under your shorts>>>

[spazzdog]

As Brooke once said about her Calvins "nothing comes between me and my cycling shorts"

Nekkid as the day I was born under that lycra

spazz

[RoadRaven]

If you wear knickers under your chamois shorts, you'll find they bunch up and chafe and rub
Wear nothing and just make sure you get out of them asap after a ride and wash and dry them well
Avoid wearing them two rides in a row without a wash whenever possible
Lots of discussion here about creams, cremes, butters etc to make things more comfortable, and also about seat height and position too

Your tour sounds super, keep us posted!

R

[Dianyla]

The only thing under my shorts is chamois cream (currently I use Burt's Bees Coconut Foot Creme for this purpose) and occasionally my Mooncup.

[MomOnBike]

What should you wear under your shorts?





Your socks!



(lifted from an ancient joke about a man and his kilt)

[SadieKate]

Don't forget your spurtle!

[cyclingtosydney]

Hi,

thanks for all your help! I would definitely have learnt the hard way without this forum!

I guess we will just have to wash shorts every day then... although we are taking 2 pairs each. and also some chamois pants

so no-one at all wears pants under their shorts? or a liner?

13 days to go!

Thanks for your help! kira

[Irulan]

Hi,

thanks for all your help! I would definitely have learnt the hard way without this forum!

I guess we will just have to wash shorts every day then... although we are taking 2 pairs each. and also some chamois pants

so no-one at all wears pants under their shorts? or a liner?

13 days to go!

Thanks for your help! kira

a pantiliner with shorts? Now,that sounds life a chafe-o-rama. The thinking is that there is a reason everything is washable, and that shorts are black. Seriously.

Irulan

[DeniseGoldberg]

...I guess we will just have to wash shorts every day then... although we are taking 2 pairs each. and also some chamois pants

Definitely nothing under the shorts, and definitely wash them every day. You should also be prepared to replace them occasionally. I started my own across the USA trip with two pairs of new shorts. By the time I reached Colorado I noticed that they had worn quite a bit, and the fabric was becoming very thin. So I bought 2 new pairs of shorts and tossed the old worn ones.

--- Denise

[nuthatch]

Don't forget your spurtle!

I'm definitely not carrying my spurtle under my kilt... umm, shorts! And no undies either - when you need to duck behind a bush out there on the road, no sense wrestling with shorts and a pair of undies!