My skinny butt generally prefers cycling shorts. That said, I agree with the remarks here that a poorly designed pad gets in the way and could chafe. I used to wear cycling padded liners under civilian shorts/knickers for long yet casual city rides, but those liners fall into the poorly designed pad category. So now I mostly use Pearl Izumi Pro shorts which have anatomical, chamfered pads. I use those PI Pros as outer cycling shorts or as liners. As an aside... if anyone has a skinny waist (28-30") but long legs/femurs, then you might check out Mission Workshop cycling shorts. Although they're pricey, their XS and S sizes have longer inseams.
On Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9:39:12 AM UTC-7 krhe...@gmail.com wrote: > @Jay, > > I ride a Brooks B67S sprung saddle on my Clem. I have to purchase two > pairs of X-Tiger 5D cycling shorts off of Amazon. I have one pad of the cut > out from one short and sewn on top of the other by the local seamstress at > the dry cleaners. The purpose of this to get the most padding on my bum as > possible, so that I can ride longer distances. Eventually, the short wears > out and have to go through the same process again. > > After buying six or seven pairs of shorts and finding that the padding did > not work for me, due to my aging process, I have lost a good amount of > subcutaneous fat on my bum. I have a very bony bum. > > Kim Hetzel. > > > > On Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 7:44:17 AM UTC-8 Richard Rose wrote: > >> I’ve largely given up using padded liners since getting my B17 saddles on >> my two Riv’s. On the vast majority of rides ranging from 20-60 miles I am >> using merino boxers under a variety of cycling branded (Kitsbow, OrNot, >> Search & State) though not cycling specific shorts or pants. No comfort or >> other issues. I will still use a padded liner when I am doing a longer ride >> on fairly rowdy singletrack. However I have found I do not really need to. >> I often marvel that I can do a 20+ mile MTB trail with lots of roots & >> rocks on a B17 with no padding. I suspect it’s because I will “float” above >> the saddle through the rough stuff using my knees for suspension. My >> favorite merino boxer is from OrNot. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 22, 2025, at 6:26 PM, Jay <jason....@gmail.com> 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. >> If underwear; is it wool, synthetic, other; do you care about seam >> placement; tight/compression fit, loose; or do you not think about this at >> all (just ride in whatever)? >> >> >> I recently ordered a Brooks Team Pro Special and would love to not have >> to wear padded bib shorts (despite having like 10 of them). I'm certainly >> going to try riding with some synthetic compression long boxers (I have a >> few pair) and winter tights, as it's that time of year. I'll also try with >> a few models of bib shorts I have. >> >> Long rides on hot days are not always the best, for me, with bib shorts, >> due to chafing. I rarely get actual saddle sores (not since switching to >> the C17). >> >> When I started cycling over 20 years ago, after a couple years into it, I >> got a B17 saddle. After some trial-error with set up, it was fairly >> comfortable. I was always wearing bib shorts, but I still laugh at one >> time in the winter when after riding for two hours I realized I wasn't >> wearing bib shorts, just underwear and winter tights. I later got a Brooks >> Swallow, and then for some reason switched to plastic saddles and only >> tried Brooks again in the last 18 months. I tried a B17, twice maybe, and >> it seemed too large and impacted how I pedalled. I then tried a C17, and >> it was pretty good in that I was well supported, pedalling was fine, and >> with padded shorts it has been the most comfortable saddles I've had in the >> last 10 years. I want to see if I can eliminate chafing/sores and figured >> I would try the Team Pro Special (hoping the width/shape works better for >> me than B17; I'm rather skinny). >> >> -- >> >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/13ec75a3-9a6b-44c0-b786-9bd79b5ae6c5n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/13ec75a3-9a6b-44c0-b786-9bd79b5ae6c5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- 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/7f58f527-9d7d-45bd-bfaa-8494d0452537n%40googlegroups.com.
