Knickers: PI Sugar vs. Descente Bliss Bikapri

[Kitsune06]

Now, I haven't really tried out the Descentes, but my limited experience with these two is that by and large, while a lot of people buy the Sugar Knickers, and they are popular with a lot of bike shops, etc, easy to find, etc, you may be happier with the Descente Bliss. I would strongly recommend trying both, but if you can only go with one, I suggest you go with the Descente Bliss.

PI tends to be very popular as a beginner short/knicker/etc because they're usually the bread and butter sale items for a lot of distributors, but if you can afford the extra $$ for the Descente (or Garneau, or Giordana) I strongly recommend trying a little of as many different brands as you feel comfortable. Some do wonderfully for some, others do great for... others. Descente fits me pretty well; but I have the Strata shorts. My 'figure' is more narrow-waisted, with.. um, nice glutes. hah. :rollseyes: but I do like the fit of Descente shorts over PI because (at least with the Stratas) the legs aren't too tight, they're cut in decent respect to where my waist is (not too low, not too high up my back) no harsh stitching, and the seams are very flat and non-irritating. Hope that helps!