protect you from potential falls (as well as from rain, wind, cold, etc.).
FIT
Because gloves form the link between you and your two-wheeler. To truly savor piloting your two-wheeled vehicle, this connection should be seamless, allowing for perfect responsiveness each time you touch the controls, whether you’re accelerating, braking, or changing direction. Feeling every move at the controls (and, by extension, every movement of your motorcycle or bicycle) is essential. It’s even further proof of safety. And this should happen with a certain amount of comfort. Our desire is clearly to enhance the enjoyment you feel when riding by offering motorcycle and cycling gloves that are comfortable because they have a perfect fit.
DESIGN
because we consider a functional aesthetics to be especially important. In our view, the shape of each piece that makes up a glove stems from the role it plays in its use (protection, comfort, ventilation, abrasion resistance, etc.). This is why we design and craft each element independently, without using any standard pieces, so that a FIVE motorcycle or cycling glove is exclusive and distinctive. Our designs are often imitated but never equaled! So, you might as well choose the original, FIVE, THE motorcycle and cycling glove specialist.
We are motorcycle and cycling glove specialists.
Hands have the particular complexity of being extremely sensitive parts of the body (sensitive to cold, heat, and collisions), highly exposed in case of a fall, and replete with a number of small, fully articulated elements (bones, tendons, muscles, blood vessels). More than anything, it’s through our hands that we experience one of our five senses, the sense of touch.
In other words, the very least element of a glove that’s badly designed or wrongly placed is immediately uncomfortable. An ill-fitting glove, or one that’s not right for your body or type of riding, can considerably reduce the enjoyment of riding, or even ruin what promised to be a wonderful jaunt by motorcycle or bicycle, because you’ll be distracted by the discomfort rather than focusing on the beauty of the landscapes around you. Your glove should therefore perfectly mold to the shape of your hand when you’re gripping the handlebars and controls and should allow for each joint to move freely.
This is why our gloves are pre-formed and why we make sure that protective elements are perfectly placed, particularly those that foster joint mobility. As you know, you can’t design a pair of gloves in the same way that you design a piece of clothing. A glove is not just an extension of your jacket or jersey, contrary to what general consumer brands may think. In terms of the glove, the approach must be even more technical, due to the small size of the pieces to assemble, their large number, and the need for the hand’s freedom of movement, which are complex to obtain, yet are totally essential. Because by definition, layering fabric and protective elements can prove to be a hindrance to the mobility of the hands, if you don’t know what you’re doing.
This is why we’ve chosen to be THE Glove Specialist. Because we believe in the virtues of specialization and expertise. You can’t imagine how complex it can be to design an effective, high-performance glove. Designing an “esthetically appealing” glove, as many brands do, is relatively easy. Creating a glove that’s functional and simultaneously elegant, comfortable, and protective, in any size and for large-scale production, is a whole other challenge. It’s our vocation. We’re not any cleverer nor more intelligent than general equipment brands. We seek to offer gloves that are truly above average because that’s all we do. We devote all our efforts, hour by hour, day after day, with each passing month, and year after year, to just one product: gloves! And this is how we continue to develop our expertise and constantly improve the quality of our products.
A FIVE glove frequently offers just that much more.
Even beyond the notions of comfort and perfect fit, a FIVE glove often offers more than a competitor's glove, if you look at it in detail.
It’s not necessarily obvious when you purchase them, but this makes a huge difference when you wear and use them, in terms of comfort, the level of protection, and durability. When you compare the materials that make up FIVE gloves with the rest of what’s out there on the market, you’ll see that, compared to products that are “supposedly comparable” (in terms of price, for example), FIVE frequently offers so much more. From authentic, full-grain leather, when competitors are offering synthetic leather…to real Carbon, when others only offer basic plastic with a carbon look…to a Kevlar® lining, when other manufacturers offer no reinforced lining. And then, there’s the external stitching, which offers greater comfort but is harder to make, as opposed to standard seams, etc. Our motto: offering the best possible product at the best possible price.
The qualities of a FIVE glove can truly be appreciated once it’s worn, even more than in-shop.
Using the finest components and materials:
this is the FIVE hallmark.
