Originally Posted by
Racing Dan
Can someone please explain why, since for ever, the padding is in the shorts and not in the saddle? I have a feeling it is purely tradition from a time when the saddles was just a stiff piece of leather. like a Brooks.
Personally I Really dislike padded bike shorts with the cream and sweat and high maintenance. Seems to me a better, or equally good, less elaborate and easy hygiene, method would be to ride in some seamless tights, maybe runners tights or bike shorts with no padding and seamless underpants/tights and then have the padding in the saddle rather than i the pants?
I haven't tested any of this, just wanted to test the waters and hear what ppl had to say?
A) Hygiene
B) The point is to eliminate all seams that can cause chafing. Remove the pad from shorts and what do you get? Seams that chafe.