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, 09:20 AM #1
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03-21-2007, 10:19 AM #2
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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 #3
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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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03-21-2007, 03:09 PM #4
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I just bought a pair from TE; tried them on and the undies fit, although they fit like "mom" undies, but the pad is huge! I bought smalls, since the size chart said x small (the size I wear in bike shorts) undies were an 18-23 inch waist
I'm pretty sure the xsmalls would be too small in the butt and the pad would be the same. I bought them because i am converting one of our old mountain bikes to a commuter for short trips into town (3.4 miles), but I also might go further, like 10-15 miles to do errands in the next town. I cannot even go a mile without cycling shorts. Last summer I rode to our community pond on my mtb, with a woman specific seat in my bathing suit. Ouch!
I will try them under my regular shorts or capris, but i think I will probably wear my cycling specific capris with a light pad or a skort for most errands.
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