Santini Garment Design Technical Features

• BIBS & TIGHTS
  Made of breathable mesh or compact fabric, bibs are perfect to guarantee the comfort and the perfect fit you are looking for in cycling shorts.
  
  
• ELASTIC
  To ensure perfect fit and positioning of the jersey during your rides, we’ve developed and implemented this special elastics. We believe that’s not you that have to wear your garment, but it’s the garment that needs to wear you.
  
  
• ELASTIC CUFF
  Perfect to ensure the correct position of the mesh and give you the fit you want, the cuff elastics are a fundamental accessory to enhance the fit.
  

Designed and developed by yourself with the help of our professional athletes, our chamois will allow you to stay on the saddle for hours without sacrificing comfort. All handmade, they do not have seams in contact with the skin, thus ensuring a perfect fit.

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Aerodynamics, fit and comfort are key features for a technical garment, and the right cut will allow you to take full advantage of these benefits. Choose the one that suits you best.

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All the zippers we employ feature a cam lock zip closure. The technology protects you from pulling down your zipper inadvertently. When the pull is down it locks the zipper in place. To open the zipper simply raise the pull and unzip (or zip). See the full tutorial video on our YouTube channel.
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Indispensable to carry with you everything you need, pockets are an essential accessory for anyone who spends much time on the saddle. Choose from our solutions the one that best suits your needs and your style.

The technology of our fabrics allows you to get the best from the point of view of both comfort and performance: breathability, lightness and aerodynamics are just some of the technical characteristics that can be enhanced choosing the right fabric.

Safety on the road is a priority for us. Products feature reflective details to make you visible on the road even in the darkest hours. All our reflective elements are either incorporated in the product design or beautifully applied to the garment.

B u i l t f o r t h e p r o-m i n d e d cyclist, our streamlined and ultra-high-performance REDUX range feature aggressive aerodynamics and a defining, soft feel. We use woven fabrics that offer greater weight reduction, thermal regulation, and friction/drag reduction. Our most-advanced clothing construction techniques, like laser-cut, concealed rear pockets, thermo-sealed seams, one-piece, raw-cut bib braces, and an upgraded leg gripper, give REDUX a minimalist, pared-down design for a super-clean aesthetic.

Most of the fabric we use for our summer garments have a high UVA/UVB (UPF 30) resistance to protect your skin while ensuring comfort and breathability.

Featured in our Vega Multi jackets, POLARTEC® Power Shield® is a resilient 3 - laye r fabric that protects against the elements, but without the stiff hand and loud noise of a hard shell. This allows Power Shield® to provide greater comfort, while defending against strong winds, rain, snow, and even abrasive surfaces. Power Shield® has a 5000 mm water column resistance and unlike other protective layers, Power Shield®’s microporous membrane easily releases excess heat and moisture vapour for dry conditions both inside and out.

Featured in our Vega Extreme jackets’ inner collar, baselayers , Vega Extreme, Alpha® active insulation is engineered for consistent warmth, while allowing greater breathability during activity. Alpha® was invented for the U.S. Special Forces that required a superior insulation system for extreme temperature variations and the start-stop conditions of combat. This air exchange technology creates sustained comfort with out shedding layers.

All our Vega range products feature inserts in Superoubaix fabric with a water-proof PU coating, on the back tail and cuffs, to enhance the garments' performance. The coating creates a water and dirt repellent guard that protects while pedalling, while the Superoubaix fabric maintains warmth and allows for perfect fit.

Featured in our Vega H20 jackets, ACQUAZERO® is a fluorine – free water-repellent technology. Based on special hyper-branched polymers, this hydrophobic environmentally friendly & PFOA free textile treatment provides a good water-repellent performance with low impact on breathability, soft handle and high comfort which is maintained even after repeated washes and use

Featured in our Guard Mercurio jackets, Mercury is a 3-layer multi-functional fabric made for total rain protection, with a 5000 mm water column resistance. The external layer is an elasticated ladder-proof fabric, abrasion resistant and water repellent. The inner layer is a hydrophilic polyurethane membrane highly wind-resistant and rain-proof. In between these two layers, a Polyester coating allows a better elasticity to deliver a more comfortable fit.

The Grimpeur fabric feature d in our Guard Nimbus jacket and vest, is a lighter and more versatile option to the Zerowind Mercury fabric. Ideal for milder temperature but still 100% rain-proof, and with good breathability, it is also incredibly pocketable so that it can be used for jackets and vests that can be easily stored in your back pockets