Bibtights with pad for less than £50?
FeynmanC
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My 110 mile solo charity ride is this friday and the weather forecast has changed from sunny, not too hot and light winds to rain, 15-20mph winds (at my back thankfully) and temperatures of around 10c!
I was hoping to be able to leave this purchase until october but Im thinking that I may be better to have some bibtights, to help keep my knees and kidneys warmer over the 12hrs I think it may take me.
Unfortunately, i've spent all my money on the bike, the altura summer shorts and shirt, the carbon shoes and pedals, cleaning equipment, crud roadracers, several innertubes and finally some Gatorskin 23s (hoping to save money on innertubes!)
I can just about afford £50 and there are quite a few options around that level online, but I don't know whats good and what isnt, and my LBS only stock altura, so can you lovely people help me sort the wheat from the chaff?
I'm 5'8" tall with a waist of 32" (and falling )
I was hoping to be able to leave this purchase until october but Im thinking that I may be better to have some bibtights, to help keep my knees and kidneys warmer over the 12hrs I think it may take me.
Unfortunately, i've spent all my money on the bike, the altura summer shorts and shirt, the carbon shoes and pedals, cleaning equipment, crud roadracers, several innertubes and finally some Gatorskin 23s (hoping to save money on innertubes!)
I can just about afford £50 and there are quite a few options around that level online, but I don't know whats good and what isnt, and my LBS only stock altura, so can you lovely people help me sort the wheat from the chaff?
I'm 5'8" tall with a waist of 32" (and falling )
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Or if you're near a Decathlon you can get some decent cheapies.Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
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AndyManc wrote:
The long version is out of budget, but they do look good!0 -
I bought a pair of these for the times I'm on shortish ride and don't want to use my Assos - found them excellent for the money - only £30. Previous generation Assos design.
http://www.highonbikes.com/clothing/sho ... horts.html
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trekrider127 wrote:I bought a pair of these for the times I'm on shortish ride and don't want to use my Assos - found them excellent for the money - only £30. Previous generation Assos design.
http://www.highonbikes.com/clothing/sho ... horts.html
Sorry - misread - you are after 3/4
I'm after full length really I think, but they do look great value for shorts - if they had a medium size available I'd have been sorely tempted! Good link trekrider127.0 -
Are you ok with team clothing?
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I use DHB 3/4 Merston bib tights. they are the roubaix ones. excellent. double fabric on knees too. gone right off std shorts myself and my assos mille are vastly underused.Cannondale BadBoy Rohloff
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trekrider127 wrote:I bought a pair of these for the times I'm on shortish ride and don't want to use my Assos - found them excellent for the money - only £30. Previous generation Assos design.
http://www.highonbikes.com/clothing/sho ... horts.html
So it's basically Assos quality, at a quarter of the price, and without the ugly and prominent Arsos branding? What's the catch?0 -
biondino wrote:trekrider127 wrote:I bought a pair of these for the times I'm on shortish ride and don't want to use my Assos - found them excellent for the money - only £30. Previous generation Assos design.
http://www.highonbikes.com/clothing/sho ... horts.html
So it's basically Assos quality, at a quarter of the price, and without the ugly and prominent Arsos branding? What's the catch?0 -
As an alternate approach you could pick up some leg warmers and use them with your current shorts. Or some cheap running tights you could use with your current shorts.
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10 of your english pounds from wiggle, wear them over your existing shorts.
Stuey"moneysavingexpert.com"01Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur0 -
Good idea Stuey! I have some cheapy tights from Lidl which the pad is hopeless on, so I could slip them over the top of my shorts and, if it gets warmenough enroute, take them off and stow them in a pocket (or bin, if they are really rubbish!)
This requires some thought, as i know i'll need the bibtights to commute anyway...decisions decisions - anyone spare a hundred quid? would make things sooo much easier lol0 -
FeynmanC wrote:Good idea Stuey! I have some cheapy tights from Lidl which the pad is hopeless on, so I could slip them over the top of my shorts and, if it gets warmenough enroute, take them off and stow them in a pocket (or bin, if they are really rubbish!)
This requires some thought, as i know i'll need the bibtights to commute anyway...decisions decisions - anyone spare a hundred quid? would make things sooo much easier lol0 -
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FeynmanC wrote:How long is your commute Jon? I've got 25miles each way and i've felt my thighs getting cold on some of the cooler and windier days in August (odds for an Indian Summer? Anyone?)0
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FeynmanC wrote:How long is your commute Jon? I've got 25miles each way and i've felt my thighs getting cold on some of the cooler and windier days in August (odds for an Indian Summer? Anyone?)
If the temps above 10C it's shorts weather
To be honest, as long as my upper body is warm I don't feel the cold in my legs :roll:
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I notice that ribblecycles.co.uk are doing endura clip bib longs for 36 quid ONO
These are excellent with some great features like neoprene splash guards on the calves
You might find them a bit on the warm side
I have two pairs of the padless version and they did me for about 3 years0 -
I'm still suffering with the OP's conundrum but with a ladies version.
Evans seem to have some on sale but I think they're padless - what would you do then, throw cycling shorts on top/underneath? Get them padded boxer things? Don't fancy the idea of that - as I'm trying to avoid the feeling of the elastic band around my middle.
Even the cheapest womens-specific ones seem to be at least £80 (or, "Only £80!").
Don't fancy the idea of the nipple-rub, straps-falling-down and pad-wrong-shape discomfort of just buying mens, either. Bah!0 -
hmmm, nipple rub.Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur0
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sarajoy wrote:I'm still suffering with the OP's conundrum but with a ladies version.
Evans seem to have some on sale but I think they're padless - what would you do then, throw cycling shorts on top/underneath? Get them padded boxer things? Don't fancy the idea of that - as I'm trying to avoid the feeling of the elastic band around my middle.
Even the cheapest womens-specific ones seem to be at least £80 (or, "Only £80!").
Don't fancy the idea of the nipple-rub, straps-falling-down and pad-wrong-shape discomfort of just buying mens, either. Bah!
Either Prendas or Primera have some ladies' Nalini ones that are about £50...0 -
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Stuey01 wrote:hmmm, nipple rub.
now say that in a Zapp Brannigan style :twisted:0 -
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