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Assos T Roubaix FI Mille 3/4 Knickers
Loved them. Rode in them for the first time today and they are awesome. Great compression, great pad, warming, and awesome fit. After I bought them, I had read reviews of the Assos knee warmers where most people that had them hated them because unlike the leg warmers that seemed to be long enough for the average 9 feet tall man, these were extremely short and too tight. Most reviews said that unless you had chicken legs, they would not fit over the calf at all. It is hard to tell where Assos intends for them to be at, whether that is at mid calf or right above it, as the pictures I have seen have not been very clear. Regardless, these knickers fit just right to me, which is the only review that matters to me.
Ribble Cycles
Suck hard!! I placed an order about 10 days ago. Their site said nothing about being closed for holidays or anything like that. Their prices do seem to be significantly lower than even PBK or wiggle, plus they had paypal payment, which is a huge plus for me as they do not charge a fee for buying in a foreign currency. it was not until 7 days later that I get an email telling me that they cannot mail the Vittoria PitStop, so they want to know if I want the rest of my order. I replied saying yes and asking why it took so long for them to contact me about it holding my order in the meantime. 3 days later they reply again saying that they were closed for the holidays for so many days and were backed up with so many order. That was followed by another email 3 min later telling me they will cancel my order and refund me for the entire order because since I paid with paypal they cannot do partial refunds. Funny, since Wiggle doesn't seem to have an issue doing that. In any case, they won't see an order from me again despite their very attractive prices.
Assos Roubaix/T Knickers:
I got mine in October and have been wearing them almost every ride since they. They are great. I'm 5'8" and 143 and a medium is perfect on me. They go below my knee, about halfway to my calf muscle. An essential piece of gear, in my opinion, if you want to ride year round in places where it gets cold/cool. Chamois is incredible, fit is great, and for me they work in a range of temps (40-58 or so).
Hey...does anyone know...do the regular knickers (non thermal) come in colors other than black and with the little zipper? The answer, from what I've dug up, seems no & no.
Ribble:
Yeah, I had a lot of trouble with as well. Hard to make contact with them via email, even set up Skype to get them on the phone, but couldn't get it to work. They did have a Campag groupset for a great price, but very hard to deal with them, they charge shipping, and I feel like I got jerked around on the exchange rate...it changed from the day I placed my order until the day they processed it and I lost around $20.
I won't use them again unless their prices are outstanding. I really don't even cruise their site any longer, though they have nice stuff. Yeah, I stick to PBK and Wiggle.
Tape: I still love Cinelli and use it on a few bikes. I'd had it last for a few years before. But, I haven't tried the Deda cork yet either. But, I am a fan of the Cinelli cork.