lightinthebox cycling clothing..

ipodrocker

Came across this site, anyone here used them???

http://www.lightinthebox.com/wholesale-Cycling_c799

anoble66

chinese knock-offs.....might be nothing wrong with them but just as long as you realise it.

ipodrocker

kinda of figured that, might be better spending the extra quid getting the real stuff.

anoble66

I have been tempted myself in the past, just not sure how good the padding is going to be in those bib shorts.....could be worth the 50-60$ to try it and then tell everyone

stevie_b

i know someone who got some kit from them. the sizing is a bit strange, as in the jerseys would fit ok, but the shorts/tights would be too loose.

niceonetom

I thought there was nothing sadder than a fat hairy bloke on a hybrid in full US Postal gear. Turns out there might be: somewhere out there rides a fat hairy bloke on a hybrid in fake US Postal gear.

DualFrontDiscs

niceonetom wrote: »

Turns out there might be: somewhere out there rides a fat hairy bloke on a hybrid in fake US Postal gear.

Fat, hairy bloke on a hybrid naked?

DFD*

*DefendingFrontalDisguises.

niceonetom

DualFrontDiscs wrote: »

Fat, hairy bloke on a hybrid naked?

No, still not as bad.

mike12

niceonetom wrote: »

I thought there was nothing sadder than a fat hairy bloke on a hybrid in full US Postal gear. Turns out there might be: somewhere out there rides a fat hairy bloke on a hybrid in fake US Postal gear.

That could be me
Except i'm not hairy

DaveR1

I have bought a few Jerseys from China.... They actually seem pretty real, even have "MADE IN ITALY" on the labels!!!
I am pretty happy having looked at the exact same team gear in my local bike shop that you cannot tell the difference!
ARE THEY "REAL"?? Probably not but the quality is so good it is definitely worth it. You can get jersey and shorts for half the price of a jersey in Ireland. I feel that its a waste of money buying "REAL" jerseys when the quality from China/lightinthebox/ebay is so good!

8kvscdpglqnyr4

I agree with you Dave.

I bought from them twice in the past and both times the products I received were excellent. I know it's a knock-off ... but you can't argue with the quality. If you have issues with knock-off goods, then don't buy from them.

I have some genuine gear I bought in my LBS (Barloworld kit) and I have Discovery Kit from Lightinbox.com here in front of me right now and it's hard to tell the difference in quality!
My LBS was 3 times the price! I have put it through the wash countless times and it's done thousands of km's and no problems yet.

I did a bit of research before buying ... the sizes I get from them is one size larger than I'd buy in Ireland (e.g. I'm Large in my LBS but when I order with Lightinthebox, I'm X-Large).

goldencleric

Friend of mine got some, fair enough they are knock offs but the quality is good and they come with ykk zips and all so for that money I think I'll get some myself!

ipodrocker

i presume better getting the BIB shorts elsewhere as the padding may not be the best.

8kvscdpglqnyr4

ipodrocker wrote: »

i presume better getting the BIB shorts elsewhere as the padding may not be the best.

I think the padding is excellent on all shorts I bought from them. Equivalent to anything I've bought in my LBS.

Bluefoam

goldencleric wrote: »

Friend of mine got some, fair enough they are knock offs but the quality is good and they come with ykk zips and all so for that money I think I'll get some myself!

Surely if they are willing to produce knock off clothing they may also be willing to produce knock off zips... just a though.

thesimpsons

Bluefoam wrote: »

Surely if they are willing to produce knock off clothing they may also be willing to produce knock off zips... just a though.

thats exact same thought I had about them :D

I was in China few times in last few years - their knockoffs of every brand name in the world are excellent. Clothes, leather belts, bags, shoes - whether they were the geniune article that "fell off the back of the truck leaving the factory" or copies I don't know but you couldn't see a single difference between them and the mega prices equivalents in BTs

karltimber

I need a new jersey and was looking at all the options too.

Do I get a knock off from china for euro30-40 or buy a genuine one from wiggle/crc for 50-60e. (team jersey)

Seeing as i will prob have it for 2+ years and will wash it countless times - I still think having the genuine article is better. For the sake of a few euro I would personally prefer to have a genuine jersey.

And the notes about the sizes - would put me off them with returns etc.

but thats just me

K

happygoose

For those interested in cheap gear BMC are selling off some stuff, its not Hincapie, but the quality is alright, I got a set last week. For less than €50 inc P&P you can't go wrong.

http://www.bmc-racing.com/shop/

Paul Kiernan

I bought some stuff from this crowd in China and thought the quality was excellent. The pad says "Coolmax" and seems to be the real thing (or at least as good as the real thing!). £30 delivered for shirt and shorts set is hard to beat.

SubLuminal

Most of the stuff is prolly made in the exact same factories anyway - would explain the quality.

A few years "what hifi" magazine ran an article on the "best hifi under £500" or something similar (bear with me, i'm going somewhere with this) - they were amazed to find that a "tescos" own brand hifi that cost something like £150, to their trained ears and pricey equipment, was keeping surpassing much more expensive equipment, and seemed about equal to an £800 denon thingy they had reviewed some months earlier. Curiousity got the better of them and they just had to know how, so they took both apart and were amazed to discover that internally, they were the exact same hifi. Same components, same factory, the same. Turns out the place in china who'd produced the ones for Denon just slapped a new box around the parts and kept making them.

It could very well be that the places making "official" jerseys and shorts just leave the machines on at night, so to speak, and the extra run-on's they just sell themselves. Would explain the quality being the same. Because it would be the same.

As for official, its all the same to me where its made/where you get it unless its given to you when you join the team. Then it's real. Anything else is a copy, who cares who its copied by? Its not a horse, it doesnt have racing pedigree.. (as long as the quality is good.)

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, sometimes its the only place to get 'old' kit that isn't in the bike shop anymore - I always thought the old CRC kits looked feckin' awesome, but never thought I'd be able to get one, until I saw that link.. now all I need is the money!

In unrelated news, I saw an old lady in full 2010 An Post gear in phoenix park the other day, including the cap. She was riding some kind of hybrid. More power to her, I say! Brilliant.

ednwireland

bet the vermarc jerseys dont have the vermarc logo zip pull though

everything like that is subbed out to china anyway - and that last ebay shop is the price i want to pay for knock offs i actually think light in the box is too expensive