We utilize optimal technology in our products, which leads us to select renowned technical partners, such as GORE-TEX (weatherproof membrane), PRIMALOFT®, Dupont de Nemours® (Kevlar®), Gütermann® (for durable threads that don’t cut into the skin), and D3O®, adopting their innovations for our most advanced products. For example, we were the first to use Nanofront®, an absorbent, non-slip material from Japan, on the palm of our high-end motocross glove, for peerless grip.
We’re not content to simply design our products – We make them in our own partner factories.
Our technicians and colleagues are on site to make sure that each glove that emerges from our production lines is consistent with the initial guidelines set forth by our R&D department in France and our technical lab in Italy, which has developed expertise in gloves over several generations and ensures that our patterns (and our gloves) are in perfect working order…from the smallest to the very largest sizes!
Our gloves are designed to cover the hand, but they are also “hand”-made, by expert workers and seamstresses. Making a glove requires a considerable number of manual steps, whether it’s making pieces of the protective elements, cutting, embellishing, assembling, or sewing the elements that compose it. These workers handle the fabrics and rigid pieces and assemble them using a “plain old” sewing machine, with almost unbelievable dexterity. One of the essential aspects of the comfort and proper fit of a motorcycle or cycling glove is the attention given to its assembly.
At FIVE, our precision standard in terms of the stitches assembling the fingers, for example, is twice as precise as standard practices in the industry. This lower tolerance for gaps in the alignment of stitches creates an extra constraint for our workers and requires them to be particularly attentive. Nevertheless, it is essential for a perfect fit, and this is one of the keys to FIVE’s expertise.
Producing in our partner factories allows us to maintain perfect control over our output, including in quality management.
It is precisely because our motorcycle and cycling gloves are assembled by human beings, and not by robots (which would be unable to copy the movements of a seamstress), that sometimes a slight gap is identified at the moment of assembly, which means that the stitching may loosen over time. This remains an exception and affects less than 1% of our total output (0.6%, to be exact), a level well below industry averages. We are proud of this low rate (zero errors simply does not exist) and take responsibility for it, to the advantage of our clients, with Premium product support through our international sales network, to provide total satisfaction to users of FIVE gloves.
The development of FIVE gloves is based on real feedback.
It’s in collaborating with top-level riders and athletes and listening to the needs of and feedback from thousands of users throughout the world that we can develop ever more comfortable and protective motorcycle and cycling gloves.
We test our gloves under the extreme conditions offered by top-level competition before we bring them to market. And the innovations we decide to use for racing benefit the amateur products in our range.
Our official motorcycle riders take part in MotoGP, Moto3, Superbike, Supersport, Endurance, Supermoto, Motocross, and Enduro world championships…and our cycling athletes compete in cross-country (XC) or downhill (DH) world championships. They wear FIVE gloves on racetracks and trails throughout the world and actively contribute to the evolution of our products.
And so, when Michele PIRRO took a spill at over 300 km/h at Mugello in 2018, and got up without a scratch on his hands, we were truly happy and proud to have provided his equipment. Unwittingly, he helped us study how our gloves perform in a real-life situation, well beyond any tests we carry out in a lab.
In the same way, when Peter HICKMAN won the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (the fastest and undoubtedly most dangerous road race in the world) – setting the average speed record at 219 km/h -, when Dominique AEGERTER became double Supersport World Champion in 2021 and 2022, when team YART became 2023 and 2025 Endurance World Champions, when Thomas CHAREYRE was crowned 8-time Supermoto World Champion, or Steve HOLCOMBE took home nine Enduro World Championship titles, and Tom Pidcock and Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT became, consecutively, World and Olympic Champions in cross-country off-road cycling in 2023 and 2024, all of them wearing FIVE gloves, we can’t help thinking that our products do, in fact, deliver the goods for the most demanding riders and athletes.
If riders are at the heart of our product development strategy, it's also out of passion. Because everyone at FIVE shares a love affair with motorcycle and bike sport. In fact, our teams include a number of ex-pilots and professional athletes, and we are fortunate to share a bond of friendship with many champions who have worn or are wearing our gloves. We're always proud to see our official riders brandishing their trophies and popping champagne on the podium, wearing FIVE gloves, a sign that they've fulfilled their role to the full during the race.
But, above all, we design and make our gloves for our clients. For you, who ride every day, or simply for pleasure. Thus, we always listen to you and want to have your feedback on our products, so we can learn from experience and ensure that future generations of our gloves include all these evolutions.
Thanks to all of you who choose to ride with FIVE gloves.