Skins Knicks

[albe]

Hi,

Has anyone tried the skins knicks or bibknicks?

I have always worn skins after training for recovery etc and was thinking about getting a pair of the skins cycling knicks.

Are they worth it or do you think its just as beneficial to just wear skins after training instead of during?

Thanks:)

[aicabsolut]

Do you have the recovery tights? I was thinking of getting those. No experience with their stuff yet.

[albe]

Yer I do, I have short, 3/4 and long skins and think they are great. I've been wearing them for a few years now. Firstly when I was doing athletics I would wear them during tough sessions as well as afterwards for the recovery benefits. I also wear them after my cycling training now and think they are great and thought it might also be beneficial to get the skins cycle knics to train in.

[Tokie]

DH and I have the Skins recovery tights. Our LBS guy encouraged us to buy one size smaller than indicated for our weight, and it worked well for DH. I'm at the bottom of the sizes, and think I would be happier if they had an XXS size ( I would like them tighter) I bought them after my coach's friend (a female pro cyclist ) was complaining on a training ride that her legs were "on fire". She had done a hard track workout the night before (training for international competition) then gotten in the car and drove 3.5 hours to get to our camp. she said if she had bothered to put on her recovery tights for the drive up, her legs would have been much better (and not "on fire!"). I see another pro cyclist around town wearing them too. And I think they wear them whenever they fly. DH wore them on our last summer's ride from Jackson Hole Wyo to Sioux Falls South Dakota, he felt they really helped his legs recover between back to back 70 to 120 mile days. since I am short and small, I get better results with the thigh high white anti-embolism stockings ("TED hose") - (used in hospitals to prevent blood clots in legs of immobile patients). they are good around the house or at work, but fall down if I am really active like taking a brisk walk with the poodles. And they are ugly. Skins look sporty. sometimes I wear the TED hose under my skins when my legs are really done. tokie

[aicabsolut]

Tokie, maybe you'd like 2XU. A friend suggested those or Skins. He likes 2XU better, because they use different thicknesses of spandex instead of seaming like Skins. I noticed that their size chart goes smaller than Skins (I think I'd be a small in 2XU but xs in Skins), so maybe you'd find a better fitting tight with them. I think they can be more expensive, though.

[Tri Girl]

Hmmm... I have not heard of these recovery tights that you speak of. I'm off to ask my second brain about them (aka: the internet)...
Sounds like something that might come in handy for my week long cross state bike ride this summer.

[Kiwi Stoker]

I love my Skins recovery tights. They really take the ache out of your legs post ride.

I too am interested in the cycling gear- especially the chamois. However they are always packaged up in sealed boxes and I haven't been that keen to open a box up yet. They are really expensive ($270NZ) which is up to Assos pricing so someone please let us know how good they are.

Also is anyone else annoyed at how easy the screenrpinting peels off the legs?

[Tokie]

Hi - Thanks - I will look into the 2XU's. And no, when the advertising peels off, I am happy. No need to be their walking billboard. As long as it peels off nicely, and not raggedy. Will have to try peeling mine! Tokie

[withm]

got a link?

[crazycanuck]

http://www.skins.net/au/en/default.aspx

[Brandy]

My boyfriend George just got a pair of Skins cycling bib longs. His first ride in them was a century in the Santa Monica Mountains about a week ago, and then he wore them on the 600km brevet (372 miles) on Saturday/Sunday. He was impressed after the century and subsequently SHOCKED that the chamois held up for 27 hours of straight riding on the 600km. He actually said he's gotten more chafed on shorter rides in his Assos...and he's a die hard Assos lover. ;) Whatever they've done, they've done it right.

He reviewed them on his blog about a week ago http://epictrain.blogspot.com/ and that was before the 600km. I expect another rave on there soon.

[sundial]

http://www.skins.net/au/en/default.aspx

Oooh, I like the design of the female bibs. It's like a tank top attached to the bottoms. :cool:

[fidlfreek]

Here's a vote for the TED tights, or stockings as my BF calls them. He runs in them, wears them at work, around the house. Its a little ballerino, but oh well.

