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Which are the best cycling bib shorts? Help decide the road.cc People's Choice

We launch the road.cc People's Choice with the search for the best bib shorts...

Which are your favourite bib shorts? Does your bottom need cosseting with top-end, high-tech fabrics and pad, or do you have buns of steel that do just fine in budget shorts? In our first People's Choice survey, we hope to find out.

Read the results here.

We know road.cc readers never hesitate to tell us what you think when we review anything controversial. Our new People's Choice series is your platform to share your knowledge and tell us, the bike industry and your fellow readers about the products and places that you think are really great and that you use or visit everyday and would recommend to a friend.

We're kicking off with bib shorts because they're such a vital part of being comfy on the bike.

Here's how it works:

  1. Post the make and model of your favourite shorts in the comments. Drop in a link to where you can find them if you like.
  2. If your favourite is already there, just click the star to give it a 'Like'.
  3. The comments that get the most likes will be the road.cc People's Choice for bib shorts. Simple.

This is an experiment, of course, but if it's successful then future surveys will cover lots of other equipment, shops, cafes and so on. We might even manage to turn this into something as prestigious as the great Knot of the Year Award.

Over to you!

Update, June 25: Voting is now closed while we collate the responses. Thanks to everyone who took part!

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CharlesMagne | 8 years ago
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Castelli Velocissimo Due

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Thegedi69 | 8 years ago
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Lusso carbon bib shorts!!
Made & designed in UK - you can't say that about most gear nowadays !!
Super comfy on all day rides, last ages & wash really well.
Couldn't recommend them enough  16
http://www.lusso.bike/mens/shorts-bib-shorts/bib-shorts/carbon-bib-short...

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Colin Canski | 8 years ago
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Assos S7 Neopro. Or at least I hope they will be the best cycling shorts. I pick a pair up this afernoon. My second best shorts would be La Passione, but they were out of stock by the time I got around to ordering.

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powergoose | 8 years ago
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Assos F1 Uno. Amazing quality. Unbelievable comfort. Back of the net......

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Mnk | 8 years ago
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Rapha Pro Bib. Just don't try and walk about in them.

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Bigfoz | 8 years ago
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Blown away by the fit, quality and comfort of my ridiculously cheap Planet-x bib shorts. Better than shorts 4times the price.

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NoWorries | 8 years ago
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Txirrindulari | 8 years ago
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ASSOS S7 equipe: ride all day and never have to make adjustments. They have created a pad that fits the male anatomy like nothing else on the market. Last long time

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Greatsouthcoastride | 8 years ago
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D2D Bibshorts www.d2dcyclingclothing.Co.UK best bibshorts, bibtights, Jerseys, jackets, gloves, arm/leg warmers and amazing value for money to. If you have a brain and aren't stupid enough to be a label junkie you have to own this kit.

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lundis | 8 years ago
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I´ve never been regretting buying a pair of Rapha Pro Team Bib shorts, ride and ride and they last a long time. Apart from that they are goodlooking

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steviemarco | 8 years ago
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Assos S7 Tiburu or S5 Mille, best fitting and best pads I have tried (I have Sportful and Castelli as well). You pay for what you get and if you damage them Assos offer crash repair, like Rapha, so you don't need to buy new after a bit of road rash!

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rickadkins | 8 years ago
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I agree with Greatsouthcoastride regarding the Rapha Pro Team bibs. They are the most comfortable for me as well, but I also like my Assos S7 equipe bibs. I just find the Rapha bibs a little better for longer rides.

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SimoninSpalding | 8 years ago
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DHB Aeron Pro. 6 hour rides starting in pouring rain and ending in blazing sun still comfy with no chafing. Did I mention they are half the price of equivalent big brands

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Kylemac | 8 years ago
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My cyclists fighting cancer ones, 2015 version. A quality comfortable pad at a good price (£50) and think they're free if you raise more than £250 for them!
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/The-Charity-Bike-Shop

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jugsy100 | 8 years ago
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Castelli with progetti x2 soooooo comfy and look great. Quite a tight fit though go up a size....  41

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Chasseur Patate | 8 years ago
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If you haven't worn a pair of Poc essential bib shorts you're missing out. Rapha? My lightweights fell apart after 500 miles, my pro teams crush my nuts and are also tatty after 2000 ish miles. Dolceni? dreadful dimensions and fit. Castelli? Comfortable but again fell apart. GSG? Awful, DHB? Absolutely awful. Bioracer? Nice but can't get on with their grippers. Vermarc? Nice but the chamois 'folds' and the stitching is weird. Morvelo? Excellent in every department, except they're just not as good as the Pocs.

I can't eulogise enough, they're the holy grail. Nothing comes close.

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billybike9 | 8 years ago
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http://www.hincapie.com/products/menswear/shorts/R200M14/

Hincapie has some great products.
Their $250.00 USD bibs, look good, feel great and hold up for years.
One of the teams I race with the last 13 years gets our team Uni's from Hincapie. I love my different color team unies from each year.
Try them and thank Big George for great products.

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liverlepool | 8 years ago
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Sportful total comfort. Does what it says on the tin.

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swadey | 8 years ago
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I'm a convert to Howies bib shorts - feel very different but once you've got used to it they are really comfortable and great value for money

http://www.howies.co.uk/mens/clothing/cycle/men-s-bib-short.html

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Cooperdan | 8 years ago
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The bib shorts from the Zipvut website are cheap at about £30. They do have white on the thighs but are very comfortable - I have two pairs that are fine for everything.

Also, DHB Vaeon (I think) for a similar price are great. All of these bib shorts were perfect for LEJOG last year and are hard wearing.

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liquigaz | 8 years ago
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I'll be really interested in the results of this survey! I tend to buy based on reviews. While I'm still searching for that holy grail of a perfect saddle / bib short combo to suit my 18st, 6' 4" frame; my current favourites are the Assos T.Fi Mille S5. They're run pretty close by the Sportful Super Total Comfort, though.

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matthewn5 | 8 years ago
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Craft Elite. Subtle, not often seen, long-lasting and a great pad.

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Don_Smitchey | 8 years ago
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Vermarc tinto, cheap and cheerful

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crikey | 8 years ago
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The problem with this kind of survey is that it will indicate which bibs are popular rather than which are the best, and everyone will tell you that the bibs they are using are the best.

I've had bibshorts from Adidas, Alexa, Castelli, Campitello, Vermarc, Santini, Nalini, Mavic, Giordana, Scott, Impsport, Gibbsport, and a number of others whose names escape me.

If you ride for a club you wear the club shorts, if you ride for a team you ride the team shorts and those rides and therefore shorts are the best.

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boywoolner | 8 years ago
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Morvelo's Unity bib shorts are the most comfortable for my wide sitbones. http://www.morvelo.com/unity-black-mens-bib-shorts.html

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stonechat | 8 years ago
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Marty1966 | 8 years ago
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I use the RedWhite Bibs and KOM bibs which match my KOM jersey perfectly, both are fantastically comfortable on longer rides due to the thicker chamois which is really comfortable and which also irons out a lot of the road buzz and vibrations - superb bibs

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rosscompton | 8 years ago
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I recently got a set of 'The Bibs' from Red White. They're far better than everything else I have. A great pad that is perfect for a long ride and really comfortable grippers. Can't recommend them enough!

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cosimo193 | 8 years ago
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Etxeondo Orhi

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/etxeondo-orhi-bib-shorts/

I haven't a vast experience of shorts, but these are much better than the other ones I've got (Altura ProGel and Endura Luminite Tights). The pad is really good, very comfortable over last year's RideLondon, the wide elastic round the legs also works well for me, and the fabric is really nice too.

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