To me this is a question of time in the saddle. If I'm commuting or on a ride up to about 25 miles, normal shorts/undies are fine (though I still find cotton lousy due to lack of wicking). If I'm doing a longer ride, I'll put on the padded wool shorts. It's not just the padding that helps on longer rides. Loose-fitting pants/shorts rubbing for more than a few hours will eventually cause abrasions. Seems to be physics (friction?). I am guessing that everyone has a different "thick-skin" threshold. It's like wool - some folks can't wear it without major itch.
Brian Seattle, WA On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Eric Platt <epericmpl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another data point. I was in the habit of wearing padded short liners on > a hammock saddle. Then a while went with just underwear. Because of the > way I sit on the rear cantle of the saddle, this ended up causing a > physical problem. Moved over to an older Terry saddle and the problem went > away with padded shorts. > > Starting this year, decided to try the hammock with padded again. > Unfortunately the same physical issue appeared. Once again back to the > Terry and no problem. > > It could be the issues had nothing to do with the change of clothing, but > after having it happen twice, am not going to risk it again. Just as > likely it is my excessive weight on the saddle causing the issue. > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 13:34 -0700, Matthew J wrote: >> > > I've been using padded shorts with hammock saddles for 40 years. >> > >> > Context, please. Would you have an adverse reaction if not? I do not >> > wear padded shorts and hammock saddles are the only saddle that work >> > for me. >> >> I will never forget my first century attempt. 1973, shorts that are cut >> off denim jeans with Y fronts underneath, no gloves, sneakers. By the >> time I got to mile 75 there was no part of me that came into contact >> with the bike that didn't hurt. Hands were on fire; feet were in pain >> from where the top clips pressed on my big toe nails and where the front >> and back edges of the Campagnolo pedals had dug trenches into them; and >> I developed a new understanding of the Johnny Cash song "Burning Ring of >> Fire" that I've never been able to forget. >> >> I started wearing riding shorts after that ride. Gloves and cycling >> shoes, too. >> >> >> >> -- > 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
