Can you recommend some good VFM socks ....

bristolpete
bristolpete Posts: 2,255
edited August 2018 in Road buying advice
Can anyone recommend any good quality spring / summer socks, not too long but not tennis socks, but 3/4" cuff works for me adhering to the rules where to sock ends at my calf muscle :mrgreen:

Trawling the web but anything spring to mind for great VFM in terms of looks and spec.

Thanks !

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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/rangeViewe ... roducts=30

    Comes in packs of 2 pairs
  • alex222
    alex222 Posts: 598
    Prendas are worth a look.
    Great customer service too
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Yeah, Madison and Prendas. Prendas often do 3 for 2.

    The Madison on that link above are epic. I have loads of those and, given those prices, more incoming.
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  • bmxboy10
    bmxboy10 Posts: 1,958
    Condor socks I think they are 3 for £5 right now!
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Help for Heroes ones - very well made, last for ages, look good, well comfy.
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  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    Defeet Cyclismo or Pongo?

    Just received my first pair of Pongo's, and they're nice (Pro Race 2.0)

    Agree, the Madison's look great too, but absolutely nowhere had the colour combination I wanted (grey/ black with fluorescent yellow detail)
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,063
    Was going to write the On One Thinnies, but they aren't showing on the PX website sock section. The Thickies are though, https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CLPXMERS1 ... rino-socks , which to be honest I find comfy to wear on all but the most extreme "heatwave" days.
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  • cgfw201
    cgfw201 Posts: 680
    Pongo sale still has a fair bit in it https://www.pongolondon.cc/collections/ ... ling-socks

    Top quality socks.
  • kingdav
    kingdav Posts: 417
    NitrousOxide wrote:
    Was going to write the On One Thinnies, but they aren't showing on the PX website sock section. The Thickies are though, https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CLPXMERS1 ... rino-socks , which to be honest I find comfy to wear on all but the most extreme "heatwave" days.
    I'm a thicky fan too. I wore them today and saw someone wearing them on the commute this morning in the same champ design, but I was too embarrassed to say anything. It would be weird wouldn't it.
  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    +1 Madison
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  • sir_les
    sir_les Posts: 13
    Depends what you class as value for money?

    I got a pair of Pongo's in the sale for under £7 and they are the best socks I've worn. Good length and very comfortable and they have lasted well. I also paid full price for them too which some would class as expensive at £15. But I have bought other brands in the past and been disappointed. Rapha socks (especially merino) were terrible, Castelli don't last very long and feel thin, Planet X were cheap and not very cheerful.
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    Planet X sorbtek ones are really comfy and very cheap
  • bristolpete
    bristolpete Posts: 2,255
    Cheers all. Had Assos for years and my last batch of three times pairs of assos summer are due to be replaced but they have lasted a treat and look like new to a point. I love Endura socks too but so does my black labrador and has killed many a sock from the washing basket. :mrgreen: Will work through these and make a choice as liking a slightly longer sock nowadays. Thanks all.
  • Moonbiker
    Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
    Are thoose px sorbtek lasting still decent?

    There £1.99 atm.
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    I haven't worn mine since winter.
    They are quite thick compared to my others and lately I've been wearing my thin summer ones.
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    +1 for the PX Merino ones and their Holdsworth Sorbtek ones. Bargain.
  • Moonbiker
    Moonbiker Posts: 1,706
    Had some px socks last yr, the flanders thicky merino ones are lasting really well but the normal/non merino flanders were rubbish lost there shape/elastic.

    They weren't sorbtek though.
  • trek_dan
    trek_dan Posts: 1,366
    Bought a few pairs of unbranded 'Rapha' replica socks (plain but with the little stripes on the back to mimic Rapha) off AliExpress recently, quality is great and only cost £2 a pair.
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    Fenix wrote:
    +1 for the PX Merino ones and their Holdsworth Sorbtek ones. Bargain.

    I bought 3 pairs of the Holdsworth sorbtek ones, after about half a dozen wears they have all developed big holes just below the ankle were the socks are stitched together. Cheap rubbish, a shame because I liked the orange and blue colourways.

    I've now bought the Prendas coolmax socks (3 for 2) - 6 pairs so far. They are in a different league altogether.
  • bsharp77
    bsharp77 Posts: 533
    trek_dan wrote:
    Bought a few pairs of unbranded 'Rapha' replica socks (plain but with the little stripes on the back to mimic Rapha) off AliExpress recently, quality is great and only cost £2 a pair.

    Took a chance on a couple of pairs from aliexpress myself:

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Men-Cyc ... 4c4dcnAJ8C

    Honestly, they are great. Not too thick, really nice feel and fit well. Colours hold well in the wash.
    Now have 4 pairs, and wouldn't even think of wearing any other socks out on the bike now - for the money they're pretty amazing.

    Design might not be to everyones taste, but they have a lot of other options available on there, although I haven't tested so can't vouch for them.
  • apreading
    apreading Posts: 4,535
    bsharp77 wrote:
    trek_dan wrote:
    Bought a few pairs of unbranded 'Rapha' replica socks (plain but with the little stripes on the back to mimic Rapha) off AliExpress recently, quality is great and only cost £2 a pair.

    Took a chance on a couple of pairs from aliexpress myself:

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Men-Cyc ... 4c4dcnAJ8C

    Honestly, they are great. Not too thick, really nice feel and fit well. Colours hold well in the wash.
    Now have 4 pairs, and wouldn't even think of wearing any other socks out on the bike now - for the money they're pretty amazing.

    Design might not be to everyones taste, but they have a lot of other options available on there, although I haven't tested so can't vouch for them.

    I may be missing something, but where do you select the size you want from those socks?
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    apreading wrote:
    bsharp77 wrote:
    trek_dan wrote:
    Bought a few pairs of unbranded 'Rapha' replica socks (plain but with the little stripes on the back to mimic Rapha) off AliExpress recently, quality is great and only cost £2 a pair.

    Took a chance on a couple of pairs from aliexpress myself:

    https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Men-Cyc ... 4c4dcnAJ8C

    Honestly, they are great. Not too thick, really nice feel and fit well. Colours hold well in the wash.
    Now have 4 pairs, and wouldn't even think of wearing any other socks out on the bike now - for the money they're pretty amazing.

    Design might not be to everyones taste, but they have a lot of other options available on there, although I haven't tested so can't vouch for them.


    I may be missing something, but where do you select the size you want from those socks?

    They're one size, EU 39 to 46 - says down the bottom of the page.

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