GORE C3 Women's Windstopper bib tights + review

Made from the coveted GORE Windstopper fabric the GORE C3 Women's Windstopper bib tights + promise to keep you riding down to -15 degrees, so could they be your ideal snow partner?

GORE C3 Women's Windstopper bib tights +
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The GORE C3 Women's Windstopper bib tights + are in a class of their own when it comes to keeping you warm in sub zero riding conditions. The fit does need to be improved to make these perfect, but I'd still take these over a better fitting less insulated pair any snow day of the week. 

Reasons to buy
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    Windproof

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    Water resistant

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    Thermal

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    Zipper waist for easy comfort brakes

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    Reflective details

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    Price

Reasons to avoid
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    Some restrictive movement

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    Fit

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Until this year, I could probably have counted my sub zero snow rides on one hand. They've been exciting and knowing that the snow wouldn't hang around for long, I swopped bikes, stuck on some spike tyres and headed off road for an exciting adventure.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.