Just wondering if anyone has tried the padded undies for commuting. If it works it seems simpler than bringing a change of clothes if you can jsut bring a change of undies.
Course my commute is only 3 mi one way...
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03-20-2007, 10:01 PM #1
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Have you tried the padded undies?
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03-21-2007, 03:50 AM #2
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My commute is a tad over two miles each way. Mostly downhill to work, so I just wear regular clothes and don't work at all on the way to work. It's like strolling, but on your bike.
Coming home is a different story - uphill and the afternoons are much hotter. Impossible to not sweat.
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03-21-2007, 06:12 AM #3
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DH wears them, they have always cracked me up to see him wearing long white underwear.. The last ones he bought were black though. He swears by them.
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03-21-2007, 08:28 AM #4
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When I got my zoic capris they came with removable undies... but I haven't worn them with anything else. 7 miles isn't enough for me to need padding (especially riding the Gazelle).
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03-21-2007, 09:20 AM #5
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I don't think a 3 mile commute calls for particular gear if it isn't raining? Come on, your butt can take it! It's gonna get hardier for the real rides!
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03-21-2007, 10:19 AM #6
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I agree!
Originally Posted by alpinerabbit
BUT although I'm fine for distances below 10km (or even 20 round trip) on my city bike with a rather big (and quite uncomfortable) saddle, I wouldn't be on my tiny road bike saddle. I have a very narrow-nosed saddle and it is hell if I have to sit on it with jeans and normal undies even for 5 minutes. But I wouldn't take that bike to commute 3 miles either.
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03-21-2007, 11:35 AM #7
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Oh, I don't know ... but maybe I'm more of a delicate flower*. Originally Posted by alpinerabbit
I bought my first pair of padded shorts for commuting on our road bike. (2.5 miles each way!) It was partly psychological. That was the bike we used with the trainer and my butt hurt SO MUCH after the first half-hour ride I would never get back on the trainer withough two terrycloth dishtowels over the bike seat.
If you're sore after commuting and the padded undies would make you want to commute more, I say go for it!
* No one has every considered me a "delicate flower." "Subtle as a speeding train" is how it's usually phrased.
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