re: seats and shorts

[caligurl]

Originally posted by Karen London
And if your shorts get too big (or if you get too small), big shorts are a no-no. They will chafe.

i'm so glad i found this forum!

i'm brand, brand new to cycling. just got my bike and first 2 pair of shorts on sunday. one of the pair i got was from performance.. their century short shorts. my hubby wears the men's centuries and loves them.

my problem is.. i think they are too big. i mean i know that the padding takes getting used to.... but i really feel like there's too much there.. and it moves around and stuff... and the back part of the shorts from waist to butt.. doesn't sit nice and smooth.. it kinda bunches (hard to explain)...

i think they must be too big.. problem is.. they don't make XS in the centuries!

so i guess i need to get back to a bike store and try some more brands on.. and see which ones don't have so much material (the shebeest ones i bought don't have all that material.. and the adorable sugoi ones i tried on and didn't buy didn't have all the extras either!) i was trying to save money by getting generic shorts.. but in the long run when i get better at cycling.. it sounds like i'll be miseable and not wear them anyways...

[gretchen]

Hey Caligirl! Just me again (gretchen)....
I totally understand what you mean by the shorts up the back...what the heck do they think we're going to fill that much fabric with?!!!!!!!!!! I have two pairs of PI (Pearl Izumi), one is the 3D (WAY too much padding) adn the other is the sensor, another two pairs of Volear (or however you spell that!)...which i like becasue they don't over pad them . I am a believer that everyone is SOOOO different in what they like in a short/padding. My daugher likes lots, me...not so much. I have not experienced the rubbing/chaffing (oh, wait, yes i did when i was an "underwear" wearer and the seam on the underwear started rubbing after about 30 miles...OUCH) but i think so much padding defeats the purpose of the cut-out in the saddle. For a while i thought, why ever bother with padding, then i dropped my car off at the dealer for service and rode my bike home without bike shorts. I now get the need for padding. Oh, and padded gloves. Those high pressure tires don't have much "give"! Just keep trying the shorts, you'll eventually find the ones you like ...after about $1200.00!!!!!
Hey,what kind of bike did you get?
gretchen

[caligurl]

hi gretchen! *waves!*

i did try on a bunch of shorts this weekend... it's rough! i think i'll like the pearl izumi's.. most styles.. except i prefer shorter inseams.. so that was restricting my choices.. i'm still kicking myself that i tried on a pair of PI's.. micro sensor or something like that.. marked 105 on the 1/2 price rack.. and i decided not to get them... UGH! maybe they'll still be there when i get back in the area!

i found a pair of short PI's that i did get.. less padding.. but fit well...

i'm still like my shebeests with the blue stripe best...

i also tried on performance's elite, i think they were.... and those are shorter and fit waaaaaay better than their centuries/gels, etc. so i think i'll be placing an order for one or two of those..

i just like having lots of choices and i'm not getting that with cycling shorts *pout*

at least i have better luck with jerseys! (i have a jacket already that i got at sports chalet on the clearance rack.. WOO HOO!)

[gretchen]

Bargins: I found some "Hind" stuff at tjmax and actually found just some plain sleeveless (the shorts sleeve ones make me claustrophobic!!) tanks at Walmart (!!!!!!) with coolmax lining behind the cotton, they had some spandex in the cotton outter part so they 'fit' and were only $5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(i have to mention here that i'm 46 (!) and feel like i'm trying to look 26 when i wear anything too flashy when i'm biking! (although i feel like 26).)
gretchen

[ChainsOflove]

I tried on Zoot Tri shorts, xl for men and are they nice!
Very soft and very small chamois. I think they are going to work, and they are way cheaper than bike shorts.