anyone tried gel shorts?

[austingirl]

Has anyone tried any of the Canari or Performance gel shorts?
I'm signed up to ride the MS150 this weekend(Houston-Austin) and need some comfy long distance shorts. We ride 100miles on day 1 and 80 miles on day 2.
I hate the $120 sugoi ones that I just bought--painful, reds marks on my bottom after one spinning class. I ordered the Shebeest Ultra D's from TE after reading great things about them here. I brought home a pair of PI ultasensors and a performance gel pair from a local shop to decide between for my second day of riding. Any thoughts from anyone?

[Blueberry]

I know some folks love the performance gel shorts, but they are not on my favorites list. They chamois doesn't breathe. And it doesn't hit me well. The last time I wore them, I had a trail of bruises from the stitching on the edge of the pad. Not comfy.

But my DH loves them - so it just goes to show......

[lisa_b]

I had Canari gel shorts which I wore and hated all last summer. Hated! They don't breathe at all. Sticky and gross. Plus the padding was bit much whenever I tried to walk around. I switched to a pair of Sheebest knickers for the spring and was amazed at what difference it made. The padding is thinner but more targeted to the right places and it breathes! I just bought a pair of the Sheebest Ultra Ds for summer and am very happy with them on long rides. But everyone is different....

[Wahine]

Never tried the gel shorts but PI ultrasensors are my faves for long rides.