Review on Men'S Road Cycling Bike Shorts By Sponeed by Mike Littlejohn

Purchased these to hopefully find a replacement to my more expensive Louis Garneau bibs and riding shorts. First, I'm 5'10", 167lbs. I normally wear a Large to XLarge in Louis Garneau. Castelli I'm an XL. People in the review said to size up 1. So I went with a Large. I have to say, the fit is a big larger around the mid point/groin of the short than I'm used to with big brands. Castelli's run small for sure, Garneau are pretty much right on for their sizes and consistent. I should have purchased a Medium as well and returned whatever one that didn't work out. I might end up trying a different brand. First, the idea of having leg grippers made into the short leg bottom to hold them in place is about 8yr old technology. Guess I didn't read the description real well and paid attention to that, would have never bought them. No descent and respectable large brand uses leg gripper anymore. It is all compression fit at the leg bottom and they don't ride up/move around ever. So when I put these on and had the silicon leg grippers tugging and making it hard to pull the shorts up, I thought.wow, flashback to 2008 and even 1987 for that matter. Otherwise, the padding in the shorts is very good. I normally do around 40 miles on rides. These will handle that no problem. In fact, they are better that my mid-range Garneau bibs that cost 4x as much for comfort in the saddle. I road race competitively, but for training, I don't need a $250-300 kit for most of my riding. Only real complaint is they seem to run a bit big considering I'm a 32" waist, 167lbs and 5'10". And.the leg gripper ancient technology. Overall, they are descent and do the job. But will be looking for another brand and a good price and find something with compression fitting at the legs and better fit. So, I will keep them and use them for training rides, they are good enough.