chamois reviews? In search of...

[VeloVT]

My Terry Bella shorts have a chamois that is very, very similar to the Shebeest SSS short. The Terry chamois is a different color, but they are reqlly very similar otherwise. The SSS short does have a softer, less dense chamois than the Ultra-D's Lisa mentioned, though.

It looks like this year's T-short has the pink Flex Air chamois (the one in my Bellas from last year), but I'm pretty sure the older T-shorts had a different, lower-end chamois...

I'm finding the chamois on my Castelli Visio shorts very, very comfortable -- as comfortable as their lower-end chamois, almost as thin, but much denser and thus more protective for longer rides. (The Kiss chamois is very comfortable too. It's seamless and very flexible, somewhat like the Shebeest chamois or the RS chamois, but depending on how much padding you like you may find it too thin. I have worn my short with the Kiss chamois up to maybe 60 miles comfortably; I haven't worn them on any rides longer than this though).

[Thorn]

OK, picture shopping....

Shebeest Ultra D
http://www.teamestrogen.com/images/p...etch07_xlg.jpg

Terry T-Short
http://www.teamestrogen.com/images/p...lexair_xlg.jpg


Oh, and Jenrod...sigh...and shorts manufacturers like to "update" their chamios. Pearl Izumi's attack shorts used to have a nice wide thinner chamois, but now it comes with a narrower, thicker (13mm) chamois.

Lisa--does that look like your chamois?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

OK, picture shopping....

Shebeest Ultra D
http://www.teamestrogen.com/images/p...etch07_xlg.jpg

Terry T-Short
http://www.teamestrogen.com/images/p...lexair_xlg.jpg

Lisa--does that look like your chamois?

Yes, the pink one is in my last year's Terry T short. The grey one is in my SheBeest UltraD short. Of these two chamois, the UltraD is much denser foam and suitable for very long ride, the T short chamois squashes down easily and feels much more lightweight when you're sitting on it. They are about the same 'puffiness' but the D protects better. Both are wide enough for my VERY wide sitbones. They are both good for different types of rides.