MEN'S SHORTS/BIBS
2009 Assos F.I. 13 S5 Bib Shorts
Regardless of whether you love or hate their fashionista print ad campaigns, you must give full credit to Assos for their role as pioneer in the bike industry. Before Assos' emergence in the late 1990's, the main qualifier to establish the quality of a bib short (made back then by companies ...read more
2009 Assos F.I. Mille S5 Bib Shorts
The Assos FI.Mille A.360 bib short was a mainstay of the Assos apparel line for nearly a decade. It was always known as their "Long Distance Short", and in the revamped version here known as the FI Mille S5, this essence remains the same. Why "Long Distance"? It's for two key reasons: First ...read more
2009 Assos F.I. Uno S5 Bib Shorts
Assos refers to their FI.Uno S5 bib short as their "All-around racing and training short". Assos takes the hallmarks of the FI.13 S5 and re-engineers them in a way that provides a balance between technical advancement and cost control. It's built entirely of Assos' new A430 fabric, giving you ...read more
2009 Assos H FI.Uno S5 Short
Contrary to belief, Assos has been making half-shorts all along; it's just that the H's make up about 10% of their short sales. The Assos H FI.Uno S5 short is the crème-della-crème of their half-short lineup. We know there's a place for the half-short in many a person's wardrobe. Especially ...read more
2009 Capo Peloton Roubaix Bib Shorts
Pairing your bib shorts with a set of fleecy kneewarmers is about as common of a cool-weather combo as you'll ever find. It leads to a question, though, that no apparel manufacturer before Capoforma has ever answered: Why do you give your knees an added layer of insulation in the 45-60 degree ...read more
2009 Competitive Cyclist Team Bib Shorts
The perfect match for our Competitive Cyclist jersey. The picture might make these bibs appear black, but in fact they're grey. The panel on the legs is resplendent with the Competitive Cyclist logo, but our goal with the design of these bibs was to make it conservative enough that you can ...read more
2009 Craft Elite Bib Shorts
We're bib short snobs here at Competitive Cyclist -- to the point where stock virtually no non-bib shorts and we've gotten repetitive motion disorder in escorting our customers to the wonderland of Assos S5 bibs and the Giordana Body Clone bibs. When Craft first tried to show us their Elite bib, ...read more
2009 Craft Pro Race Bib Shorts
Here's a scary thought. The Craft Pro Race Bib could possibly make you faster. When was the last time you saw a golf ball without dimples? It was a long time ago that people found that the dimples helped the ball go further by reducing wind resistance. And look at Zipp rims -- they made the leap ...read more
2009 Giordana FormaRed Carbon Bib Shorts
Given all the bib shorts on the market, it's surprising to us that we don't get excited about more of them. The Giordana FormaRed Carbon bib shorts are a notable exception. The FormaRed Carbon Bib Shorts take the proven design of the FormaRed Bibs and adds horsepower by refining the design and ...read more
2008 Giordana FormaRed Bib Shorts
The Giordana Forma line of clothing is the eternal Underdog around here. Why do we say that? It's because cyclists who seek peerless technical quality and high fashion in their clothes are magnetized to the Assos brand, not Giordana. Assos has earned their reputation -- they indisputably make ...read more
