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i have a friend who's looking at upgrading her cycling wardrobe. she doesn't much like regular shorts, and a lot of them are too short (don't go far enough up her back - she has weird proportions), so we went out today to look at bib shorts. she tried on giordana and sugoi bib shorts. she liked feel of the sugoi rse shorts, but is concerned that the straps are going to chafe, so she wants to try other stuff out before buying them just to see what other options there are out there (if any).
one option that was suggested to us by the (female) sales rep was hincapie's women's metric bib shorts - but they don't sell hincapie gear at the store we were in (and i'm unaware of any places in town or nearby that sell them).
i've found that clothing fits differently for every woman, so i know that's a risk if we end up ordering online, but i just want to know if there's anyone out there who's used them at all to get some feedback on things like:
1. are there serious problems with these shorts that all of you womens seem to encounter? i.e., does the cut seem to satisfy neither you, nor any of your friends?
2. what's the quality of things like fabric, stitching, etc.?
thanks a lot!
i have a friend who's looking at upgrading her cycling wardrobe. she doesn't much like regular shorts, and a lot of them are too short (don't go far enough up her back - she has weird proportions), so we went out today to look at bib shorts. she tried on giordana and sugoi bib shorts. she liked feel of the sugoi rse shorts, but is concerned that the straps are going to chafe, so she wants to try other stuff out before buying them just to see what other options there are out there (if any).
one option that was suggested to us by the (female) sales rep was hincapie's women's metric bib shorts - but they don't sell hincapie gear at the store we were in (and i'm unaware of any places in town or nearby that sell them).
i've found that clothing fits differently for every woman, so i know that's a risk if we end up ordering online, but i just want to know if there's anyone out there who's used them at all to get some feedback on things like:
1. are there serious problems with these shorts that all of you womens seem to encounter? i.e., does the cut seem to satisfy neither you, nor any of your friends?
2. what's the quality of things like fabric, stitching, etc.?
thanks a lot!