Velocio Spring Apparel 2026

In the past couple of years, I’ve reviewed some cold-weather winter kit from Velocio, as well as their hot-weather summer fits. Since then, I’ve spent another full wet season in the winter bits, and they’re holding up admirably. But here in the PNW right now, it isn’t winter or summer. The cherry blossoms are fading, the salmon berries are getting going, and we’re into the’thqui’ season. That’s right, it’s springtime!

Spring days – like everyone’s perennial favorite, fall – often cover a wide swathe of temperatures. Cool mornings, cool evenings, and a hot afternoon in the middle. These daily mercury swings require thinking ahead about your clothing. If you’re riding mountain bikes or gravel (or that other thing we don’t talk about here at NSMB, road), Velocio just launched some new pieces to fill out your needs. I’ve reviewed the men’s pieces here, but Velocio also makes a full women’s line with specific fits, color options, and identical pricing. Most items are available in a eight sizes, from XXS through XXXXL.

Mountain Bike Bits

Around here, winter is pants and long-sleeve weather, often supplemented by hard layers on top to keep the water at bay. The warmer weather of springtime recedes at elevation, and dropping in a sweaty 1000 meters above where you started can be chilly. I’m still riding in long-sleeves and pants, but I’d also be roasting in the mid and heavyweight merino I tend to live in through the dark months. Enter, lightweight long sleeves and pants.

Small Delta Trail Longsleeve

Made from recycled polyester in Bulgaria (the women’s are made in Italy), the Delta Trail Longsleeve is knit into a tight grid pattern, designed to keep the sun off you and air flowing in hot weather while maintaining enough loft and warmth for cooler periods. This has been a go-to jersey over the past month; it’s impossibly soft, and I have been repeatedly disappointed when I go to get dressed and discover I wore it recently… and it’s in the laundry hamper for the upcoming ride. Fit-wise, the Delta Trail is comfy riding and long enough in the back, but doesn’t feel entirely out of line at the après, either.

Delta Trail Long Sleeve

Ultralight MTB Pant

They aren’t kidding about the ultralight part – these Lithuanian-made pants are the lightest I’ve ridden in. They’re also shockingly stretchy, which made more sense once I read they’re 31% elastane. For reference, this is more elastane than Velocio’s bib shorts, which are skin-tight and correspondingly stretchy. This combo of lightweight and stretchy fabric makes a very comfortable pant to pedal in, and I’d have no qualms about heading out in them all day. While they’ve only seen mountain bike use thus far, I think these will also see summer bikepacking duty, as they stuff down to nothing and will be warm enough for camp evenings and early-morning pedals before stripping a layer as the summer sun starts beating down.

Mens Ultralight MTB Pant

Bib Chamois

Icarus’ hubris famously caused him to fly too close to the sun and get hot. His gear melted, and he fell to Earth and drowned. What metaphor exactly Velocio was shooting for when they named the revised chamois after the mythological Greek figure is unknown, but the new Icharus Chamois is in the LUXE Ultralight bib short (gravel) I’ve been riding. The Ultralight Mesh Bib Liner (MTB) uses a different yet similar chamois specific to mountain bike fit and saddles.

I find both comfortable, with either version providing enough padding in the right places to be comfortable, while remaining slim and avoiding that diaper-like feeling, as cheaper chamois often can. The Ultralight Mesh Bib Liner is built to be worn under other layers (short or pant), to this end, it’s built as lightweight as possible with a translucent netting holding everything in place. We can probably all agree to just skip the Ultralight Mesh Bib Liner photos. No man has ever looked attractive in fishnet bibs, least of all me.

Of note for women, all your chamois have a different strap system dubbed FlyFree, enabling easy bathroom breaks without the need to shed layers.

Mens Trail Bib Mesh Liner

Mens Luxe Ultralight Bib Short

Gravel Bits

Ultralight Vest

While most of the gravel kit I requested is for warm and hot weather, Velocio was smart and included my favorite: a vest. The Ultralight vest is of the Emotional Support variety – it’s a single layer, incredibly light, has zero pockets, and packs down to nothing. This black-olive-ish colorway is undyed and 100% recycled, with the fibers knitted up and shipped to the customer exactly as they came from the recycler.

I love it.

There’s a single caveat; it’s too trim-fit for mountain biking. This is a problem that’s easily solved by sizing up, and also means it’s not flapping away at drop-bar speeds. It’s also a cut that’s very riding-focused, with a mullet-like short front/long back layout that only feels right once you’re sitting on a bike. The back is perforated with a grid of small holes to draw hot/humid air out through the low-pressure system, and there’s a two-way zipper, which is a ‘must have’ for me on a quality vest.

Mens Luxe Ultralight Vest

LUXE Ultralight Zipperless Jersey

Made in Albania from a 120gsm poly/elastane blend, this is another piece that really fits its Ultralight moniker. Velocio describes “a spiderweb of opaque mesh” for the front; however, I’d suggest “semi-opaque” might be more accurate; if you’re standing around in the cafe it feels very Right Said Fred. The flip-side here is when we hit temperatures a full 10C above seasonal averages last weekend, I was comfortable, coupled with the Ultralight vest, I was able to stay just-warm-enough as the sun dropped during a post-dinner spin. A zipperless jersey seemed odd at first, as I’ve never really noticed or complained about the zipper on a quality jersey, but I’ve quickly come to enjoy the 100% rub-free experience.

LUXE Ultralight Zipperless Jersey

Conclusions

All this can seem a little Goldilocks or Princess and the Pea. I know you’re thinking, ‘who needs “spring” kit after all’, and ‘are you really pitching me on having clothes for every five-degree increment?’ I am…. kinda.

What I’m pitching is ensuring you have enough flexible pieces of clothing to layer around and find a comfortable temperature for any given weather conditions, speed, and exertion level. Having a closet with a variety of short and long-sleeved options with a few different hard layers to put over the top means you should be able to adapt and combine to meet the needs of the day, be it a high-output mountain bike ride in the cold, a low-energy gravel cruise on a cool evening, or prepared with an overlayer if the clouds suddenly show up on your cafe ride. If you know you can be comfortable, you’re more likely to go ride.

The Delta Longsleeve and Ultralight MTB pants are both versatile pieces that’ll be in heavy rotation here until summer really sets in, and even then, the Delta Longsleeve will continue in the lineup to keep the UV rays away. As temperatures climb, the Ultralight Vest will likely get put away until fall, but I’m predicting the Zipperless Jersey will be a steadfast favorite till the leaves turn.

Overall, these are versatile pieces of kit that can be used across a range of conditions, not just spring, and if you’re looking for some well-made clothing covered by a 30-day no-questions-asked return policy, and a company that’s willing to sell you less by offering free repairs, Velocio should be on your list.