This week, POC introduced a broad new assortment that satisfies nearly each bike clothes want.
The model says the traces of bibs, jerseys, shorts, sun shades, jackets, packs, and extra will assist riders “prolong the season” with designs that prioritize versatility in “excessive circumstances.”
How? POC Attire Director Monica Lindstrom stated the model’s security mission guided the designs. That mission is to “defend lives and scale back the implications of accidents for athletes and anybody impressed to be one.” The corporate makes use of two in-house labs, which leverage elite athletes and analysis groups, to hold it out.
Lindstrom emphasised that security wasn’t the one factor POC prioritized within the new line. “Our security mission is our guiding gentle, however we’ve included different ideas within the growth course of to create attire that may work in each and any situation. It’s on the extremes when issues present their true colours, in safety and efficiency,” she stated.
Photograph: Maja Johansson
POC’s gear has appeared on Olympic and World Championship levels. It’s additionally tracked nicely in Bikerumor’s testing.
Right here’s what to search for from the most recent POC package, coming this spring.
POC Attire — highway and gravel
Pure VPDs bib shorts (ladies’s particular)
A reverse suspender permits riders to take a nature break with out taking off their jersey. 4-way stretch material with flatlock seams and the ladies’s particular Catalyst silicone chamois assist add consolation on lengthy days within the saddle.
VPD is a proprietary POC materials that adapts and shapes to the wearer’s physique but additionally hardens on influence.
Ambient jersey (ladies’s particular)
As its title suggests, POC builds the Ambient to take care of supreme physique warmth throughout days with massive temperature swings. “Excellent for chillier begins and late finishes,” it says; the calmly brushed jersey delivers thermal heat with a tender warp knit. Reflective touches assist maintain early birds and midnight owls protected.
Pristine jersey (males’s and ladies’s)
POC seeks a minimalist design within the Pristine by way of straight traces and lean trim. Minimal seams and a small collar mix with mesh air flow to help all-day consolation.
Photograph: Agnes Maltesdotter
Muse jersey (males’s)
The Muse is easy, longer-sleeved merino wool and polyester jersey for males. Priorities embody thermal regulation and a “luxurious” really feel towards the pores and skin.
Kernel layer vest (males’s)
The merino wool Kernel prioritizes core heat and moisture-wicking for early-season rides.
Rove Cargo VPDs bib shorts (males’s)
The Rove Cargo will get pockets to carry your smartphone or power chews, and many others., plus materials and construct selections geared towards consolation. POC’s Very important VPDs chamois brings the advantages of an extended pad to gravel and journey riders, and silicone inserts assist take up influence. A mesh torso, flatlock seams, and seam-free suspenders help all-day wearability.
POC Attire — mountain bike
Poise crew and tee (males’s)
The Poise is an off-the-cuff match shirt constructed for downhillers. It’s sized to accommodate physique armor, and POC appears to be like to make it comfy sufficient to put on on or off the bike. A small, safe pocket holds your carry ticket on the underside left.
Poise hoodie (males’s)
POC makes use of Japanese Delta-Peak polyester for the Poise hoodie. The snag-resistant material ought to assist facilitate clean driving by way of the bushes. Just like the crew and tee, physique armor ought to match beneath.
Important Enduro shorts (ladies’s)
POC’s Important Enduro shorts leverage a “gentle nylon stretch materials” to assist maintain lengthy rides on scorching days comfy. It says the fabric wicks moisture, dries shortly, and repels water successfully. An elastic waist helps the shorts match proper, and an in-house system helps maintain knee pads in place.
Attire — equipment
An array of recent socks and gloves are additionally on deck, optimized towards a variety of riders and kinds. The Zephyr merino mid-length sock makes use of a waffle knit sample up prime for help and a mesh construction on prime of the foot so as to add air flow. The Savant MTB glove seeks to steadiness consolation and grip contact with a skinny mesh palm to assist your hand breathe and silicone pads to maintain it in place.
POC Helmets Go Again to MIPS
POC introduced just one (vital) change to its helmet line: the reintroduction of MIPS. POC was one of many first helmet manufacturers to supply MIPS. Seemingly at all times on the forefront of security tech, POC then launched their very own rotational influence safety system with their SPIN Know-how padding. Most not too long ago, SPIN Tech gave approach to the MIPS Integra system, and now POC is providing a lot of new MIPS geared up helmets as promised:
- Omne Air MIPS
- Ventral Air MIPS
- Ventral MIPS
- Ventral Tempus MIPS
- Octal X MIPS
- Tectal Race MIPS
- Axion Race MIPS
- Coron Air MIPS
The Coron Air Mips (left) and Ventral Air Mips
Elsewhere, the anticipated 23-gram Elicit sun shades arrive this spring. POC achieved its lightest sun shades ever through the use of trussed arms and eradicating the bridge throughout the highest. The complete-coverage shades include a swappable lens.
EF Schooling-NIPPO rider Mitch Docker helped develop them and raced them at Paris-Roubaix. Photograph: POC
Among the many entire array, POC’s body-contouring, impact-cushioning VPD may take advantage of sense on the Column backpack. Since VPD shapes with physique warmth however hardens on influence, the backpack ought to keep comfy and resist put on and tear. Due to a detachable internet, the 13L pack has sufficient room for a hydration system, bike instruments, spare garments, and even your helmet. Six adjustment factors assist riders cinch it down proper.
The Oseus VPD built-in armor jacket and tee let downhillers defend their vitals with out layering up. POC makes use of “a tender, versatile material” to let riders can put on both of the 2 towards their pores and skin. And because of the zipper placement, the safety throughout the chest is steady.
Lastly, anybody who likes driving with no backpack (which means everybody), take word: fanny pack alert! The Lamina hip pack comes with compartmentalized storage for instruments, a spare tube, some snacks, keys and a card. Goal-driven pockets assist maintain all the things in the precise place: a pocket with a water-proof zipper for a smartphone, particular person software sleeves, and many others.
Get your high-tech on when the entire assortment arrives this spring at POC’s web site.
