Louis Garneau Equipe Women's Shorts
Distance is your game, so passing the punishing miles in comfort needs to be your objective. Lucky for your, the Louis Garneau Equipe Women's Shorts feature an anatomic design with highest caliber of compressive Lycra on the market. Comfort and support, what more do you need? Garneau designed the Equipe shorts around two key principles -- muscle support and comfort. In fact, you'll find that these are the underlying threads connecting the cut, chamois, and fabric selection. And on the latter note, Garneau selected two fabrics in order to achieve the perfect balance of support and comfort. Starting at the bulk of the construction, the Equipe uses the venerable Lycra Power fabric at the hamstrings, quads, inner thighs, and seat panel. This material is an Invista-certified Power Lycra with a blended composition of microtactel nylon and Lycra Power. Together, the material sees a controlled stretch and a fabric weight of 255g/m2 -- very nearly approaching recovery compression fiber weight. However, where these shorts differ from a dedicated compression piece is in the construction. Whereas compression pieces feature a graduated design, where the fabric weight thins in its approach to the heart, the Equipe maintains its 255g/m2 throughout the shorts. This way, the focus of the design is to support the muscle groups from the fatigue-inducing effects of road vibration, instead of simply concentrating on blood flow. Another advantage of Lycra Power is that it uses a far more open and breathable knit than traditional compression pieces. This means that you'll remain cooler during and after hard aerobic exertions, while moisture is transported away from the skin to the quick-drying surface of the shorts. Additionally, the interior is soft on the skin, nearly eliminating the ailment of abrasion. Furthering this concept is the fit itself. Garneau designed the shorts to be perfectly adaptable to the position and movements of cycling. In fact, Garneau cut the Equipe on an an...