Making the commitment: wardrobe!

[Eden]

If you look back a bit in history a chamois was never really intended to be padding... it was just as it sounds, a piece of chamios leather. It was more intended to provide a soft, seamless area so that you weren't being rubbed. Some of the new fat, padded chamios that are put in shorts these days can be just as bad as a fat over stuffed, squashy saddle... and as we all know minimal saddles are not necessarily uncomfortable, while padded ones aren't necessarily good. Same thing can go for shorts. A well designed minimal chamois can be a lot more comfortable than a big old diaper like pad.

[roadie gal]

I'm a big fan of Zoot's stuff. I find their "bit of fleece" chammy very comfortable when you're down in the aero position. I tend to get "forward pressure" with the heavier chammy regular bike shorts.

[KnottedYet]

2XU on sale: http://www.trisports.com/compclothing.html#top

I wanna know why men seem to have nicer tops, and theirs are cheaper than women's. (ok, so maybe the internal shelf bra is worth something extra, but still...)

[Wahine]

I actually wore the mens outfit in blue at IM. It worked fine. I just had a jog bra underneath.

[KnottedYet]

http://www.trisports.com/2xumecotrito.html

I'm liking this one, I really like the idea of "longer cut". (no tummy blobble!) Looks like I'd be a Medium. Hmmm, blue and white are all that's left, but I kinda dig the orange.

Thanks, Wahine! I'll be looking at men's 2XU now that I know they fit women, too!

[Wahine]

Here's a link on TE to me in my men's tri outfit. It was a medium, I prolly shoulda had a small. It worked though. I love the material and the chamois.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showp...6&postcount=73

[Starfish]

Wahine, that outfit looks like it fits great. That is the kind of thing I can imagine myself buying. Many of the women's versions just look like I would fall out of them, top and bottom!

[Wahine]

The only reason I should have had a small is because the girth around my mid section was a little loose and that allowed for some chafing over my upper abs. The arm holes were also a little big. But you can see from the photo that the lenght of the top is fabulous, tons of coverage. That part I loved.