Shorts...suggestions?

[Catrin]

Yikes Kiwi! Thanks for the heads up! That knocks one of them out of the running...

[Artista]

I wonder if the chamois in the Terry liners has been upgraded recently. I have a pair of Terry liners and I 'm pretty sure that the chamois in the liner is different from my Terry Bellas.

[Artista]

Forgot to mention that the REI near me carries Terry Bellas. Catrin, do you have an REI near you?

[Catrin]

Forgot to mention that the REI near me carries Terry Bellas. Catrin, do you have an REI near you?

Why YES we do, I will head out there this weekend to check it out. It isn't far from a LBS that I want to check for the Sugoi RS shorts anyway. For some reason I just never think of REI for this sort of thing - my brain associates them with camping goods.

I think my problem with the chamois in the Terry removable liner is thickness - they are too thin for me. Great for short rides though - or were until they became too large for me. The woman at TE suggested maybe finding someone who works with lycra and have my stock of too-large shorts taken in. The problem is the chamois area, they are now just too large for me and bunch up I suspect that isn't really fixable without a lot of custom work that would likely be more expensive than new shorts...

[indysteel]

Just a reminder that TE carries both the Bella and the RS.

[Catrin]

Just a reminder that TE carries both the Bella and the RS.

Yes...but I can't order both at the same time to try on Just because I try them on somewhere else doesn't mean I won't order the one I settle upon from TE

[indysteel]

Yes...but I can't order both at the same time to try on Just because I try them on somewhere else doesn't mean I won't order the one I settle upon from TE

Yeah; I figured you could just try them on locally and then possibly order from TE. Not that you're not entitled to buy from wherever you choose, but I like to throw out TE as a good option when I can. And in the interest of full disclosure, I'm not a fan of either REI's Indy story or that LBS. I had high hopes for REI, but the service I've gotten there is pretty ho hum. And don't even get me started with that LBS. Oy; they drive me nuts.

[Crankin]

Yes, this. The liner has been upgraded, but... some of my Bellas have a blue chamois and some have pink. I don't feel a difference between those, but I do still feel a difference between the Bellas and the liner. The fact that I still have the older (blue) version is a testament to the longevity of these shorts. They have been worn for almost 12k miles.
Catrin, I had the Century shorts once, when I used to regularly wear the Terry T shorts (before the Bellas). The chamois is thicker, but once I put them on, it was OK. I wore them on the one and only century I did and that's why I bought them. They were on the edge of too thick, but they did break in well.