Altura’s new Podium Elite shorts combines good quality fabrics with an excellent chamois, subtle styling and clever stash pockets which offer an interesting point of difference from other shorts.
Initially I suspected the shorts to be a little fragile – they seemed too lightweight in material for regular or long-term use. That meant one thing – to ride them more than any other shorts in the kit draw and they’ve shown no signs of wear. During that time, the chamois has also revealed itself as a really comfortable pad, with a wide layer of perforated foam sandwiched between other layers to build-up a breathable and effective pad.
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