Specialized had a sale, and I grabbed the Men's SL Pro Short Finger Gloves for $20, and a pair of Supacaz Supa G Short Gloves for the same amount. Both are unpadded, intended for hot summer days where padding would add more discomfort than it would take away. You are not advised to use these gloves on rough surfaces like gravel rides or bad pavement where you needed extra padding.
I cannot feel any material differences between the fabric used for these gloves. What makes the SL Pro gloves superior is the pull tabs built into the gloves that let you pull the gloves off your hands without flipping the gloves inside out.
During this year's tours, I switched to these gloves after leaving Misurina, and had them on until after Landeck, where I had stupidly stowed them into Boen's feedbag and then forgot I had them there. I thought those gloves were lost and switched to the Specialized Grail padded gloves. To my surprise, the lack of padding didn't lead to any discomfort, and despite gravel or rough surfaces I never felt I wanted more padding. When I switched back to padded gloves I discovered that the padding didn't help me as much as I thought they did.
Give these a try on your next hot summer ride. I think you'll enjoy them.
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