PI Elite Bib Short review

[Susan Otcenas]

Yesterday I took advantage of a sale, closed my eyes, and pulled the trigger on a new pair of PI Elite drop-tail bib shorts ....... TE does have the current version, and one of their photos show the expanded area for the drop-tail. I am very glad I went this route instead of paying $60 more for the P.R.O. drop-tail...especially after learning the TE staff do not like the more expensive P.R.O. version of the In-R-Cool shorts.

Glad to hear you like them. Yes, we do have several photos that we've taken to show how the drop tail works. Happy to hear those are helpful!

So, regarding your comment on TE staff not liking the more expensive PRO version of the In-R-Cool shorts: Yes, it's true. However, we DID order them for S'11, but we ended up sending our entire shipment back to Pearl. Why? Well, when we received them, someone in the office tried them on. That's when we discovered that they had made the leg hole openings WAY too tight. WAY too tight. Even gals in the office with more slender legs disliked them. Too bad really, because they were otherwise very nice shorts. We'd also ordered the less expensive Elite In-R-Cool shorts, which have many of the same features. But fortunately, the leg hole openings are properly constructed and are actually quite flattering, even on those of us with larger quads.

We are also choosing, for the same reason, to stock the Elite Bib and not the PRO bib.

Susan

[Catrin]

Susan - thanks for all that you and your staff does. Not every store is willing to provide the kind of service you do - especially regarding how well different items fit or even to return stock that doesn't fit as well as you would like.

I had hoped the LBS I purchased them from would have a set of the PRO bibs that I could try on- I had a tiny hope the bibs wouldn't have the same problem the PRO shorts did but they did not have any of the PRO line - at least not the In-R-Cool (perhaps for the same reason?). I am quite happy with the Elite version so it worked out fine in the end.