Bib shorts? suggestions?
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby aive » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:02 pm
Looking forward to some real shorts of my own!
I'm 184 cm, 82 kg and ended up ordering a L - I hope it's not too large
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby trailgumby » Sun Apr 24, 2016 6:20 pm
While my first two sets were received free of charge for the review, I've since bought extra pairs so that I'm not washing them every day. They come in a range of colours.
Here is what I thought of them:
https://www.bicycles.net.au/2015/03/wig ... ks-review/
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby rifraf » Fri Apr 29, 2016 2:33 pm
Decided to put your recommendation to the test and ordered my first bib short todaym@ wrote:For longer rides, I'd suggest checking out RedWhite.
Went with "The Bibs"
Do you remember how long from go to woah as far as the order/delivery took?
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby nickobec » Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:18 pm
aive wrote:I'm 184 cm, 82 kg and ended up ordering a L - I hope it's not too large
Depends on the size of your thighs
I am 183cm, 82kg +/- 2kg over past few years
1st pair I bought was L, little loose round my legs, good shorts, so I bought a few pairs of M, after a couple of years riding, M that survived the 30,000km of riding are tight round the legs, the L are now perfect fit.
So if the are too loose now, ride more and you will grow into them
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby m@ » Fri May 27, 2016 9:02 am
Wasn't long as I recall - a couple of weeks perhaps? Hopefully you have 'em by now.
It's worth following the instructions to soak in water overnight prior to first use - the chamois was pretty stiff before that!
rifraf wrote:Decided to put your recommendation to the test and ordered my first bib short todaym@ wrote:For longer rides, I'd suggest checking out RedWhite.
Went with "The Bibs"
Do you remember how long from go to woah as far as the order/delivery took?
Cheers
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby rifraf » Fri May 27, 2016 11:59 am
m@ wrote:Sorry, missed this until now...
Wasn't long as I recall - a couple of weeks perhaps? Hopefully you have 'em by now.
It's worth following the instructions to soak in water overnight prior to first use - the chamois was pretty stiff before that!
Mine got stuck at customs for a week for some reason but yeah I have them now.
You rode them wet for their first use?
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby fat and old » Fri May 27, 2016 1:24 pm
This is of course attributable to my "stout" body shape probably, but the 5's never had an issue.
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby foo on patrol » Sat May 28, 2016 1:09 pm
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby m@ » Mon May 30, 2016 2:14 pm
Haha, no - also need to leave time for them to dry outrifraf wrote:You rode them wet for their first use?
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby rifraf » Sat Jun 04, 2016 2:12 am
Thanks for the update.m@ wrote:Haha, no - also need to leave time for them to dry outrifraf wrote:You rode them wet for their first use?
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby aive » Sat Jun 04, 2016 4:28 pm
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby Top_Bhoy » Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:40 pm
What sort of budget are you thinking of?aive wrote:My ass still hurts on the DHB bubs after 5 hours of riding - might check out "the bibs" but they're fairly exxy. Any lower cost alternatives for long rides?
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby aive » Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:46 pm
My DHB's were ~$100 AUD.
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby Top_Bhoy » Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:04 am
'The Bibs' are $160 USD and that's around $215AUD; this gives plenty of choice.aive wrote:Guess my upper limit is "The Bibs". Wondering if the "fake" team bibs on Alibaba/eBay with the gel padding are any good? They're about 30 bucks.
My DHB's were ~$100 AUD.
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
Postby caneye » Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:42 pm
aive wrote:Guess my upper limit is "The Bibs". Wondering if the "fake" team bibs on Alibaba/eBay with the gel padding are any good? They're about 30 bucks.
My DHB's were ~$100 AUD.
there are a couple of Castelli bib knicks in that price range, eg evoluzione and free aero.
the former is their base model (i think). nonetheless i find them to be super comfy.
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Re: Bib shorts? suggestions?
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