Padded Liner To Wear Under Regular Shorts

[wackyjacky1]

I don't think the world is ready to see me in lycra or spandex, so I'm thinking about getting some of those "underliners" to wear under my regular shorts.

Do any of you have experience with these? Are they any good? Or should I just bite the bullet and get a pair of regular cycling shorts, and just wear a long, baggy t-shirt over them to hide my flub? :o

Recommendations would be very much appreciated. :)

[KnottedYet]

I will often wear cycling shorts, with regular shorts or pants or capris over them.

Regular cycling shorts on sale are usually cheaper or similar price to liners, and tend to be nicely made.

[auntiebobo]

I love the SheBeest board shorts. They are really mountain bike shorts but my bike doesn't seem to care. The padded liner can be removed from the shorts (they also come in capris) and this time of year I wear the liner under my winter cycling pants. In spring/summer I wear them as I bought them under the shorts/capris. I probably have 5 pair now. I suppose if I were brave I could wear them without anything over top. But like you I'm not sure the world is ready to see me in lycra. And certainly not the people I work with after commuting in them.

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=29970

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=28362 - ooh look the shorts are on sale.

[OakLeaf]

Or for a more "feminine" look, there's skorts or over-skirts.

[Zen]

You would be amazed what smooth black lycra can do for a body.
And Terry sells these (http://www.terrybicycles.com/detail.html?item_no=1894)
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/BikeTerryTunic.jpg

[wackyjacky1]

Excellent advice, thank you everyone! Zen, that tunic is crazy cute -- I'm going to have to get one of those.

[Crankin]

I have a pair of the Shebeest board shorts and I mostly wear them without the liner for everyday stuff. But I have worn them for short errand rides.
I have a Sugoi liner short that I bought on TE. They are just like shorts, except the leg part of the short is lighter weight material. The chamois is high quality. I have worn them under regular long shorts and capris and at the gym when I wanted to do spin and yoga after, so I wore them under my yoga pants. If you want a liner, these are keepers. I bought a pair that were shaped more like underpants and they were like granny pants.

[VeloVT]

I wear cycling shorts for all of my "real" rides in warm weather, and knickers or tights in cold weather, but when I commute (in warm weather) I'm a big fan of skorts. My favorite is this Shebeest skort:

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=25830

But I have bike skorts from Pearl Izumi, Skirt Sports, and Sugoi as well.

The skorts allow me to ride comfortably AND feel like a normal person in class or running errands. They're pretty cute actually.

[Starfish]

So, I am curious...when you wear a skort, do you sit on the back part of the skirt, or does it hang down behind the seat, and you are sitting on the bike seat with the shorts, like you normally would?

That Shebeest one is really cute.

[VeloVT]

Starfish,
The answer is, drumroll, I'm not really sure :D. I don't notice the skirt at all. It never gets caught on my seat, and my saddle (Fizik Arione) has both a very long nose and a pointy rear that could both tend to catch loose clothing. Some skorts blow up a lot in front, so they end up looking more like shorts when one is riding... happily the Shebeest one seems to stay down on me. But like I said :p, no idea what's going on in back.

[Zen]

And it comes in REDand would look really HOT with that Fire current tank.

I'm really getting out of control here. Almost as bad a Knot ;)

[Starfish]

But like I said :p, no idea what's going on in back.

Aaah, a true racer...no looking back! LOL :p

[OakLeaf]

I let my Sugoi skirt hang behind the seat. It will catch just a little, but it's easy enough to pull out from under me.

It runs small, BTW. I've never tried on regular Sugoi shorts, but the skort is tighter than regular PI or Shebeest shorts in the same size.

[Dianyla]

Aaah, a true racer...no looking back! LOL :p
Ha! It reminds me of something a friend of mine used to say about driving.

"If you're driving fast enough, you never need a rear-view mirror."