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?
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.
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.
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.
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.