Originally Posted by NumbersGuy

I think the Peloton specifically may be a little different to most indoor trainers. If you are doing the Peloton classes, then they're generally all an hour or less, and involve a good bit of out of the saddle riding. I found padded shorts to be much less necessary for this use case than when training on a regular indoor trainer or smart bike with longer durations and less out of the saddle time in general. It's the extended time in the saddle without a mostly fixed position that can make a chamois pad helpful for comfort. There's certainly no reason you can't use padded shorts for the Peloton but in my experience it's not all that necessary for doing the classes.