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dgk wrote:
|| On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:56:23 GMT, "Bob Burns" || wrote: || ||| dgk wrote: |||| These nifty looking tights that I've picked up in preparation for |||| cold weather commuting, do I wear them under the jeans or as |||| replacements for the jeans? I figured that I'd wear them as |||| non-cotton long johns, but I've picked up some hints that real |||| bikers just use them alone. |||| |||| I wore one pair yesterday under the jeans because it was under 32F |||| and it seemed appropriate although my legs have not been cold at |||| all thus far. But it isn't 15 degrees either. |||| |||| Do people really find them warm enough to bike without anything |||| else? I didn't seem to be too warm with the jeans on over them. ||| ||| Try wearing your padded bike shorts over tights. || || Wow, three responses already and two votes for tights over shorts, || one vote for shorts over tights. That's close to unanimous in a || newsgroup since it really makes no difference which goes on first || for all practical purposes. I think I would prefer the look of || shorts over the tights. Don't have any experience here, but if you wear shorts of tights, the tights might bunch up a bit, unless they are really tight fitting (??). I have some loose fitting tights to wear over my regular biking shorts. || || But if I don't wear the jeans (or whatever else I'm wearing at work) || then I have to carry them along anyway. That pack is getting pretty || full here in the cold weather. It's pretty hot at work during the || winter, maybe I can switch to some light polyester type pants that I || can wear while riding. || || I forsee the need for an at-work laundry. One of those drop-off and || pickup later types. I already have a few shirts that I brought in, || plus spare socks. I'm going to need a bigger office. Do you ride with a backpack? |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:56:23 +0000, Bob Burns wrote:
Try wearing your padded bike shorts over tights. shorts *over* tights just looks so, erm, boy-wonderish. I'll take mine under so the chamois can properly caress my undercarriage. |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:00:50 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
wrote: dgk wrote: || On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:56:23 GMT, "Bob Burns" || wrote: || ||| dgk wrote: |||| These nifty looking tights that I've picked up in preparation for |||| cold weather commuting, do I wear them under the jeans or as |||| replacements for the jeans? I figured that I'd wear them as |||| non-cotton long johns, but I've picked up some hints that real |||| bikers just use them alone. |||| |||| I wore one pair yesterday under the jeans because it was under 32F |||| and it seemed appropriate although my legs have not been cold at |||| all thus far. But it isn't 15 degrees either. |||| |||| Do people really find them warm enough to bike without anything |||| else? I didn't seem to be too warm with the jeans on over them. ||| ||| Try wearing your padded bike shorts over tights. || || Wow, three responses already and two votes for tights over shorts, || one vote for shorts over tights. That's close to unanimous in a || newsgroup since it really makes no difference which goes on first || for all practical purposes. I think I would prefer the look of || shorts over the tights. Don't have any experience here, but if you wear shorts of tights, the tights might bunch up a bit, unless they are really tight fitting (??). I have some loose fitting tights to wear over my regular biking shorts. || || But if I don't wear the jeans (or whatever else I'm wearing at work) || then I have to carry them along anyway. That pack is getting pretty || full here in the cold weather. It's pretty hot at work during the || winter, maybe I can switch to some light polyester type pants that I || can wear while riding. || || I forsee the need for an at-work laundry. One of those drop-off and || pickup later types. I already have a few shirts that I brought in, || plus spare socks. I'm going to need a bigger office. Do you ride with a backpack? Yes, but the backpack sits on the carrier dohickey. |
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maxo wrote:
|| On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:56:23 +0000, Bob Burns wrote: || ||| Try wearing your padded bike shorts over tights. || || shorts *over* tights just looks so, erm, boy-wonderish. || || I'll take mine under so the chamois can properly caress my || undercarriage. |
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"Bob Burns" wrote in message ink.net... Try wearing your padded bike shorts over tights. Defeats the design of the chamois in the shorts, which is supposed to be next to your skin. And anyway, if you're going to to that, you might as well just use leg warmers. Or get padded tights and dispense with the shorts. RichC |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:00:50 -0500, Roger Zoul wrote:
Don't have any experience here, but if you wear shorts of tights, the tights might bunch up a bit, unless they are really tight fitting (??). I have some loose fitting tights to wear over my regular biking shorts. Loose-fitting tights? -- David L. Johnson __o | Become MicroSoft-free forever. Ask me how. _`\(,_ | (_)/ (_) | |
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David L. Johnson wrote:
|| On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:00:50 -0500, Roger Zoul wrote: || ||| Don't have any experience here, but if you wear shorts of tights, ||| the tights might bunch up a bit, unless they are really tight ||| fitting (??). I have some loose fitting tights to wear over my ||| regular biking shorts. || || Loose-fitting tights? Yep. The sell them at performancebike.com. Sort of like sweat pants, with zippered pockets. http://www.performancebike.com/shop/...tegory_ID=1121 Cheap is the word, I guess. I hope they performance better than the sweats i'm wearing now! |
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dgk wrote:
Wow, three responses already and two votes for tights over shorts, one vote for shorts over tights. That's close to unanimous in a newsgroup since it really makes no difference which goes on first for all practical purposes. No difference at all? Hardly. (1) If it's cold when you start before dawn but both the earth and you are much warmer after an hour, you can take the tights off anywhere if you have the tights on top and the shorts underneath. If the tights are underneath, this is not possible in a public place unless you are both a professor of topology and a contortionist. (2) Whatever's next to your crotch during exercise should be regularly washed. This is easy for shorts and they will last a long time. If you wear bike shorts, you probably have several pairs, so you only have to do bike laundry every few days. Tights don't hold up as well to repeated washing, and most of us have fewer pairs of tights. This would require more frequent laundry if they were worn as underwear. I think I would prefer the look of shorts over the tights. Winter cycling is definitely not about "style". |
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David L. Johnson wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:00:50 -0500, Roger Zoul wrote: Don't have any experience here, but if you wear shorts of tights, the tights might bunch up a bit, unless they are really tight fitting (??). I have some loose fitting tights to wear over my regular biking shorts. Loose-fitting tights? New thing. The call them "pants". --Blair "Tightie-whities, padded shorts, tights. My boys need a home." |
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