Maybe you're onto something. I ride both, I do not notice a decrease in comfort with either one. I'm 6'3 and 230 pounds and my hips are not "small". Sometimes I feel like my butt crack is at risk of showing at times (poor souls behind me) but when I go to pull my shorts up they're at a safe level. That is annoying, but it's not something that I had thought about until this thread. My anecdotes involve more moderately priced road gear, and I always hear people rave about their expensive bibs. Ignorance is bliss for me on this subject 👍🏽