They fit very close to the hand, kind of like gloves used for cycling or other sports where extremely good feel is important. There is leather on the palm and some rubbery protective pieces on the back of the hand, but the crash protection these gloves would provide is minimal. They look sharp, have some armor and are mostly black. About the only features missing that you find in the race boots are the toe sliders and calf sliders. The armor on the shin and around the heel is constructed of a very substantial molded plastic material.
Closure is on the outside with a velcro-close buckle at the instep and a large flap up top.
This allows for some pretty good calf size adjustment. The specs on the boot really don't say, but by my observation, it also has a rigid shank. Our Prexport distributor offered us their entire inventory of this model at a really good price, so these boots will be a one-time offering since there is no more inventory available . If anything they run a bit on the small side, so if you are between sizes, then go up to the next even size rather than down. The GP Tech was last year's best road racing boot from Alpinestars.