Yeti Ironton Bib [Rider Review]

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At Worldwide Cyclery, we all have the best bikes decked to the nines with the latest components. Our bikes aren't the only things that should perform well on trail though. Our clothes must perform under the most demanding conditions. Since making the transition to bib shorts, I can confidently say each ride gets better. I think our friend Christopher Del Sole can say the same now with his Yeti Ironton bibs. Read more below!

Introduction

Bibs. They're worn by babies who can't eat without smearing food all over the place and all over themselves, by children who can't handle getting snow down their pants, and, it turns out, by cyclists. They are SUPER comfortable, and I am NEVER going back to the old days. Not since Mom dressed me in those Columbia bibs and sent me out to sled in the snow have I known such velvety soft, completely seamless comfort. These bibs are a GAME CHANGER!

Fit and Feel 

Seriously though, these Yeti Ironton bibs are the bees knees, and that's not just the comfort talking. They are my first pair of bibs, but after just one ride, I have become a complete and total convert. They are lightweight, yet perfectly padded in all the right places. No longer having to worry about my nether-regions showing because I got a little too rad roosting that berm, sending that whip, or more realistically, bending over in the parking lot to lace up my Puma's is pretty sweet, too. Now, I will say that I look like a weird, quasi-Bavarian whilst wearing these sans shirt, but, uh, yeah - don't do that. Throw a shirt on, some baggies over to preserve your bro-cred, and prepare to be pampered. Pampered by bibs, that is.

As for the technical details, they're made by Yeti, so they're going to be solid. The material seems to be of the highest quality, with nice touches like mesh panels to let the body breathe, compression where things should be compressed, and padded chamois to keep those aforementioned nether regions comfy, too.

Performance

Graphically, the aesthetics of these bibs just screams "XC speed racer," so of course, I put them to the test on my enduro sled. Turns out the bike does not care what you are wearing, as long as you're comfortable in bibs. It responded to my inputs as if wired directly to my brain, a function, no doubt, of the Yeti bibs I was wearing. That I was riding a Yeti certainly did not hurt, but it is my belief that the supreme performance boost I was experiencing had to do with the comfort my body was experiencing from the neck down. Gone were worries about plumber's crack being inadvertently exposed, or perhaps that beer belly spilling out from under a too-tight spandex roadie jersey; replaced by thoughts such as "YEAH!," and "TRUCK, YEAH! I AM KILLING IT RIGHT NOW THANKS TO THESE BIBS I AM WEARING!"

Final Thought

After buying a pair of these bibs, I endeavored to purchase more, then realized they were of such high quality, that is probably not necessary. Do yourself a favor, and buy these bibs. Your nether-regions will thank you.