Actually, I don't use them for rides afterwards. Why? Because my rides are not like an "all-out", do-or-die effort. Not "in training", not even for the Leukemia & Lymphomia crowd.

What its good for is long jet travel like from Los Angeles to D.C.

I got my first pair free compliments of a team. Second pair when the socks was redesigned and better.

I took a peek at the compresssports site. I tried to find local dealers around in the U.S. Not many. A Swiss company.