Castelli v Assos

nicensleazy
nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
edited May 2009 in The bottom bracket
Which one do you prefer to buy. Both are geat brands and are well made. Are you an Assos die hard......or would you be tempted to buy Castelli, I just bought one of their Prologo jerseys which are in an internet sale at the moment at £40. Not bad quality. :)

http://castelli-cycling.com/it/media/photos/

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  • crown_jewel
    crown_jewel Posts: 545
    I really like Assos bibs for long rides.
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    Crown Jewel wrote:
    I really like Assos bibs for long rides.


    I would agree, there are no finer shorts on the market !
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Assos Bibs are the tops (heh heh, see what I did there?)

    However I think the tops are starting to get a bit too Star Trek for my liking. (I tried on a gilet yesterday and it was like I was going to Canal Street in a camp homage to Darth Vader).

    I love castelli styling on all their kit. I have quite a few castelli bits. Very good quality and very nice on the eye...
  • Captain Fagor
    Captain Fagor Posts: 739
    NapoleonD wrote:
    However I think the tops are starting to get a bit too Star Trek for my liking. (I tried on a gilet yesterday and it was like I was going to Canal Street in a camp homage to Darth Vader)..

    I know what you mean. I call my blue element zero gilet my "Starlight Express" top!!
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Assos shorts Castelli jerseys (which is what I wore today)
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  • magliaceleste
    magliaceleste Posts: 748
    I have both shorts and find Castelli shorts more comfortable. I also prefer the Castelli jersey designs too.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    magliaceleste wrote:
    I have both shorts and find Castelli shorts more comfortable. I also prefer the Castelli jersey designs too.
    Heresy I know but I agree. I've got some of the mille s5 and a number of castelli bibs (including the freebibs), I prefer the less bulky pads in the castellis. For jersies it's castelli all the way.
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  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    if i knew what the Kiss+ extra padding seat pad or the AC seatpad lookd like/ what it is made of or if there was a test between assos pad and castelli pad, i might consider castelli. for now im staying with assos except for the waterproofs which are a mixture of goretex, endura & pro. i dont get the stevie wonder/ star trek connection with assos.
  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    I have used the AC pad.......its OK, but not in the league of Assos. However, the Castelli jerseys are very nice
  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    I wonder just what's supposed to be so wonderful about super-expensive shorts. I buy most of mine at the York CTC Rally (I got a pair of Polaris bib shorts for a fiver last year for example and they're great) and find them perfectly comfortable. Perhaps I'm blessed with a cast iron bum :)

    I've never had a problem on rides of up to 250 miles (400k) so I don't really see the point of paying an arm and a leg (or two? :)) . My rides are generally rather less than 100 miles these days but that's because of chronic shoulder pain rather than anything a better pair of shorts might help.

    I think it's mainly BS.

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Geoff you are perfectly entitled to your opinion. If I could cope with £5 bibshorts I'd be even more of a happy man!

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