Have not worn padded shorts in years. Originally wore them more out of peer pressure than any pressing need.
Lately I've been using Pulse Activewear boxers as the base layer. Ultrafine Merino is very comfortable against the skin. On Saturday, April 7, 2012 1:03:41 PM UTC-5, Fullylugged wrote: > > I mentioned last week that a new Brooks B17 finally gave that "ahh, it's > broken in" feeling after about 300 miles. As it happens, last week was also > my 1st century ride in un-padded shorts. The ride was so comfortable, I got > out a scapel from the college dissecting kit and cut the threads to remove > pads from two pr of Ibex Duo shorts. Rode 50 miles today with one of them > them on (this was on a Selle Anatomica) and can report that they are very > comfortable sans pad on a leather seat. If you haven't tried it, test the > ride out on a 20 mile spin. No chamois means no need for chamois cream > either. > > Happy riding! > > Bruce > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/bvjlAt2dKX4J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