TOTAL bonus, they run about $30 at the pharmacy whereas the Skins etc are way way way more expensive.

[albe]

I've ordered my skins knicks! They are on their way :)

I'm hoping to have them this weekend and will prob do 100km frid, and close to that sat as well so will wear them and report back on how they go.

Your right, they are expensive though, however I believe that there is no price on knicks if you get no chafing/discomfort and with the added bonus of them being skins hopefully helping the legs as well!!

I just ordered the womens knicks becuase they were cheaper then the bibknicks. $200 australian.

[djgafi]

please let us know how they are... really curious about these cycling pants...

[albe]

my skins knicks have finally arrived. Unfortunately I didn't have them for my big weekend of riding.. I did however go for a ride in them yesterday and so far GREAT! The chamois so far feels great, very comfortable! I am an XS in all the Skins products so got a XS in the skins knicks.. I might next time however get the small in the knicks.. they seem to be a little tight around my legs. Give them a few wears and I guess they might loosen though.

I would say def worth the $199 aud! :)

[djgafi]

what more can you tell us about your new skins?
how would you compare the chamois with others, like assos or pearl izumi?
did you follow the the skin's size calculator? is the bib comfortable on the shoulders?

[albe]

I love the chamoi.. I've ridden pearl izumi knicks and I definately rate my skins knicks chamoi higher then them.. My fav pair before my skins a pair of womens specific santini gel bib knics so until I do some more riding in my skins I am going to say that after my couple of rides in the skins I like them the best. In a lot of my other knicks I am continuously moving my self around on my seat to get a better comfortable position.. with my skins I dont find my self doing that at all.

yes I went by their fit calculator. I'm 165cm and 53kg so I fit into the EX SMALL category... Mind you I remember when I first got my recovery skins they to felt a little tight for comfort but soon I either got used to them or they slightly stretched.

Becuase they were so expensive I only got the knicks not the bib knicks just to make sure I was going to like them. I usually wear bibknics (my new skins knicks are my only pair of knicks) and I find them just as comfortable. They don't have elastic the whole way round the waist which is great, just about a 3inch bit at the back and thats it.

I hope this was helpful...
:)

[djgafi]

I love the chamoi.. I've ridden pearl izumi knicks and I definately rate my skins knicks chamoi higher then them.. My fav pair before my skins a pair of womens specific santini gel bib knics so until I do some more riding in my skins I am going to say that after my couple of rides in the skins I like them the best. In a lot of my other knicks I am continuously moving my self around on my seat to get a better comfortable position.. with my skins I dont find my self doing that at all.

yes I went by their fit calculator. I'm 165cm and 53kg so I fit into the EX SMALL category... Mind you I remember when I first got my recovery skins they to felt a little tight for comfort but soon I either got used to them or they slightly stretched.

Becuase they were so expensive I only got the knicks not the bib knicks just to make sure I was going to like them. I usually wear bibknics (my new skins knicks are my only pair of knicks) and I find them just as comfortable. They don't have elastic the whole way round the waist which is great, just about a 3inch bit at the back and thats it.

I hope this was helpful...
:)



SUPER! very helpful. thank you! ;-)

[Brandy]

what more can you tell us about your new skins?
how would you compare the chamois with others, like assos or pearl izumi?
did you follow the the skin's size calculator? is the bib comfortable on the shoulders?

I just did my first ride (50 miler) in my new Skins Bib Longs (http://www.skins.net/us/en/Products/BioAcceleration_Technology/cycle/female_bib_longs). I'm in love. By far this is the most comfortable chamois (including my Assos) that I've ridden. I also thought they would be difficult to get off because they come up in more of a tank style in the front, but not any more so than other bibs.

http://i.skins.net/UserFiles/Heroes/cycle-hero-female.jpg