UNIQUE FABRIC: like the L1, il Dottore is built entirely from a single Italian 6.6 polyamide, now woven in 8 different densities (instead of the original L1’s 4). These different densities are employed strategically in different points of the bib short design in order to maximise athletic efficiency. The greatest density (Modulus Force warp 510, weft 620) is used in the lumbar panel of the shorts where it works actively to improve stability and body alignment during the pedal stroke as well as reducing muscle fatigue. All other panels are similarly calibrated, in co-ordination with the unique minimally paneled pattern of the shorts, to actively support the rider during activity: sensitive riders will notice the sensation of ease of movement, as the motion of the legs are guided by the particular Vectorial Elasticity of the garment.
The threads used for the fabric undergo a water-repellence treatment before being woven (so as to maintain their ‘natural’ structure), improving drying time as well as resistance to water making the bib shorts a particularly good riding choice in wet weather.
Differently to the traditional knitted fabric used for most top-end bib shorts, the extraordinarily high-density nylon 6.6 structure used in the Salopette L1 Essential allows for maximum robustness at a lower weight, as well as a significantly longer product life.
The chamois pads of high performance cycling bib shorts of the last 10 years have been characterised by the use of two different technologies:
the first is the sewn flexible pad pioneered by Assos and Cytech with invention of the Elastic Interface™ in 2000;
the second is the use of thermo moulded foam pads.
Each have their distinctive advantages: the sewn pad is more flexible and elastic while the thermo moulded pad is able to use a much denser grade of foam and thus offer more support and padding. In 2013 Q36.5 produced, after an intense period of experimentation and research, the first chamois pad in the world to fuse both technologies into a single design.
Multi-layer and multi-density open cell foam, calibrated for different levels and kinds of support (eg. the perineal, ischiatic, genital and gluteal zones) is used throughout the chamois area. In the front part of the chamois, where flexibility, breathability and softness are most appreciated the foam’s elastic covering fabric is cut and sewn. In the rear part of the chamois, where flexibility is at less of a premium, compared to support and padding, the foam is thermo moulded in order to achieve a superior density.
The perineal area is also taken into specific consideration with two parallel lengthwise foam pads positioned in the appropriate area in function of the rider’s good health (this unique feature will be particularly appreciated by riders with a sensitive prostate area).
The pad cover, a proprietary atypical double-heart shape of generous proportions, has been designed to better cup the gluteal and genital areas. This complex and labour intensive method of construction provides the rider with a feeling of solid and substantial padding across the entire area of the pad, from more upright ‘amateur rider’ and climbing positions to the ‘road riding’ position which places pressure on the perineal area all the way to the extreme angles of a Time Trial position in which the rider is much further forward and bene ts from the frontal padding.
We consider the Techno Fusion Chamois System to be the most outstanding all-round chamois. Every last minute detail of the design is governed by the exclusive consideration of support and comfort. The rider will immediately note the distinctively new feeling of substantial support of the chamois.
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The SUPER MOULDED LIGHT chamois (identical dimensions and calibration of densities as that found on the L1) stripped of its additional padded covering and replaced by a thin antifriction interface, produces a less substantial, more essentialist pad which nevertheless supports you in all the vital places.
After the intense experimentation which led to the development our FUSION Chamois (used on Salopette L1 Essential) which combines sewn and thermo moulded components into a single chamois, Q36.5 used the fruits of its research to develop a new chamois produced exclusively with thermo moulding techniques.
This new pad, the Super Moulded (SM), has the same dimensions as the FUSION and its foam padding has been calibrated according to the same scheme of variable densities and thicknesses in the perineal, ischiatic, genital and gluteal zones for an extremely sophisticated tuning of rider comfort. The chamois, as with rear part of the FUSION, uses a unique moulding technique to present smooth variations in thickness of padding (unlike the more common striated multi-thickness thermo moulded pads on the market), markedly improving the contact with the rider’s skin.
The SML is, like the FUSION, an extremely high-performing chamois designed for a solid and substantial feel and all-round riding support: from more upright ‘amateur rider’ and climbing positions to the ‘road riding’ position which places pressure on the perineal area all the way to the extreme angles of a Time Trial position.