Pinnacle Thermal Cycling Tights Lady Review

Definitely thermal, suited to relaxed rides, but not the best for performance road cycling

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(Image credit: Emma Silversides)
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The Pinnacle Thermal Cycling Tights are suited to casual rides in cold, dry weather. If you're seeking some padless tights to keep you warm when running errands on an upright bike, they'll do the job. However, the cut and styling make them unsuitable as a more sporty, road cycling option. Sizing down might reduce some of the bagginess at the waist and ankles, but the seam placement and absence of compression will still disappoint most Lycra loving riders.

Reasons to buy
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    Good protection

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    Versatile

Reasons to avoid
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    Poor 'cycling' fit

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Pinnacle, the in-house brand at Evans Cycles, offers these Thermal Cycling Ladies Tights with an extremely reasonable price tag.

We did find them to be very warm in cold conditions, and the style will perhaps be ideal if Lycra is not your go-to. However, performance-seeking roadies might be looking for a closer fit in the best bib tights for winter cycling.

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Emma’s first encounters with a bike were in between swimming and running. Soon after competing for GB in the World Age Group Triathlon Championships in Edmonton in 2001 she saw the light and decided to focus on cycling. 

With a couple of half decent UK road seasons under her belt, she went out to Belgium to sample the racing there, spending two years with Lotto-Belisol Ladies team, racing alongside the likes of Sara Carrigan, Grace Verbeke, Rochelle Gilmore and Lizzie Deignan. Emma moved from Lotto-Belisol to Dutch team Redsun, working primarily as a domestique for Emma Johansson. When Redsun folded, Emma was offered the opportunity to ride with a newly formed Belgian team and home to the first year senior and budding rider Anna Van Der Breggen.

After retiring, Emma returned to teaching, setting up her own tutoring business. When not coercing kids to do maths, she is invariably out on two wheels. While the road bike remains her true passion, she has also developed an addiction to touring, with destinations including Iceland, Georgia and Albania, to mention just a few. There have also been sightings of Emma off-road, on mountain and gravel bikes… As if all of this isn't enough, she's been working as a freelancer since 2005, testing and reviewing the latest kit and sharing her insight into the sport.