I Hate This Change

[emily_in_nc]

That totally stinks, Crankin! I hate it when stuff like that happens.

Have you tried the Sugoi Evolution shorts? I bought a pair from TE earlier this summer and liked them so much, I bought two more. They were on a good sale. They are quite compressive and long enough that I don't get sausage leg with leg warmers. I know b/c I've been having to wear leg warmers for the past week or so. The chamois (for me) is comfortable. Of course, everyone is different, and one woman's heavenly short may be another's hellish ones.

I wish you luck and hope you have a wonderful time in Portugal!

[Crankin]

I might try a pair. I love the RS shorts, but they are not compressive.

[Becky]

Crankin, do you have pictures of the new shorts? I'm just about to order some more Bellas, and now I'm thinking that I shouldn't

[Crankin]

I am at work, so no pics. I can try, but there's a bit of technology that I need to figure out on my end, not TE's.
There's no way I am going to a seamstress. I think, hopefully, washing may help.
I just had to bring a pair of petite pants to be hemmed. J. Crew is paying for that one!

[ny biker]

Is it possible that the new stitching is a defect?

[emily_in_nc]

I might try a pair. I love the RS shorts, but they are not compressive.

I checked my Evolution shorts, and they also have the zig-zag stitch to attach the chamois. It is really far to the outside, and I don't notice it a bit, but YMMV, especially if it happened to hit in a similar place to the Bellas.

[Crankin]

I am going to wash both pairs next wash.
Think I am going to skip the picture taking, as I have a headache.

[Owlie]

I might try a pair. I love the RS shorts, but they are not compressive.

If you don't find the RS compressive, I'm not sure the Evolutions are the answer, since I found them much less compressive than the RS. Unless, of course, they've changed them again...

[emily_in_nc]

If you don't find the RS compressive, I'm not sure the Evolutions are the answer, since I found them much less compressive than the RS. Unless, of course, they've changed them again...

Interesting... I guess I don't know what "compressive" means, then. They seem very much that way to me. But I really have no idea. I feel like I'm wearing a girdle in them, took some getting used to, but I love them now!

[Owlie]

Interesting... I guess I don't know what "compressive" means, then. They seem very much that way to me. But I really have no idea. I feel like I'm wearing a girdle in them, took some getting used to, but I love them now!

It may depend on how old yours are. They keep changing them.

[Crankin]

So, I wore the second pair today, for a short, 17 mile ride. I was going to wash them first, but I wanted my knee warmers on for the beginning of the ride. This pair doesn't feel as bad. I didn't feel the stitching immediately, and it's more subtle, and on both sides. I am hoping that washing will help. The other pair have been washed and I will test them out on Friday, but it will be on my short commute.