Bib shorts

tonecoles

Apologies if this has been asked a million times before. 3 questions really.

1 does the padding come in different types for short.....medium...longer distance etc.

2 what attributes should I look for

3 what would you recommend up to £100

Thanks for your time and advice.

wongataa

You can get bib shorts with all sorts of different pads.

Steve236

tonecoles wrote:

Apologies if this has been asked a million times before. 3 questions really.

1 does the padding come in different types for short.....medium...longer distance etc.

2 what attributes should I look for

3 what would you recommend up to £100

Thanks for your time and advice.

It probably has been asked a million times before but if people stopped asking questions on this forum that had been asked before it would come to a grinding halt, so....

Assos, Castelli and DHB bib shorts seem to get recommended on here a lot. There are different types of pad and different manufacturers do different pads. Can't say I know what they're all for but Assos for example have an S5 and an S2 pad - seem to recall that the former might be thicker for longer distances and the latter more for shorter distances or racier efforts. I got a pair of Assos with the S2 pad for less than £100 and find them very comfortable on short and long rides (admittedly never done more than 60 miles though).

trek_dan

Castelli Aero best for me and my saddle setup, you and yours might be totally different. Bit of trial and error I'm afraid.

derosa

Under £100? - http://www.prendas.co.uk/details.asp?ID=3175

Rod11

Highly recommend these - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/craft-elite-bike-bib-short/
Best pair of shorts I've got (also have some from Sportful and Altura)

daniel_b

Jack93 wrote:

Highly recommend these - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/craft-elite-bike-bib-short/
Best pair of shorts I've got (also have some from Sportful and Altura)

I managed to bag a couple of pairs of these for £32 each, and very nice they are too.
My money for sub £100 would be on Mavic, Santini or Craft.
If you shop wisely in the sales you can easily bag a £100 for more like £60.
My crafts were a bargain, my santinis were 40 and 60, and the mavics 90 down to 60.
Evans have a 20% off code at the mo for example.