Dressing for mid-summer weather isn’t tough. You can count on the weather being the same throughout a ride and there’s not typically a need to compulsively check the weather report for upcoming rides. Grab a pair of the best cycling shorts and you are good to go. The same is true in the winter but instead of shorts, you’ll be reaching for a pair of the best winter bib tights. The times when it’s tough are the shoulder season of spring and fall.
As we head into shorter and cooler weather, we are firmly into the unpredictable fall weather. You’ve checked the weather every day for a week and it always seems to be changing. You can’t quite decide what makes sense but you know it’s a little colder than bib shorts plus it might rain the night before. In times like these, an insulated bib short is a perfect option and Assos has an updated version this year with the Assos Mille GTS Spring Fall bib shorts c2. We’ve spent time testing in a variety of weather and now we are ready to discuss the details. If you are looking for just the right thing to wear in slightly cooler weather keep reading to see if this in-between option from Assos is the right choice for you.
Design and aesthetics
The Assos Mille GTS Spring Fall bib shorts c2 come in black. Occasionally Assos offers colour options in their bibs but only in as much as a little spot of colour here or there might change things. In these bibs, even that’s off the table. More recently brands like Pas Normal and Velocio have started to inject a bit of colour into the sea of black, and the Rapha Pro-Team Powerweave bibs in their rich navy have been a favourite mine this summer, but Assos has been steadfast in a specific look and feel. That’s exactly what you get in these bibs and that extends to a few different angles.
Along with the familiar colour, you’ll find other threads connecting the Assos Mille GTS Spring Fall bib shorts c2 with past Assos designs. The X-frame bib strap design is a big part in that it depends on so many other pieces of the design. While some Assos pieces use a rollBar design that attaches the shoulder straps in two places on the lower back, the X-frame relies purely on the support of the fabrics in the butterfly pattern.
The butterfly pattern is what makes everything work and it’s unique to Assos. Instead of multiple…
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