Going to try without first
How bad can they be?
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
They ahve replaced some stuff with wiggle essential range , i have used their bibs on club runs and are my goto for commutes £15 for normal and £20 for bibs , cant really beat decathlons for cheap and cheerful and i would rate the wiggle stuff inline with decathlon 500 range .
GavinDavies7
Active Member
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- Rhondda valley
I have the full length ones i have only used them twice but seem very comfortable can't complain yet as i am new to cycling I thought I would get a pair to start with then when I get a nice pair of bib shorts later on
That was my thinking too
double_dd
Über Member
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Why not? Maybe @si_c finds jeans comfortable?Why would you regularly ride 65+ miles in jeans?
Saluki
World class procrastinator
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- ...Norwich over the water.
I had some sports direct shorts, and some longs from there too. The longs lasted me 2 full winters and have only just died, the shorts not so long-lived for me as I found them uncomfortable for anything over an hour. Fine for lunch time rides though. I prefer bibs really, or shorts with a soft waistband.
If you just want something short term, for little rides and the Muddy Fox shorts are all your budget will bear at the moment, they are worth a go IMO. I suspect you might do better with DHB or something from Decathlon though.
If you just want something short term, for little rides and the Muddy Fox shorts are all your budget will bear at the moment, they are worth a go IMO. I suspect you might do better with DHB or something from Decathlon though.
Going to pop to decathlon later today.
Ajax Bay
Guru
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- East Devon
Si, absolutely your call (cf mjr not wanting to ride with an iota of hi-viz anywhere, and definitely no lights except after sunset and before sunrise), but do you positively choose to do your long rides in jeans, or just once a year for a challenge? Do you own a pair of padded cycle shorts? Or is this just masochism?
The question was 'why?' not 'why not'. I think there is a general wisdom that many people wear padded cycle shorts for long rides (and short) because they (many people) find them comfortable, they wick away the sweat (I know you don't do that mjr see other 'water' thread), dry quickly and wash and dry easily.
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The answer to "why would you regularly ride 65+ miles in jeans?" seems pretty obviously "because it's comfortable and I want to ride somewhere 65+ miles away or there-and-back to somewhere 33+ miles away" so I'm wondering what the questioner was getting at.
FTFY.
Not sure any of those is very true of the low-tech pads in the cheap muddyfox ones. Have you tried some?
Ajax Bay
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- East Devon
You reworked my comment saying thus:
Silly, rude? I'm afraid I cannot recognise, in the context of freedom to choose what you wear, "(cf mjr not wanting to ride with an iota of hi-viz anywhere, and definitely no lights except after sunset and before sunrise)" as "[... silly rude name-calling ...]". I thought that was your stated stated stated stated behaviour and opinion, "except when it's foggy" which you advocate at every opportunity.
If it's a "current fashion trend" it has a longevity not normally associated with the adjective 'current'. Padded cycle shorts have been around for a fair few years. I wonder why? Are cycle short wearers all 'fashion victims' who have been 'conned'? Maybe riders like yourself mrj are the true esoteric victims: desperate not to adopt behaviours/clothing which the vast majority find advantageous. Esoteric is good, but not at the expense of comfort.
Will you tend to have 'seat problems' if you go out for long rides and just wear 'normal' shorts (and presumably underwear thereunder)? Yes.
Will you reduce the chance of that, ceteris paribus, by wearing padded cycle shorts? Yes.
Don't think it's a question of either/or. Who is suggesting that the OP's saddle does not fit qv? I'm not suggesting that a pair of padded shorts will make an uncomfortable saddle comfortable and nor, I think, is any other rational person reading this thread.
Silly, rude? I'm afraid I cannot recognise, in the context of freedom to choose what you wear, "(cf mjr not wanting to ride with an iota of hi-viz anywhere, and definitely no lights except after sunset and before sunrise)" as "[... silly rude name-calling ...]". I thought that was your stated stated stated stated behaviour and opinion, "except when it's foggy" which you advocate at every opportunity.
If it's a "current fashion trend" it has a longevity not normally associated with the adjective 'current'. Padded cycle shorts have been around for a fair few years. I wonder why? Are cycle short wearers all 'fashion victims' who have been 'conned'? Maybe riders like yourself mrj are the true esoteric victims: desperate not to adopt behaviours/clothing which the vast majority find advantageous. Esoteric is good, but not at the expense of comfort.
The OP recalls bad memories. He says later in thread he meant the Polaris shorts, not Muddy Fox which I agree are to be avoided (was given a pair but never wore them for the reasons described by others above). When posted the OP had not received his new bike (see other thread). So he doesn't know whether the fitted saddle will suit him or not.
Will you tend to have 'seat problems' if you go out for long rides and just wear 'normal' shorts (and presumably underwear thereunder)? Yes.
Will you reduce the chance of that, ceteris paribus, by wearing padded cycle shorts? Yes.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I'll send a quick PM about the name-calling directly rather than let you keep derailling this thread with it.
Have you tried the muddyfox padded shorts? Or even seen a pair? We're not talking castelli kit there...
Today's shorts are not the same as the ones around a fair few years ago.
Maybe not, but I suspect there are probably quite a lot of wearers who could be comfortable without.
Nothing to do with that. Tried them. They didn't work, for various reasons not important here. In fact, when I restarted cycle touring a few years ago (rather than just cycling around), you could even say that I was "desperate to adopt behaviours/clothing which the vast majority find advantageous" but in the end, I found it was increasingly uncomfortable and I gradually went back to what I was doing decades ago and it's much more comfortable. I share these stories and challenge the idea that wearing ordinary clothes will necessarily cause problems in the hope that it might stop someone who hadn't done long rides before from giving up, that it might help them realise that your lycra nappies on razor blade saddles is not the only way.
No, not if your saddle fits.
Only about as much as if you used a padded-saddle, as long as your clothes don't trap sweat or have seams in places that irritate you or shoot like that.
Have you tried the muddyfox padded shorts? Or even seen a pair? We're not talking castelli kit there...
Why would you regularly ride 65+ miles in jeans?
He goes swimming in a boiler suit as well
Personal preference I suppose, even though I wear Lycra on every ride I understand some are uncomfortable in it. Also some of us use bikes for different reasons.
vickster
Squire
See post #14
