Cycling Chamois Explained: What's Inside Corbah Bib Shorts

The chamois is the padded insert in your shorts. It's the one part of your kit that touches you the whole ride, so it decides whether the last hour feels fine or miserable.

What a chamois does

It cushions the pressure points on the saddle, moves sweat away from your skin and cuts down on friction. A chamois is made to sit right against your skin, so wear your bib shorts without underwear.

The chamois in our bib shorts

• Cytech Endurance 2.5 HD: in the Prime LM3 bib shorts, with 12 mm of padding where you need it and 3 mm where you need to move, for rides up to 7 hours.
• Cytech Italian EIT Endurance 3.0: in men's Season One bibs, such as Wave, Geo and Modern.
• Women's Endurance Carbonium: in women's Season One bibs, such as Owlery and Modern.
• Tempo women's chamois: a multi-dimensional pad that shapes to you on longer rides, in the Some Her bibs.
• Microfiber chamois: in the Corbah 23 and RedRide bibs, in men's and women's versions.

The chamois in our skinsuits

• TMF 3D long-distance: in the Stealth time trial skinsuit and The Patriot skinsuit.
• Carbonium: our best carbon-knit chamois, in the GC Peloton Suit.
• Elastic Interface: an Italian chamois for rides of seven hours or more, in the LM3 Prime skinsuit.
• Elastic Interface MTB Performance Carbonium: for cross country, in the Weekend Warrior XC racesuit.

Look after it

Wash your bibs after every ride, and read how long bib shorts last, how to prevent saddle sores and how bib shorts should fit.

Getting the fit right

A chamois only works if it sits in the right place, so bibs should fit close. If you're between sizes, or you like a little more room, size up. Our size guide has the full charts. If you get it wrong, keep it: within 15 days of delivery you can order the same item in another size at about 20–60% off.

Get yours

Every piece is made to order for you and delivered in 5–6 weeks.

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