Ok, so here’s my problem.

I own quite a few padded shorts, ranging from $30 - $250 (bibs), and they feel great for the first 2-3 hours, then I get really uncomfortable in them. Not pain, but quite uncomfortable.

I was able to ride 200km wearing only compression shorts with no padding, but I think I got lucky.

Regular shorts/underwear always have issues because of the seams, so they aren’t viable.

I heard that triathlon shorts are lightly padded, so they may offer a nice in-between.

Does anyone wear them? How do they compare to traditional cycling shorts?

  • TurtleTourParty@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I use cheap athletic shorts and a brooks saddle. I might be lucky but I’ve never had any issues besides getting holes in the shorts in over 10000km of touring.

    • Showroom7561OP
      3·
      1 month ago

      Any underwear?

      I think it’s easier to get away with casual clothes on a touring bike or at a touring pace (i.e. I never wear padded shorts when I’m on my vintage MTB set up as a touring bike), but on a road bike with road tires, the road buzz really fatigues the rear end after a while.

      • TurtleTourParty@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Yeah hanes athletic boxer briefs. I’ve tried without but that makes it too easy to accidentally squish certain parts.

        I’ve never done fast paced road biking so I can’t be of help there.

        • Showroom7561OP
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          1 month ago

          It looks like Hanes has a few options where the seams aren’t over the butt cheeks. I’ll have to check them out! Thanks.