Do I need women specific shorts?

[tiffanywinnie]

I'm thinking of getting some bib shorts and wondered do I need some specially designed for women?

Or if not bib type what about normal shorts, do I need WSD?

 

[wafflycat]

That'll depend upon if you're a girlie or not.

 

[Corvette chic]

That'll depend upon if you're a girlie or not.

+1

 

[numbnuts]

do the straps have a built in bra ???

 

[blazed]

Something like these should do the job.

 

[John the Monkey]

If you're a lady, almost certainly. If nothing else, the pads in mens' & womens' shorts are different, anatomically appropriate shapes and sizes.

 

[ChrisKH]

Try Corinne Dennis gear (corinnedennis.co.uk).

 

[Riverman]

Do I need women

That's what I read on the main page and thought I often wonder that myself.

 

[Corvette chic]

That's what I read on the main page and thought I often wonder that myself.

 

[theclaud]

If bib shorts, definitely. They quite literally get on your tits otherwise .

 

[Maizie]

Some women's bib shorts I've seen seem to have straps in the normal place (i.e. like men's bib shorts), so they'd go right over your boobs.
Whereas more expensive ones have an arrangment that pops down your cleavage instead.
It may depend on your size, I certainly would have to go for the latter as I can't imagine the former being comfortable (but then again, I don't cycle in anything less than a level 4 sports bra because anything less is scarily [and painfully] bouncy!)
You probably need to get somewhere and try things on.

Edited to add: This thread is absolutely fine without pictures, actually.

 

[gavintc]

My wife mainly uses padded shorts, but has a pair of ladies bibs. Initialy, she used any padded shorts, until she realised that the pad is gender specific. Unsurprisingly, she finds it much more confortable to use women's pads and as a result does not like wearing my (male) bib shorts despite a couple of them having very wide straps that fit the female top half.

 

[ianrauk]

I think that is for us to decide

Edited to add: This thread is absolutely fine without pictures, actually.