Oh no, they've ruined the Performance Ultra shorts

[nuthatch]

At least for me! I wait until this time of the year to pick up last year's shorts cheap and I've loved the Performance Ultras ever since some of you TE members recommended them.

Well, I grabbed a 2005 pair this weekend for $40, took them home, tried them on and they are so thin and transparent, you could READ THE NEWSPAPER THROUGH THEM!! At least I could plainly see my navel and I hate to think of what the rider behind me could see!

Waa! It's just like bras; just when you find a good one, they discontinue it or change it. It's not just chamois shape, it's how they attach the chamois in the short and where those seams hit you!

[DeniseGoldberg]

I hate it when manufacturers do that. I really don't understand why they feel a need to change something that works.

I've had similar problems in the past too. I like Pearl Izumi ultrasensor shorts, but there were a couple of years where I couldn't buy a new pair because they'd changed to cut of the shorts (specifically the front, dropped the top of the short down so low I thought they would fall off!). Luckily they changed them back again, must have had a lot of complaints. And many years ago I used to wear Moving Comfort bras. At some point they changed the cut (or design) and they no longer worked for me. Luckily I found a happy replacement in Champion.

Hope you can find another brand of shorts that works for you. (And maybe you'll be lucky and Performance will "fix" their now broken design.)

--- Denise

[nuthatch]

I think they try to follow what they perceive are fashion trends but they must have a test market group that gives new designs the thumbs up. I think we need to complain about stuff like this so they know how "real" riders feel! (I'm rubbing my hands together and composing an email to Performance right now!)

[Fuji Girl]

Uh-oh. I really like the Performance Ultra shorts! I'll have to go to Performance and check! BTW, nuthatch, which Performance did you go to? The one in Naperville?

[nuthatch]

Yes in Naperville. They're having that rebate thing on bikes right now and they talked me into ordering a Rocky Mountain Sherpa with the rebate. I know I can always send it back if it's not a good fit or don't like it but it gives me the willies to put down that much money on something I haven't ridden or even laid eyes on!

I hope they still have a pair of the Ultras in the store so you can see them - I still can't believe how see-through they are!!!

[DirtDiva]

Bummer. (Erm, no pun intended!) I hate it when that kind of thing happens.