thinking of getting some proper lycra!

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  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    SLX01 wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    SLX01 wrote:
    Most kits comes all the way from China but it usually stops off at our local bike shop so they can add an extra few quid on the price tag.
    Ahh, now your wrong there. My Mavic jersey was made in Vietnam!
    :D
    The Vietnam factory probably outsourced to China, lol!!

    It's because China is getting too expensive to manufacture low cost items, so they are being outsourced to lower cost countries. Vietnam is one of the new breed of low cost countries - expect to see more goods coming from them in the future.
    Simon
  • carrock
    carrock Posts: 1,103
    Secteur wrote:
    Thebigbee wrote:
    Personally I'd feel a bit gay just wearing them - it's like a leotard isn't it?


    sigh... :roll:

    Yes. but can double up as a costume if you ever need to enter a freddie mercury lookalike competition...... :shock:
  • deffler
    deffler Posts: 829
    SLX01 wrote:
    I have a pair of bib shorts with matching top in PINK I guess I really must look 'gay'!!? :o

    me to mate, ive got a planet x short sleeved & long sleeved in pink. also got some pink bibs 8)
    Boardman Hybrid Pro

    Planet X XLS
  • samartin26
    samartin26 Posts: 26
    springtide9 wrote:
    SLX01 wrote:
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    SLX01 wrote:
    Most kits comes all the way from China but it usually stops off at our local bike shop so they can add an extra few quid on the price tag.
    Ahh, now your wrong there. My Mavic jersey was made in Vietnam!
    :D
    The Vietnam factory probably outsourced to China, lol!!

    It's because China is getting too expensive to manufacture low cost items, so they are being outsourced to lower cost countries. Vietnam is one of the new breed of low cost countries - expect to see more goods coming from them in the future.

    I imagine that Mavic is using a manufacturer in Vietnam, due its colonial links with France. I know of a few French brands having their products made in Tunisia and Mauritius, so Vietnam would make sense from a historical and economic sense
  • coombsfh
    coombsfh Posts: 186
    Initially I cycled in rugby shorts and a helly hansen. I now have some black pearl izumi bibs (L) and a jersey made by a company called lusso as i find it hard to get jerseys that fit a rugby shape. Have to put up with tight shoulders and baggy middle and find a helly hansen marginally more comfy but dislike the lack of pouches.

    I couldn't care less what I look like on a bike as I am there to sweat and get fit, not look pretty at coffee stops.

    PS sizing can (as mentioned previously) vary wildly...try stuff on a lot.
  • springtide9
    springtide9 Posts: 1,731
    samartin26 wrote:
    I imagine that Mavic is using a manufacturer in Vietnam, due its colonial links with France. I know of a few French brands having their products made in Tunisia and Mauritius, so Vietnam would make sense from a historical and economic sense
    We are currently migrating a lot of our manufacturing as well as design work to Vietnam, due to the rapidly rising wages in China.
    Our company no longer recognises China as a 'low cost centre' any more.. Parts of South America are also now hot places for investment. China is still cheaper than the UK, but the 'savings factor' is not like it was 10 years ago.
    Simon

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