Chop bibtights down to three quarters?
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keef66
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I have some DHB Roubaix bibtights which are splendid apart from the infuriatingly unreliable ankle zips, which are popping open with increasing frequency. (They were Ok for the first 2 years so I can't really complain to Wiggle) Would there be any point in having them chopped down to 3/4 length? Or at the times of year when 3/4's are worn, would it be too warm for a Roubaix fabric?
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Bad idea surely?
How would you fit the silicon grippers to keep the hems in place? It would be a loose fit not to mention loose threads around...Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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I'm sure a good seamstress could do this, good idea ..0
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Does a 3/4 length need a silicone gripper? I'd thought about using the grippers currently at the ankle and relocating them, but thought they'd be a bit too short (my calves are marginally fatter than my ankles)
Plus, any recommendations for Roubaix bibtights with functional zips or stirrups?0 -
I got some Campagnolo ones cheap on CRC. They have stirrups, which I now much prefer to zips.0
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Why not put your socks over the zips, it works for me.0
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Should work. Just don't take them so high that they slip up over the tops of the calf muscles and end up bunching up around your knees...
As far as the warmth goes, it depends on you really. Some people are OK with a bit of exposed skin on the legs even if it's very cold as long as they are otherwise warm and covered.0 -
Carbonator wrote:I got some Campagnolo ones cheap on CRC. They have stirrups, which I now much prefer to zips.
Planet X are flogging some end of line Campag clothing, bibtights included. What's the sizing like? Their chart only mentions waist size and based on that I'd be a small.0 -
keef66 wrote:
Planet X are flogging some end of line Campag clothing, bibtights included. What's the sizing like? Their chart only mentions waist size and based on that I'd be a small.
Definitely size up at least one.Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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goonz wrote:Definitely size up at least one.
The truth is that these brands size their clothes correctly, as opposed to some of the U.K. and American brands who have artificially sized up in recent years to match expanding waist lines and vanity... If you buy a pair of jeans or a t-shirt these days they are actually at least a size bigger than specified, and because people have got used to that they now expect sports clothes to be sized the same and say that you need to "size up" with the Italian brans etc, while the truth is that you need to "size down" with the U.K./U.S. ones.
I'm 5' 9" and take a small or medium in Campagnolo, as you would expect from my height, which is just slightly below average. In some of the U.S. brands the small size is actually too baggy, so genuinely small people must have a real problem, as while there are "XL", "XXL" sizes etc, there often aren't any "XS" ones.
Try measuring the actual waistline of a pair of jeans - these days they are always at least 2 inches more than the measurement actually printed on the label.0 -
neeb wrote:I really wish people would stop saying this about Italian brands / assos etc.
I dont say this about Assos as for me they come up true. Both Castelli and Campag however I would suggest sizing up.
I am 5'6 38 chest and 30 waist so not fat but athletic build. I bought a M in campag jersey heritage range thinking this would fit, its my tightest fitting jersey I have, L would have easily fitted correctly. You must be extremely slim to fit a S/M in campag. I have some Campag full fingered gloves in M which again are just about bearable but an L would have been perfect and I wear a M in my Spesh mitts.
I bought a Castelli l/s jersey off ebay thinking it was a M and when it arrived it was a L and it fit me perfectly. M would have been too small.
From MY experience (sorry should have added this in my first post) I would suggest sizing up.Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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goonz wrote:
I dont say this about Assos as for me they come up true. Both Castelli and Campag however I would suggest sizing up.
I am 5'6 38 chest and 30 waist so not fat but athletic build. I bought a M in campag jersey heritage range thinking this would fit, its my tightest fitting jersey I have, L would have easily fitted correctly. You must be extremely slim to fit a S/M in campag. I have some Campag full fingered gloves in M which again are just about bearable but an L would have been perfect and I wear a M in my Spesh mitts.
I bought a Castelli l/s jersey off ebay thinking it was a M and when it arrived it was a L and it fit me perfectly. M would have been too small.
From MY experience (sorry should have added this in my first post) I would suggest sizing up.
I find with the Campagnolo tops I am usually in-between small and medium, and mostly wear small because I like a tight fit. The only problem I have is that they are very slightly shorter than ideal, but I'd rather have that than bagginess. I do find I need a medium in the Campagnolo shorts however, and having just looked at the official Campagnolo sizing guide it is clear that their waist measurements are way off, so based on that at least, up-sizing in the shorts might be a good idea. But for me the shorts at least fit about the same as assos.
I guess we are all different shapes, irrespective of weight and measurements!0 -
Think we have totally confused the feck out of the OP who asked the question!Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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goonz wrote:Think we have totally confused the feck out of the OP who asked the question!
In partial reparation - that waist size guide on the Ribble website that the OP was looking at is certainly a complete joke.
I have a 30" waist but I wear a medium in Campagnolo bib shorts, which are supposedly for waist size 34" - 36"... :shock:0 -
OP just look at Campag's own sizing charts...Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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You're right, I'm now thoroughly bewildered.
I'm 5'6" and a 32" waist, 31" inside leg. The allegedly Campag sizing chart for the bibtights on Planet X suggests a small based only on waist size. Tempted to take a punt on the mediums though.0 -
Love my gore stuff, tights and shorts.0
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neeb wrote:I really wish people would stop saying this about Italian brands / assos etc.
+1
The sizing is almost always right, it's just people's perceptions of how big/small they are that's off.More problems but still living....0 -
How do you think 3/4 tights were invented?One minor innovation in cycling credited to Van Hooydonk are three quarter length bibshorts. After he had aggravated a knee problem during the 1989 Tour of Flanders, he had cycling shorts made that stretched below the knee, as an alternative to bandaging the knee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwig_Van_Hooydonck
I understood the story was related to his height and a lack of tights that fit him, but just cut them off.0 -
Just in case anyone was following this, I ordered the small size first, but they were almost impossible to get on. Ordered the mediums and sent the small back. Mediums a snug fit; shoulder straps feel a bit tight when standing but comfy on the bike. Quality garment. No zips to annoy me.
So in this particular case the advice to go up a size from the Camapag chart was sound.0