Seamless knit construction is the difference between a leg warmer you forget about and one you keep reaching down to adjust. POC's Cadence Leg Warmer skips the seams that normally run the length of the garment, so there's no ridge sitting behind the knee or along the inner thigh when you're settled into a long effort. The fabric is a polyamide and elastane blend that cuts wind across the front of the leg while pulling moisture off the skin as the pace picks up, and the interior is brushed to add insulation without the bulk of a full thermal tight.

A silicone gripper runs around the top of each warmer , which is the part that determines whether you spend the ride thinking about your kit or not. The design goal here is grip without constriction : enough hold to keep the cuff sitting against the hem of your bib shorts through several hours of pedaling, without a band that digs in or leaves a mark. The elastane content gives the fabric enough stretch to pull on over a chamois without a fight, which matters when you're doing it at the side of the road with cold hands.

Packability is the other half of the equation. These roll down small enough to live in a jersey pocket alongside a phone and a spare tube, so the decision to strip them off at the top of a climb doesn't cost you anything. That is the window the Cadence Leg Warmer is built for: mornings that start in the 40s and 50s and finish somewhere you'd rather be in bare legs, or mountain descents that pull the temperature down before the road flattens out.... Read More