Cycling Shorts, love em or hate em?

[Rumblefish]

I admit to not wanting to be caught dead in bike spandex earlier this year and opted for a skort as my first cycling bottoms. I have however come to love my shorts (PI breakaway shorts are my favorite so far)...and the varying tan lines that ensued

I know it's more about how we feel in the shorts, but honestly I don't think people look bad in bike shorts no matter what size they are. I think it's more important that you're on the bike and enjoying yourself while doing something good for your body. and ok ok...I guess this is biased since I spend more time oggling other peoples [B]bikes[B] instead of their shorts! I definitely get bike envy more than shorts envy....

[OakLeaf]

And I totally forgot those cute over-skirts that Sheila Moon has.

Too girly for some, I know, but they're surprisingly attractive, and they definitely conceal "thunder thighs." I'm told they don't get in the way at all when you're riding - I wish I'd bought one now.

[uforgot]

I absolutely will not appear in spandex bike shorts alone. I posted this somewhere else and people said I would get used to it, and tried to educate me on how spandex actually makes you look and feel good, but I just had to laugh at that. I've been dancing since I was 8 and teaching (since I was 12) ballet, tap and jazz. At 52 I still teach one class a week. I've been wearing spandex, leotards, legwarmers and such for 44 years and I STILL will not go out in public without a coverup. Dancing OR biking, so I don't anticipate that I will ever appear in public in bike shorts. That's why I like the Terry skorts and wraps, and I have several pairs of mountain biking shorts. Maybe it all goes back to my dance teacher's firm rule that no one left the studio in just a leotard. Maybe it's just a personal hangup, but it isn't going to change. Of course, I don't mind what others wear at all, and I don't think people look particularly bad in them, but I think the skorts and wraps look terrific on everyone.

Everyone is different, but it's good that there are plenty of options out there.

[OakLeaf]

so I bought a Sugoi skort, just because it was in stock at the store, none of the regular shorts they had fit me all that well, and my left thigh is extra huge with the bump from my crash a couple of weeks ago

.... and it was way too cold to wear it this morning and I'm going to be traveling without the bike for a couple of weeks. I'm just dying to ride in it!!!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Rode 53 miles in my SheBeest Ultra D shorts today:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=25749

I know there are some gals who didn't care for these shorts for one reason or another, but I gotta say I just LOVE mine. That chamois is so good for long distance, and the shorts fit so nicely for me, the material is not too thin or wimpy, and no nasty tourniquet too-tight legbands. My butt feels great.

Love my Ultra D's.