I’ve found Brooks saddles uncomfortable (B17, B17N, Pro, Flyer, leaving aside a 72 which was fine on a Raleigh Sport) and use first edition Flites, but my experience is that with the right saddle properly set up one should not need any special pants for rides up to ~35 miles (tho’ most of my riding is on fixed gears, single speed or multispeed), for which I comfortably wear baggy, light nylon boxers under touring shorts or long cycling pants as long as these have no protruding crotch seams. I do have 2-3 pairs of old wool shorts with real chamois for longer rides that never happen, but I learned 20+ years ago that I hate thick diaper padding. Jan Heine said years ago that crotch “padding” in cycling shorts was really meant to prevent chafing, not to pad an uncomfortable saddle. I don’t know if this is true for long rides; perhaps others will speak up.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM Nick A. <thetaperoomstu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a B17 person. No pads or anything, usually 20-60 miles (during the > kinder parts of the year). > > Nick A. > Falls Church VA > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 7:56:50 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: > >> On Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:26:32 PM UTC-5 Jay wrote: >> >> I was curious to get some views from those with leather saddles and >> whether you wear bib (padded) cycling shorts, underwear with shorts/pants. >> >> >> My leather saddle is a Berthoud Aravis. Most frequently I use lycra >> biking shorts with as minimal a pad as possible. I've removed the padding >> from some shorts, leaving the "wicking layer" in place. My current favorite >> is the Aerotech Designs Motion shorts, which use their thinnest pad. I also >> ride with wool boxer briefs and knickers. If I ride with cotton underwear >> it's almost a certainty I'll get a saddle sore. >> >> As Lael Wilcox said, I've worked hard to find a saddle I like, the last >> thing I want is a big pad between it and my bottom. >> >> Ted Durant >> Milwaukee, WI USA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a7b9c82e-292c-48ad-8b04-bdc2abdff73en%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a7b9c82e-292c-48ad-8b04-bdc2abdff73en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtdsjJ6S2TUyeRd8qSAewpt%2BDtFJbx3Rrpiw9%3DE6b%3DDuQ%40mail.gmail.com.
