Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
... So many manufacturers are starting to put these bands on cycling shorts and it's limiting the styles I can wear. I really liked the PI PRO In-R-Cool shorts, but after just 2 rides in a pair had already worn a small hole into one thigh.
The Elite In-R-Cool shorts doesn't have this, at least the Bib shorts do not. TE sent back all of the PI PRO In-R-Cool bibs for this reason. You might want to try in the Elite version of the shorts to see if the same difference is found there. You may have already done this...