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+1 to Specialized, always decent products at sensible prices. I'm still using BG mitts I bought 10 years ago.

Agree with you, but with one reservation about the shoes.

I had the previous generation S-Works shoes, both road and MTB, and they both failed at the back where the sole was bonded (not well enough it would appear) to the heel.

To give Spesh there due they warranteed both pairs with no quibble- I spent the money on Sidi's.

I really like Specialized clothes and shoes but their durability has declined a lot in the last few years. The soles of the shoes come unstuck and the stitching in the gloves fails. Not up to Campagnolo's heroic standards of look-great-but-only-last-weeks but nowhere near as good as they used to be.