GripGrab Grinta Bib Shorts Review 2026

What You Get

GripGrab is a Danish brand that’s built a reputation on race-fit clothing at a lower price than the big Italian houses, and the Grinta sits at the top of its bib short range. At £99.99 (down from £200 RRP, verified in stock on Tredz across sizes XS-XXXL), it’s aimed at riders who want a genuine race-fit short with premium padding without paying Castelli or Assos prices.

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Key Features

• Elastic Interface EXPLORER HCS padding — a well-regarded third-party chamois brand, positioned by GripGrab as suited to longer training rides rather than a thin race-only pad.
• Compressive woven fabric — GripGrab describe it as durable with exceptional stretch and abrasion resistance, built to hold its compression through repeated washing rather than sagging over a season.
• Laser-cut leg openings — no stitched hem to dig in or roll up on longer rides.
• Silicone-free gripper system — holds the leg opening in place without the tight, sometimes irritating grip of a silicone band.
• Wide size run — XS through to XXXL, waist 69cm up to 111cm, in black.

Who It’s For

Triathletes doing long turbo blocks and road rides who want a race-cut short without race-cut pricing. The EXPLORER HCS pad is built for time in the saddle rather than a short, sharp sprint effort, so it suits 70.3 and full-distance training volumes particularly well.

Buying Tips

• Check GripGrab’s own size chart against your waist measurement rather than your usual short size — European race-fit brands often run tighter than UK high-street sizing.
• Currently only available in black — if you want a colour option, check GripGrab’s other ranges rather than expecting a Grinta colourway.
• Buy a second pair if you’re training daily; race-fit chamois pads perform best when they’re not being washed and re-worn within the same 24 hours.

Care and Maintenance

Wash after every ride in cold water, ideally in a mesh bag to protect the leg grippers from snagging on other kit. Skip fabric softener, which breaks down the compressive fabric’s stretch over time, and always hang dry — tumble-drying is the fastest way to collapse a chamois pad’s foam structure.

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