He also wears light blue jeans, blue fingerless gloves and red boots. Fingerless gloves are useful where dexterity is required that gloves would restrict. He also sports fingerless blue gloves and blue footpads that expose his heels and toes. His robe is metallic and cylindrical and his hands are adorned with fingerless golden gauntlets. Although not worn for protection, some types of fingerless mitts are allowed to aid grip. Cycling gloves for road racing or touring are usually fingerless. Professional MMA fighters are required to wear fingerless gloves in fights. Cigarette smokers and church organists often use fingerless gloves. Throughout his life, Pio had hidden his wounds by wearing fingerless gloves. Often these have included incongruous references to fingerless gloves. Eventually a type of fingerless glove is named for him.