Ekoi and Gobik brands

[Dan Lotus]

Afternoon all,

I've been liking the look of Ekoi kit for quite a while now (French company) and have just now ordered a couple of jerseys, and one mips helmet - all with large reductions.
I was concerned about import duties etc, so will have them delivered to my parents who live in Spain - this does mean, having only just returned, I won't get my mitts on them until October.

Gobik - I believe they cloth(e) several WT teams, but until fairly recently was not familiar with them.
I'm considering ordering a pair of bib shorts to try from Lordgun, but just waiting on a discount code or sale.

Has anyone any experience with either of these brands, and have any comments as to quality, and or fit compared to other brands such as Castelli, Endura, Rapha, Lusso, Sportful, Giordana etc etc.
There is precious little out there that I have found in the way of meaningful reviews.

Thanks :-)

 

[Drago]

How will you know if they suit the shape of your head?

 

[VinSumRox]

I got a Gobin call from the Ineos team bus last year and it did seem good quality. Can't comment on the rest of their kit though.

 

[si_c]

Ekoi stuff is pretty decent, I have their lightweight lid which does weigh pretty much nothing and their clothing is also pretty good as I've got some mitts from them. Probably similar quality to the castelli and specialized stuff I'd bought before.

 

[Dan Lotus]

How will you know if they suit the shape of your head?

I can't, total gamble of sorts, but a relatively modest £65, and worst case, I can either sell it on, or pass it onto a family member, as I have several who cycle.

Ekoi stuff is pretty decent, I have their lightweight lid which does weigh pretty much nothing and their clothing is also pretty good as I've got some mitts from them. Probably similar quality to the castelli and specialized stuff I'd bought before.

That's encouraging to hear a positive review of both helmet and kit.
I did have some mitts in the basket, but ended up removing them, as I don't REALLY need additional mitts.

They have quite a serious sale on currently.

Can I ask whether you ordered direct from them in France for delivery here, and if so what fees you incurred please?

 

[si_c]

I can't, total gamble of sorts, but a relatively modest £65, and worst case, I can either sell it on, or pass it onto a family member, as I have several who cycle.


That's encouraging to hear a positive review of both helmet and kit.
I did have some mitts in the basket, but ended up removing them, as I don't REALLY need additional mitts.

They have quite a serious sale on currently.

Can I ask whether you ordered direct from them in France for delivery here, and if so what fees you incurred please?

I did order from France, but it was a couple of years ago. You shouldn't have any fees levied for small parcels under £100 is my understanding. That's how Temu manages to operate.

 

[Dan Lotus]

Ah ok, I think it depends on whether they are vat registered if I understood things correctly - £135 comes in somewhere.
Those that are vat registered add on the VAT if it's less than £135, over that they don't, and it's lumped on plus the admin fee when it comes into this country. The sites that are vat registered normally detect you are in the UK and splash it all over their site, but I didn't see any evidence of that on the Ekoi site, perhaps I'll drop them a message to enquire.

This order was about £120, but I thought it safest to have it sent to Spain anyway. I checked the cost if I paid in Euros versus GBP, and as an anomaly it was very marginally cheaper to pay in GBP, so went for that.

 

[HLaB]

Ive never had any charges with my EKOI kit and I've bought a fair bit from them. Gobik has been popping up a fair bit on my Farceboke and I keep on meaning to investigate as one of my best bit of kit is Gobik bib shorts I bought in Tenerife back in 2020 and they've never bobbled and become see through like later bought castelli stuff.