Bibshorts that are tights that are really shorts

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    Leviathan

    There have already been a few threads about ‘what bibtights’ to get for winter, but it is only just the start of autumn. Admittedly it might be a short one as summer has lasted so long. It was only a week yesterday that I was wearing a short sleeved jersey out, though the rain and temperature drop has come and autumn is surely set in. However I am still wearing my bibshorts with long sleeved jerseys and gillets on top. I am quite happy wearing bibs down to about 6/7C or 8/9 in the wet and it is still generally in the low teens now. If it is wet at this time of the year I might pop on some leg warmers just to protect my legs from getting stung or muddy more than for warmth. However I don’t particularly like the way leg warmers have a thick band at the top that digs into my thigh. I don’t want to be moving to bibtights too soon in the winter. They feel heavy and restricting (as do my Specialized warmers.)

    So what I would really like is a pair of long shorts. As simple as that, a pair of normal lycra summer weight shorts that are long; or in other words a pair of bibtights that are light as summer shorts and no thermally roubaix type material. All the bibtights I see are always focused on being warm and waterproof and made from magic materials apparently. Has any one seen the sort of long lightweight bottoms I am describing? No 3/4 Knickers please Hipsters. Cheers.

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    Jez Ash

    They are very expensive but
    They are very expensive but the Etxeondo Feather bibtights are exactly what you’re describing, as far as I can see. Not tried them, mind.

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    mattsccm

    I read this , eventually , as
    I read this , eventually , as him wanting some very light longs. See last para.
    Why not just buy leg warmers that fit? I don’t know mine are there. Of course I had to actually go to a shop.

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    Welsh boy

    “So what I would really like
    “So what I would really like is a pair of long shorts”.
    I don’t understand what you really want, do you want shorts that come almost to your knee? You say you don’t want ones that come over your knee (ie 3/4 length) but you go on to say you want bib tights which obviously aren’t shorts and which do go over you knee.
    Can you be a bit clearer about what you want?

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