Undergarments???

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

...so that the girlie parts aren't running free all over...

Is that like free range chicken or something? Sounds somehow more humane...

[sundial]

Bleecker, lol!

[OakLeaf]

Seriously tempted to link to some pictures from Nude Bike Day....

[jobob]

Oh joy, another thread for the "ignore" pile

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Oh joy, another thread for the "ignore" pile

Well I don't want you to ignore me , so....

i'll say the same thing I say every time there's a thread on the underwear vs. no underwear schools of thought...
I wear underwear with my chamois shorts and leggings. I have NO problems with seams or chafing etc even on 60+ mile rides. No yeast infections or rashes from it. I use a little cheap hypoallergenic hand cream, nothing fancy or expensive. Works great. My 'free range parts' can frolic about as they please.
I don't do a heck of a lot of sweating, and I'd hate to have to throw my $100 biking shorts through the laundry every time i go for a 2 hour ride. Much better to put my cheapo cotton fruit of the Loom undies through that trauma over and over and replace them as needed.

Everyone is different, and there is no 'right way' or 'wrong way' here. If it's right for you, it's right!

[Crankin]

No laundry problems here. You just have to buy enough pairs of shorts to meet your laundry schedule .

[HappyTexasMom]

No laundry problems here. You just have to buy enough pairs of shorts to meet your laundry schedule .

Well, I think the point was that the shorts would need to be washed after they had been through one ride. So whether you have 1 pair of shorts or 10, each pair would be getting washed 1 time/ride, as opposed to 3-4 (or whatever), and therefore would not last as long.

Not that I know anything, I don't even have a pair of proper bike shorts yet.

[Eden]

Why spend $100 on a nice pair of well designed *seamless* cycling shorts if you are going to add underwear elastic..... They are designed to go without.

You can ride without cycling shorts and you can ride in underwear, and you might even get away with it comfortably for a time, but the longer and harder you ride the more you'll find that it can be a bad idea. When I was a kid I did week long tours in jeans and regular shorts and survived, but when the technology to be more comfortable is there why not use it and use it the way it was meant to be used. Trust me - if you ever get rubbed by a seam/elastic or get a saddle sore you'll toss the undies away and never go back.

And for those who wear underwear to not have to wash their shorts as often - do you honestly believe a pair of undies keeps the sweat and beasties off your chamois............

[robinmarylong]

Quote:
Originally Posted by sundial
...so that the girlie parts aren't running free all over...

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Is that like free range chicken or something? Sounds somehow more humane...

You both gave me a belly laugh.

Robin