Oh no, they've ruined the Performance Ultra shorts

At least for me! I wait until this time of the year to pick up last year's shorts cheap and I've loved the Performance Ultras ever since some of you TE members recommended them.

Well, I grabbed a 2005 pair this weekend for $40, took them home, tried them on and they are so thin and transparent, you could READ THE NEWSPAPER THROUGH THEM!! At least I could plainly see my navel and I hate to think of what the rider behind me could see! :eek:

Waa! It's just like bras; just when you find a good one, they discontinue it or change it. It's not just chamois shape, it's how they attach the chamois in the short and where those seams hit you!

I hate it when manufacturers do that. I really don't understand why they feel a need to change something that works.

I've had similar problems in the past too. I like Pearl Izumi ultrasensor shorts, but there were a couple of years where I couldn't buy a new pair because they'd changed to cut of the shorts (specifically the front, dropped the top of the short down so low I thought they would fall off!). Luckily they changed them back again, must have had a lot of complaints. And many years ago I used to wear Moving Comfort bras. At some point they changed the cut (or design) and they no longer worked for me. Luckily I found a happy replacement in Champion.

Hope you can find another brand of shorts that works for you. (And maybe you'll be lucky and Performance will "fix" their now broken design.)

--- Denise

I think they try to follow what they perceive are fashion trends but they must have a test market group that gives new designs the thumbs up. I think we need to complain about stuff like this so they know how "real" riders feel! ;) (I'm rubbing my hands together and composing an email to Performance right now!)

Uh-oh. I really like the Performance Ultra shorts! I'll have to go to Performance and check! BTW, nuthatch, which Performance did you go to? The one in Naperville?

Yes in Naperville. They're having that rebate thing on bikes right now and they talked me into ordering a Rocky Mountain Sherpa with the rebate. I know I can always send it back if it's not a good fit or don't like it but it gives me the willies to put down that much money on something I haven't ridden or even laid eyes on!

I hope they still have a pair of the Ultras in the store so you can see them - I still can't believe how see-through they are!!!

Bummer. (Erm, no pun intended!) I hate it when that kind of thing happens.