@ReductiMat - for some reason the picture of that helmet was not showing up on my phone. Now that I see it on computer that's crazy! How's your head??
@Bull_Dozer - fortunately so far my wrists have been holding up okay. (Knocks on wood).
I tried on the Dainese 4 stroke Evo motorcycle gloves and they are just too much glove for mountain biking. Also, even with all their protection, the pinkie finger was still not super well protected. I was also between the large and XL so the fit was poor.
Next up I want to see if I can find anyone who carries Alpinestars Motorcycle gloves. Both the Celer (https://www.alpinestars.com/celer-glove) and GPX (https://www.alpinestars.com/gpx-glove) gloves look promising and have a leather bridge between the 3 and 4th fingers. The are both still pricey but way more reasonable than the Dainese glove I was looking at and the Celer at least also looks less bulky.