Forum search & shortcuts

Decathlon / van Rys...
 

UPDATE: Reviews section refreshed, redesigned, searchable: Go take a look

Decathlon / van Rysel RCR-R PRO bib shorts - any experience

Posts: 158
Full Member
Topic starter
 
[#13536363]

Hi, as per the title, does anyone have any experience with the van Rysel RCR-R PRO bib shorts?

 

cheers


 
Posted : 20/07/2026 7:22 pm
Posts: 2927
Full Member
 

Generally my experience of Decathlon own brand kit is that at the top of the range stuff is both excellent quality and significantly cheaper than the 'branded' competition.  But those are £150 so they're in Rapha (etc) territory anyway.  They'd need to be pretty special. Theres some interesting stuff in the rest of the range - the £90 RCR5 has an elastic interface pad. The mtb undershort bibs have a pad that looks ok from the picture and they're less than £50 (down to 25 right now).

I've said this on other posts though - I rarely find out if a cycling short is truly comfortable (for *me*) until I've ridden it for some hours at which point theres no returning it if it's not. 


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 10:18 am
Posts: 3750
Free Member
 

I've got the endurance road ones for £40 and they're bob on, they size up a little small though, i was between sizes and glad i went up instead of down.

They're good enough that I'm not sure i'd be interested in spending more on fancier ones


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 11:36 am
fazzini reacted
Posts: 13612
Full Member
 

I've got the tier down and like them a lot. I've also got some very nice AliExpress jobs that are also very nice and substantially cheaper...


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 11:41 am
Posts: 2927
Full Member
 

Posted by: scaled

I've got the endurance road ones for £40 and they're bob on, they size up a little small though, i was between sizes and glad i went up instead of down.

They're good enough that I'm not sure i'd be interested in spending more on fancier ones

they've got some very cheap stuff and a massive jump to the top end.  I'm going to make an effort to go to a big store and have a look at them for sure.  

 


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 11:51 am
Posts: 2897
Free Member
 

Posted by: scaled

I've got the endurance road ones for £40 and they're bob on, they size up a little small though, i was between sizes and glad i went up instead of down.

 

Same here, I've got a pair as has natrix junior.

 


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 11:58 am
 IHN
Posts: 20353
Full Member
 

Posted by: b33k34

an elastic interface pad

Wots one of them then?


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 1:56 pm
Posts: 2927
Full Member
 

Posted by: IHN

Posted by: b33k34

an elastic interface pad

Wots one of them then?

Theres a few companies that specialise in making pads for cycling shorts. One of the 'name brands' used to be more of an assurance of quality.  I suspect that in the last few decades while those brands can still charge a premium, there are probably loads of cheaper high quality pads coming out of china

https://www.elasticinterface.com/en/technologies/chamois/

 


 
Posted : 21/07/2026 4:12 pm
anorak and IHN reacted