Good morning,
At the moment I am doing a commute of similar although slightly longer duration, 70-90 minutes. it takes longer in the morning as there is no shower at the destination.
I am quite happy wearing Sports DIrect own brand (sorry Slazenger) general purpose shorts, they have the advantage of being loose so there is a much better air flow over the legs.
I do find that this is the limit for me, further than this padded shorts are really much better, but if needs must then you may be happyish with similar especially if you already have them. I know that it is "obvious" that cycling must be done in cycling shorts, but maybe not........ :-)
I have tried Sports Direct (Muddy Fox) cycling shorts before at a similar price to the
Decathlon ones linked to and although they were well made the material didn't breath, so I ended up with sweaty legs very quickly.
I have mixed feelings about Aldi stuff, ten years ago it was brilliant but it seems to be getting closer to what I would expect for the price, having said that I will pop in for a blue jersey and see what they are like this year. The problem seems to be that not enough people bought the really well made stuff, many who would have been happy with the price wouldn't buy it as "it is from Aldi so must be rubbish" and many of those who were paying close attention to price didn't want the higher quality.
This was brilliant and they did cycling shoes which were great for me as I didn't attach any cleats, which seems to be a common failure point for really cheap shoes. I haven't seen shoes for a few years now, it seems that Aldi knows what will sell and source that.
I loved the fake sponsors' logos, but a few years later the jerseys became much thinner and felt a lot cheaper.
Bye
Ian
