Feedback · Oct 2022
“A tad snug”
Quality, comfort and chamois all landed. In their usual size, though, the fit was so snug that even the pockets were almost useless.
Field Notes / 360 Enduro
Enduro Bib
The Goal
We set out to make the Enduro Bib best in class in three ways. Storage that feels considered, not bolted on. A strapping system built to be worn for days. And for women, a proper answer to the nature break.
The Brief
- Keep storage on the leg, and rethink the pocket’s placement and geometry so it’s easy to reach on the bike and holds its load
- Use the right mesh for the pocket: enough stretch to hold, enough structure not to sag
- Rebuild the straps in elastic, not mesh, for comfort over days
- Retain the broad gripper shape
- Women’s: a bathroom break zipper and drop flap on the back
Apparel Design
Creating the Bib
The long version is months of samples and strap debates. Here is Jordan on the women’s bib and its EasyPeezy™ zip, then the men’s.
Sampling
Problem solving
If we showed you everything that happened behind the scenes, it probably wouldn’t be pretty. But a lot of it makes us laugh.
01
Decision
Fit comes first
- Problem
- Every feature depends on the fit. Too snug and the pockets, the straps and the chamois all stop doing their job.
- Decision
- Fit checked on men’s and women’s samples in size M. Of two versions, the one without a mesh front fitted best and went forward.
Feedback · Apr 2026
Pocket mesh, three ways
An open mesh took a phone but bagged out once a gel went in.
02
Decision
Pockets that hold their load
- Problem
- A pocket that sags when loaded is a pocket you stop using.
- Decision
- New placement and geometry, in a tighter stretch mesh that keeps its shape with a phone or gels inside.
Feedback · May 2026
“It needs a drop flap too”
A zip alone still leaves you half out of the bib. Then it got a name.
03
Decision
A zip for the stop nobody plans for
- Problem
- A bathroom stop in a bib means taking half your kit off.
- Decision
- A large YKK zip and drop flap on the back of the women’s bib, so it opens without the straps coming off.
04
Decision
Keep the gripper wide
- Problem
- Cuffs creep when the effort changes and the ride runs long.
- Decision
- Keep the broad cuff and print the Black Sheep gripper pattern in silicone. The wide band holds without squeezing.
Specifications
What changed
We started with our old Enduro Bib, but then ended up pretty much rebuilding everything. What we kept, what we changed and what’s new. The short version, without the sampling in between.
- Rear access
- EasyPeezy™ rear zip and drop flap New
- Back panel
- DryMotion mesh, 90gsm New
- Straps
- Elastic Changed
- Storage
- Mesh pockets on both legs Changed
- Leg finish
- Broad gripper, silicone print Changed
- Front panel
- No mesh Changed
- Visibility
- Reflective logo details New
- Main fabric
- CorePower, 250gsm Kept
- Chamois
- BSC Greenlime pad Kept
- Fit
- Firm fit Kept
- Temperature
- 15°+ Kept
Women’s only. A large YKK zip and drop flap for nature breaks.
75% polyamide, 25% elastane. Airflow through the back.
Were mesh.
New placement and geometry, in a stretch mesh chosen to hold without sagging.
Same wide shape. Now carries the Black Sheep gripper pattern.
Chosen at sample review.
80% nylon, 20% spandex. Warp knit, 4-way stretch.
High density. Men’s and women’s specific.
360 Enduro
Stuff it. Ride long.
Range
Enduro Tees
Mesh Tee
GridFleece Pullover