Ground Effect Witches Britches

[snapdragen]

Anyone familiar with these http://www.groundeffect.co.nz/produc...&category=WOM#

I like the idea of the fleece knees.

snap "froze her buns today" dragen

[DeniseGoldberg]

I love the name of these knickers!

I haven't tried them myself, and right now I don't feel the need to because I am very happy with my Pearl Izumi Thermafleece knee warmers. Have you tried knee warmers?

--- Denise

[kiwi girl]

I have a pair and I really do like the fleece knees. Mine are a couple of years old though and they since have upgraded the type of chamois pad that they are putting in them. It is now the same pad that is in a couple of pairs of shorts (jitterbugs) that I have bought from them. I find it quite comfortable - one review of the shorts I read said 'the seamless chamois has different levels of padding but overall is the thinnest on test. Not necessarily a bad thing - it conforms well to the body and doesn't bunch up'
I am a big fan of Ground Effects gear, I buy almost all of my cycle clothing from them and between me and my BF we proably have 75% of the stuff in the catalogue.

[kiwi girl]

by the way lots of their stuff has cool names - I particularly like 'she shell' for their womens specific raincoat. Their baggy womens shorts with a chamois inner are called 'tom thumbs' because the guys version is called 'double happys' and at least here in NZ double happys and tom thumbs were both banger fireworks (you can't buy them anymore). They make a under layer of merino wool that is called 'submerino', their under helmet hat is called a 'baked beanie' etc etc

[snapdragen]

Thanks kiwigirl! I was hoping one of the NZ members would answer. I've been looking at Ground Effect stuff for years, time to order something!

[crazycanuck]

Hey snapdragen

I'm a groundeffect fan as well....It's all i have in my cycling wardrobe...I love my ricochet's & tom thumbs...

I'm not too fond of the gloves though...but can't find the right gloves i want...so i may just stick with them...

ahhhh..ground effect...

c

[snapdragen]

Good to know cc - I ordered the Witches Britches last week.

[RoadRaven]

I LOVE getting the Ground Effect catalogues... they are soooooo funny (does a quick check of desk to see if I can find one and type an example... nope... darn!)

They are worth a read as they really put some thought and fun into writing descriptions for each item, and the names they give things are fun too...

However, I cannot really tell you much about their products, as even their sales are quite expensive (and I live here - in NZ!!!)

Their Witche's Britches I can vouch for via a friend, as she has some.

[snapdragen]

They have a nifty converter on line - so I could see the price difference between NZ and US dollars. Prices are comparable to what we pay in the US - I think the britches came out around $68 US.

[kiwi girl]

you can read all the cool descriptions that roadraven has mentioned if you click on the individual products on their on-line catelogue

http://www.groundeffect.co.nz/products.php?category=WOM

One example on the starfish - the long sleeve summer weight jersey is...

"Long sleeves protect your forearms from both the sun and the cold (how does it know?)".

[snapdragen]

This has always intrigued me about Ground Effect:

"Sewn in emergency tube repair patch, because you can never be too well prepared ."

There is really a patch sewn in? Do you rip a hole in the clothes if you need to use it?

[kiwi girl]

This has always intrigued me about Ground Effect:

"Sewn in emergency tube repair patch, because you can never be too well prepared ."

There is really a patch sewn in? Do you rip a hole in the clothes if you need to use it?

yeah there really is a patch sewn in. It is wrapped in a thin plastic film so you can tear or cut the plastic without tearing the clothes. My problem with it is I am far more likely to run out of glue, or have my glue dry out than to run out of patches