Cycling Shorts

[cycling96]

How can you tell if Cycling Shorts fit correctly?

I have also read that you should wear cycling shorts for a couple of hours before your first ride to get use to them. Is this correct?

[Bad JuJu]

I have read--and it seems to be true, at least for me--that you should get the smallest size shorts you can squeeze your patootie into. The reason is that extra fabric can snag on things like the nose of the saddle, causing some very ungraceful and maybe even painful dismounts. For this reason, I generally find myself wearing a size smaller in bike shorts than in any other shorts. YMMV.

I never heard that you should wear new shorts around for a while before riding in them, though if it's your first time in your life wearing bike shorts, I guess you might want to get the feel of them before hitting the road.

[Kimmyt]

extra fabric can snag on things like the nose of the saddle, .

Man, the other day I had this issue! And the bike shorts I was wearing were my smaller ones, too. What I think happened was that it was hot out and when I put them on my sticky sweaty self made it harder to get them pulled all the way up, so I guess I had some 'crotch sag'. (TMI, I know!) Anyway, I managed to get them snagged on the nose of the saddle like for or five times during my ride, which made clipping in on uphill sections even more fun and challenging!



K.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I have also read that you should wear cycling shorts for a couple of hours before your first ride to get use to them. Is this correct?

That doesn't make any sense to me. The chamois is designed to be comfortable when you are sitting on a bicycle seat, not a normal chair...

--- Denise

[Bikingmomof3]

I am new to shorts, but from my experience, I just put them on and went straight out biking. They are wickedly comfortable.