From the tone of your OP, I'm guessing wearing them backwards is not an option. You might get a magic marker the same color as the bibs and color the underlying skin to match.

They're worn out. The butt crack area is the almost always the first to go. Just toss them. Or, you can always wear compression shorts underneath them.

Checking the Pactimo site, it appears that the current bib knicker that they are offering is slightly different. The fit of mine was good and continues to be good but the poor durability makes me stray away from Pactimo. Looking over the garment, the fabric has gotten threadbare in multiple areas and there is a tear on the edge of the seat pad as well. I had them only 2 years. I had a set of Voler bib knickers that held up for over 5 years. I’ve been on the lookout for a good set for around $100-150. I might try Gore.

Aerotech Designs are Made in The USA. Mine have been obnoxiously durable. It's the only brand I'll ever buy again.

https://www.aerotechdesigns.com/bib-shorts.html

Paint brush + Plasti Dip ?

I have come to the conclusion that I am hard on bibshorts and wear them out prematurely. Has anyone come across a material/brand in the $100 range that offers good compression, has an endurance type chamois and wears exceedingly well as far as abrasion and wear patterns in the seat?

I am liking the Black Bibs Elite so far and will see if they last the test of time. I own three pairs so they will be rotated once per week.

What about this?


https://www.cxmagazine.com/tech-tues...ocross-threads

Thanks for the link. I checked and they have knickers but not bib-knickers.

that's wild!

That exact same spot has worn out first on a Voler, Castelli, and Rapha after two season's use. A Pearl Isumi made it a couple more years before a similar fate. Meanwhile I have four Blackbottom bibs that have made it 12 years without wearing out. More expensive bibs do not wear longer.

just keep em, they will let the gas out quicker resulting in more propulsion.

or sell them to somebody at the strip club or the local see through local expresso stand.

or find a small piece of similar material and sew it over the offending area. this is commonly know as a patch job.

you might try switching from whey isolate to plant protein , or low fiber bananas,

geez, what year is this forum software? 1856 or 1857? Cobol or Fortran?
i got a 386 C prompt box with 100 MB hard drive running on DOS 3.2 and it runs faster than this,

you would think with all the people and all the ads, jus sayin....WTF?


check out ken Shapiro in the 83 olympics road race>

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...bb9aa35ec5.jpg

All these posts and nobody's asked for pictures?
There's a message there.
(i) we don't want to see
(ii) toss the bibs.

good article from cx magazine.. though it's a bit old.
From 2014.
April 1, 2014, to be exact...

cheers -mathias

nothing to be ashamed of, Michael Angelo is a hall of fame artist and all he did was butt cracks.

to cut down a butt crack is to cut down you creators work.

what's with the "we don't want to see it" and "we don't want to hear it"?

who the heck is "we" paleface?

Johan Vansummeren, 2012 Tour de France.

Other than that, you got it right. (The road race part.)

Mooning people without having to take your pants down.