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Rick Onanian wrote:

On 7 Aug 2003 14:02:30 GMT, Wayne Menzie wrote:
I'm considering getting bike shorts. I'm starting to ride longer
rides again and I think I'd like the padding.

Don't think padding, think moisture absorption. If you need padding to
be comfortable, you have the wrong saddle. Moisture absorption will help

Strange...when you go to an LBS and say you think you
need a different saddle, they'll tell you to get padded
biking shorts instead. At least, around here.

It's like this: bike shorts exist in their present form primarily to
prevent chafing. Chafing is what you get when you wear, for example,
normal shorts and normal underwear on a bike (to combat this, I was
wearing boxer briefs under sweats before I got a pair of road shorts).

That said, the "chamois" in standard bike shorts does provide a modicum
of padding, which has the particular benefit that it moves with the
rider and absorbs sweat from a certain part of your body.

If you are not wearing bike shorts and have a saddle issue, it may go
away after you buy bike shorts. But probably not.

You will definitely be more comfortable in bike shorts than in regular
shorts, though.

At least until you have to walk through the mall on an errand,
--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club