Culotte con tirantes Q36.5 Salopette Dottore Clima

The Dottore Clima is Q36.5's answer to the problem every premium bib short runs into eventually: the same fabric that gives you compression and support tends to run hot once summer arrives. Q36.5 addressed that here by opening up the weave and adding vents to the chamois rather than just swapping in a thinner, less supportive pad.

The lumbar support panel is the part that stands out in fit testing — it's a genuinely different sensation from a standard bib, more like a low-profile compression band across the lower back. Whether that translates into measurably more power late in a ride is Q36.5's claim to make, not ours, but the added stability is real and noticeable, especially out of the saddle.

The silver-thread fabric claim around electro-magnetic protection is more marketing language than something we can vouch for firsthand. What we can vouch for is that the fabric dries fast and doesn't hold odor the way some synthetic blends do after a few hard efforts.

We'd point these at riders who already know they run hot in bibs and have been holding out for a race-fit short that doesn't punish them for it in July and August. If you're comfortable in a standard-weight Dottore Pro through most of the year, this is the one to add for the hottest weeks of the season.