Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts Reviews

Review score: 8.5/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £114 – Save 40% (RRP: £190)

Take a look now to discover what makes Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts worthy of a review score of 8.5 out of 10.

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Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Shorts – Cycle. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Shorts – Cycle. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Shorts – Cycle. Brands like Castelli are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Shorts – Cycle category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Shorts – Cycle.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £114 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.9 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Shorts – Cycle

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Shorts – Cycle.

We found 545 in the Shorts – Cycle category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £76.68, making it above average at £114.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Shorts – Cycle. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £310.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £9.13.

With 545 products available we worked out that 71 cost more than Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts and 472 were cheaper.

Cost of Castelli products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 371 products from Castelli, of which 45 were in the Shorts – Cycle category.

For now though we’re looking at Castelli branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £74.52 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Castelli product we found was £6.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £340.00.

Of the 371 from Castelli, 73 were more expensive than Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts and 296 were cheaper.

How much are Castelli Shorts – Cycle?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Castelli products that are listed in the Shorts – Cycle category.

The average price of the 45 products that match this search was £99.52, with the cheapest coming in at £37.50 and highest price was £190.00. With the average being £99.52, Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts comes in above average.

11 products that meet this search were more expensive than Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts and 33 were cheaper.

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Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Shorts – Cycle category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts or another similar product, like Castelli Women’s Team INEOS Competizione Shorts 2020 reviews or Castelli Team INEOS Kid’s Shorts 2020 reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Shorts – Cycle.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Shorts – Cycle. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Castelli, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.5/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26528498349
• Product ID 2: 800021UK
• Brand: Castelli
• Model number: CS200020102
• RRP: £190
• EAN: 8050949066133
• Description: Castelli Free Protect Race Bib ShortsFeaturing protective side panels, the Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts provide welcome protection from road rash should you fall. We hope that’s rare and when you’re on the bike they’re fabulously comfortable too. The Free Protect Race Bib Shorts were made as a result of Chris Froome wanting protection on the early stage of the Tour De France. Those first days are characterised by chaos and crashes as every rider looks to stake their position in the bunch. And so Castelli turned to the track riders trick of wearing two pairs of shorts for inspiration, where two surfaces of lycra sliding prevent nasty cases of road rash.Crash. Keep Riding.To the outside layer, Castelli use the Vortex fabric from their Free Bibshort. This is a mighty durable fabric, even when sliding across the tarmac. And to this, they add an inner layer of stretch woven fabric reinforced with a ripstop grid made from Dyneema® – the stuff found in ropes, racing sails and bulletproof vests. The result is protection across the hips and outer thighs with reduced chance of rips, cuts and abrasions should you crash. Dust down. Keep riding. Crashing will still hurt but all being well, you won’t have nasty road rash wounds sticking to the bedsheets that same night (we’ve all been there). Free Aero Race 4 ConstructionBeyond the protection these shorts offer, you’ll also be happy to find they also deliver the usual level of Castelli performance and comfort. Technology and construction are both carried over from their race-winning Free Aero Race 4 shorts. You’ll find the same superb level of flexibility for smooth pedalling and Giro4 leg grippers that keep the shorts in place. The Doppio V front supports around the waist and minimalist Stripe mesh bibs are barely noticeable as you pick up speed. And then there’s the sublime Progetto X2 Air Seamless seat pad. Comfort and support just don’t get any better. While first created for Tour riders to survive the madness of the first week, these shorts will serve you just as well at a local criterium through to taking on the rough stuff at a gravel race. And should you crash. Well, you’ll come out of it better. And a great pair of shorts won’t have been ruined. Result. Features:Materials: 79% Polyamide, 21% ElastaneDouble-layer side panels for extra protection in the event of a fallSmooth layer of Vortex fabric backed by a stretch woven fabric featuring aDyneema® ripstop gridForza fabric on inner legs with 38% Lycra® content for perfect fitStripe mesh engineered minimalist bib construction to keep you coolGiro4 leg gripper elastic for better grip distributed over larger areaDoppio V construction in front for increased support and comfortFlat-lock stitchingProgetto X2 Air Seamless seat padBuy Castelli Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Clothing > Shorts – Cycle
• Savings percentage from RRP: 40%
• Size: S
• Male
• 76
• Adult

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Other options for Shorts – Cycle

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Shorts – Cycle. 545 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Castelli Free Protect Race Bib Shorts included,
Castelli Free Aero Race 4 Bib Shorts Kit Version reviews, Castelli Rosso Corsa Sock 9cm reviews, or we really liked the look of Castelli Rosso Corsa 6 Sock reviews as another alternative.