Champion System Apex bibshorts review

Champion System offers kit customisation at an affordable price

Cycling Weekly Verdict

The Champion System Apex bibshorts are comfortable and well made. Although not the most sophisticated, they give you a reasonably priced option for a small run of custom kit.

Reasons to buy
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    Custom design options

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    Comfortable fit

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    Affordable

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    Low custom run sizes

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Reasons to avoid
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    Not the most sophisticated seat pad

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It may lack the name recognition of Rapha or Castelli, but Taiwan-based Champion System has been around a while, sponsoring its own pro team in the US between 2010 and 2013. This year, it’s the clothing supplier to the UAE Team Emirates pro team of Dan Martin, who won stage six of the Tour de France up the Mur de Bretagne in the brand’s innovative zipperless jersey.

Champion System focuses on custom kit, with the ability to cater for runs from 10 pieces upwards. That's the garment total, so you can for example order three sets of shorts, three summer jerseys, three jackets and a skinsuit to make up the minimum. There’s a web portal that allows you to configure and design your kit and the process is described in this video.

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