Tell me what kind of shorts you wear!

[kermit]

For long rides I like Louis Garneau shorts with the airated chamois(ergozone I think), great for the heat. I have velowear bibs that rock, just sucks when you have to pee. I am also riding Zoot tri shorts, depending on the distance. I started doing sprints and the less padding is nice. It depends on the mood I'm in and the saddle of the week. Right now SI SLR gel flow, very flat and nice. We'll see.

[bounceswoosh]

I have fallen in love with the best shorts in the entire universe. The Sugoi Lucky.

http://sugoi.com/item/86973/SUG38103F

The number one thing that makes them so great is their waistband, or rather, the lack thereof. I have GI issues, and the band of elastic on most shorts can ruin my day quickly; it causes deep, painful cramps that don't go away after the ride. These shorts are built differently; they are moderately elastic all around, but don't have that tight line of pressure.

Additionally, they have a moderate chamois; not tiny like a tri short, but not fluffy like a PI short. Just right.

They also have a very small mesh pocket on the hip, perfect for lip balm or an unadorned key.

[sundial]

This year I tried a pair of bib shorts from PI--the Slipstream Chipotle kit. The legs are gripper free and the chamois is just right--not too thick and not too thin (I think it's the Pro 3-D chamois). I like this short better than the other PI shorts.

I also have a pair of Sugoi Gusta shorts for mtb'ing which are really nice.

[Zen]

Performance Women's Ultra

Those Sugoi Gusta shorts look nice.

[sundial]

Those Sugoi Gusta shorts look nice.

They really are. The chamois feels like super soft flannel and the short has vents on the front of the thigh. Alex, a mtb'er, and Susan O recommended these.

[VeloVT]

This is the order I wear them in (that is, from the ones I like best to the ones I like least):
1. Castelli Visio short (Y-pro chamois)
2. Assorted Castelli shorts with Kiss chamois
3. Terry Bella
4. Sugoi RS Flex
5. Shebeest SSS and Ultra D (I actually like this chamois better than the Sugoi RS Flex chamois, but the RS Flex is a much nicer short -- better fabric, better cut -- imo).
6. Random assorted PI shorts.

I would like to try those white Giordana Tenax Laser shorts. Assos is pretty but I just can't justify spending that much on bike clothes -- even if I COULD afford it right now, I don't think I could justify it. Just stating my own hang up here, no comment at all on those who rationalize their bike economics differently (I'm sure there are probably other things that I could justify that Assos buyers might have a hard time justifying). Anyhoo ...

Grammer grinches, don't read that last paragraph too carefully please. I'm too tired to make it more presentable.

[aicabsolut]

I wear men's bib shorts with my team stuff on them. I can't ever get the right fit in women's --at least in the (cheap) brands we've used. But even some nicer quality stuff like Hincapie that we tried, I still do better with tiny men's sizes than with women's. Sometimes, there are some chamois fitting issues, but overall, I can get them to fit more snugly in the right places, and the chamois isn't as wide in the middle where I'd get rubbed the most.

I can't even express how awesome the switch from shorts to bibs was. It's super fantastic to not have a tight, too high waistband.