I now have exclusively cut-out leather saddles, 3 Selle Anatomica and 1 Brooks Flyer. The cut-out was a huge improvement for me with long ride comfort, and has made my choice of bottom layer mostly irrelevant. However I still err towards shorts/pants that have a gusseted crotch so as to not have a seam between my body and saddle. I will wear a chamois on humid summer recreational rides just to help mitigate sweaty undies/shorts which then translates to damp saddle
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. > 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d12f0656-0469-4f6d-b779-8507cdd4b567n%40googlegroups.com.
