Just In: Hincapie’s well-lit Edge Bibshort and Jersey

doper kit…………why are you showing this???

Chopsticks or arms, thats the qustion here. 😉

But the Bib looks nice. And the reflective material is very usefull too.

aww… show some love to your gangly freak self. agree with the other comments. nice, safe-looking kit that would be better – for a variety of reasons – without the big hincapie logo

GH as guilty as LA. “Coming clean” after you retire doesn’t cut it in my book.
I won’t spend a dime on on ANY admitted doper’s goods, books, bike clothes, etc. Liars are off my train.

The kit? Road stripe graphic is 3rd grade.

While I don’t have any hard feelings towards Hincapie, why would I wear the name of a doper on my jersey when I can choose another product with no doping affiliation for the same price?

Sorry to buck the trend of this comment chain, but Im a big fan of this kit, graphics/hincapie doping ish aside.

I got this kit from our rep last week. Took it for a death march today and it performed almost perfectly. The fit was somewhat goofy, but then again almost everything Hincapie has ever made has had this problem.

Two issues I found with the ensemble. First, the tops of the pockets are high. You have to reach higher up to get into them, and that creates a deeper pocket.

Two, the collar is short and flimsy. It only stays up/flat against your skin when the zipper is all the way to the top. ( I actually found this to allow for slightly better airflow down the back of the neck, not a bad thing as the temps are steadily climbing.)

Sizing wise, I went with a Large top and Medium bibs. I am 5’10” and 162lbs. Both grippers, at arms and legs, held securely over the course of 5-hrs, without feeling like they were too tight or that they needed to be adjusted. I didn’t touch them all day. The bibs did come a bit higher up my mid-thigh than I typically ride, but I didn’t feel like I was in a speedo.

All in all, Id give them 8/10, easily.

I don’t get why cycling fans get all caught up and personal about pro riders. Do you really know the guy or are these opinions about him and his wife based on magazines and web sites? I used to be a pro snowboarder and the last thing anyone cared about was personal lives. Imo, that kind of smack talk online makes you look pretty much like a sissy. I can’t imagine the guys spending time to say that stuff can really compete. It just doesn’t add up.

I think it’s a solid looking kit. And sure, the guy doped. So did everyone else. Can we move on, please? His jerseys and bibs are doping. All I hope is that the chamois in that thing isn’t as similar to cardboard as their other shorts and that the jersey doesn’t feel like waterproofed canvas. Style-wise, however, pretty cool.

And nice poses! It’s nice to see people having fun with what they do. Makes for an entertaining and personal read!

DurianRider’s take on doping is hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BbPopNgz7M

To those who feel lying and cheating in sports should be rewarded:
You’ll have plenty of kits to purchase as some of us choose not to buy them. There are too many other choices out there.

No need to tell anyone to “shut up”, is there?

Buy the kit if it fits well and you like the style. At some point there have been dopers using and promoting every single brand of kit out there. If you’re so anti-doper, are you going to all start riding nude? Actually you won’t be riding because every bike out there has been ridden and promoted by a doper as well! The owners of Trek may not be dopers but they certainly made millions on the backs of dopers so that’s “blood money” as well. Our sport has been riddled and tainted by dopers and that’s a fact of life, move on… or maybe take up basket weaving, I don’t think that there are many dopers there.

I wish Castelli would do those stealthy reflective elements instead of their stealthy “please-hit-me-with-your-car” black.

Because sometimes you just don’t want to look like a neon-yellow wearing clown during daylight but still want to survive the way back home when the sun is going down.

I disagree, name is everything. Hincapie could have chosen a non-family name, but instead, they chose Hincapie because of the cache it protrayed in the hayday of cycing. A name we all know is based on lies and cheating. I don’t choose to purchase products using child labor or cheaters (for example) but that is just me. Plenty of other clean businesses out there who are more deserving.

Its not about hate, its about choice, and those who hate the haters are no better. This thread is supposed to be about expressing opinions, and everyone needs to respect different opinions. So please, everyone get over it.

But you support people like Eddy Merckx, miguel indurain, and so on and so on. Doping has been going on for years and will continue. Dont kid yourself and so be so self righteous. Like anyone of you would not have done the same thing.

I buy what I like and what feels good to ride in when I’m on the bike.

George, you doped and coped a plea to save your ass from the Lancegate trash
You fiend humility while obsessionally feeding your ego with comments to your team and had the hubris to start a clothing line
I for one hope the USA will not buy from a doper and that you and your real estate venture fail
You are the epitome of failed cycling
Disgraced