Tights inside or tights outside?

Kieran_Burns

Stupid question I know, but I always put my padded shorts on first and then the tights on top.

However, I saw a photo of a guy with his the other way 'round. Have I inadvertently committed a faux pax?

Should I in fact be wearing the tights inside the shorts or doesn't it matter a stuff?

Jamey

Why two layers? Don't you just have padded tights and forget about shorts altogether when it's cold?

Littigator

I raced this weekend and cycled to the venue. On the way there I had shorts inside, tights outside. On arrival, because my shorts were team colours, and the tights were plain I switched them. 5 minutes into the race I realised my mistake as the central seam of the tights was sawing me in half.

I had to wait until we'd finished to switch it back. If your tights have a seam down the middle put your padding in first!

Kieran_Burns

Jamey wrote:

Why two layers? Don't you just have padded tights and forget about shorts altogether when it's cold?

no padded tights and I didn't know you could get them when I bought the things :oops:

Finbar Saunders

Depends on if you are Superman or not!

I put tights over shorts because I'm just a regular guy, and because it's more cost effective to just buy shorts with the best quality padding and then unpadded tights, rather than having 2 sets of padded clothing. I also use leg warmers with the same shorts for added versatility. But I do have some padded 3/4 bibs.

Greg T

Tights over shorts.

Stockings under business suit.

Wrath Rob

Shorts then tights for me too, though only on the coldest days. Tights in this weather is just ghey

Greg T

Wrath Rob wrote:

Tights in this weather is just ghey

Agreed,

It's got to be proper chilly to get your tights on and frigid to cycle in your waterproof...

There's nothing worse than pulling up at the lights looking like a yellow crisp packet when a dude pulls up in shorts and a short sleeved jersey - oh the shame.

Kieran_Burns

Ummmm.....


Errr.....

I've been wearing mine for a week now :oops:

<I'll go and find a thread about girlie fashion and join that instead......>

Clever Pun

I go commando under my tights

having discovered 3/4 I suspect I wont get much use out of tights this year *fingers crossed*

greg66_tri_v2.0

Greg T wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Tights in this weather is just ghey

Agreed,

It's got to be proper chilly to get your tights on and frigid to cycle in your waterproof...

There's nothing worse than pulling up at the lights looking like a yellow crisp packet when a dude pulls up in shorts and a short sleeved jersey - oh the shame.

Ah, but in the mornings, when it's right proper chilly Arctic style, tights are de riguer. Because otherwise the cold will give you tendonitis in your knees.

I always smile to myself in a Blofeld-kind of way when I see some poor sap with bare knees on a cold morning.

schlepcycling

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Stupid question I know, but I always put my padded shorts on first and then the tights on top.

However, I saw a photo of a guy with his the other way 'round. Have I inadvertently committed a faux pax?

Should I in fact be wearing the tights inside the shorts or doesn't it matter a stuff?

Are you sure he wasn't wearing leg warmers which fit under the leg of your shorts and might look like tights under shorts.

always_tyred

Jamey wrote:

Why two layers? Don't you just have padded tights and forget about shorts altogether when it's cold?

You can then wear the tights to the disco without looking like you are wearing a nappy.

Yeah baby.

Kieran_Burns

schlepcycling wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Stupid question I know, but I always put my padded shorts on first and then the tights on top.

However, I saw a photo of a guy with his the other way 'round. Have I inadvertently committed a faux pax?

Should I in fact be wearing the tights inside the shorts or doesn't it matter a stuff?

Are you sure he wasn't wearing leg warmers which fit under the leg of your shorts and might look like tights under shorts.

There's always one logical and sensible one

always_tyred

Just so you know - I wouldn't recommend cycling any distance with non-cycling tights under cycling shorts.

Some bloke once told me that this causes chafing.

jharris

if I can be the other sensible one:
1) padding always goes next to the skin (otherwise what's the point?)
2) I always wear shorts under non-padded tights. It's far easier to wash a pair of shorts that tights.
3) Down here on the south coast it's far too warm for bib-shorts + bib-tights, so I wear simple "waist" shorts with bib-tights.
4) Otherwise it's bib-shorts with knee-warmers everytime.

dafruk

For all the tight wearers out there, what do people recommend as a decent value for money set?

Not too bothered about with padding/without as can always combo them if required with the bib shorts.

jonginge

dafruk wrote:

For all the tight wearers out there, what do people recommend as a decent value for money set?

Not too bothered about with padding/without as can always combo them if required with the bib shorts.

dhb merstons are pretty good vfm. Commuted all last winter using them with no problems. Too warm for them just now, though, down sarf

jharris

dafruk wrote:

For all the tight wearers out there, what do people recommend as a decent value for money set?

Not too bothered about with padding/without as can always combo them if required with the bib shorts.

I can also recommend the Lusso Repel Max. I have the bib version, but they're available without if you prefer. Bear in mind that they're pretty stretchy so you might want to try before you buy (I'm 1.83m tall, and the Small is a perfect fit for me).

Wrath Rob

+1 for DHBs. Cheap and good. Last winter I was wearing my 3/4 shorts to keep the knees protected, then when the frost arrived it was tights under the 3/4s. Worked for me

Bugly

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Ummmm.....


Errr.....

I've been wearing mine for a week now :oops:

<I'll go and find a thread about girlie fashion and join that instead......>

May be getting rather smelly after a week a good wash required.

If I wear tights (compression) when cycling I wear em over the knicks as the knicks are designed for cycling and reduce chafing. IF its cold I where full length warm knicks

neslon

Greg66 wrote:

I always smile to myself in a Blofeld-kind of way when I see some poor sap with bare knees on a cold morning.

On the Embankment????? When was it last cold there?

attica

I've had a pair of these for nigh on 15 years and they're still going strong, which I reckon makes them very good value for money.

always_tyred

Attica wrote:

I've had a pair of these for nigh on 15 years and they're still going strong, which I reckon makes them very good value for money.

How do they smell?

always_tyred

neslon wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

I always smile to myself in a Blofeld-kind of way when I see some poor sap with bare knees on a cold morning.

On the Embankment????? When was it last cold there?

Newcastle seems to be a climate anomaly. I mean, its cold and windy in Edinbrugh, but no matter how cold and windy it is in Edinbugh, it always appears to be colder in Newcastle. Why is that? Is it something to do with the Fog of the Tyne?

Kieran_Burns

Always Tyred wrote:

Attica wrote:

I've had a pair of these for nigh on 15 years and they're still going strong, which I reckon makes them very good value for money.

How do they smell?

Dude - you're asking a guy how his tights smell. This is not good. :?

Next thing we'll know is you'll be going for the World Champion SCR jersey just because it's rainbow coloured!

always_tyred

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Always Tyred wrote:

Attica wrote:

I've had a pair of these for nigh on 15 years and they're still going strong, which I reckon makes them very good value for money.

How do they smell?

Dude - you're asking a guy how his tights smell. This is not good. :?

Next thing we'll know is you'll be going for the World Champion SCR jersey just because it's rainbow coloured!

(Continuation of the cat pee odour thread of ribald humour - fear not, I have my curiosity under control)

For a long time I thought that a disproportionate number of recumbent riders were either gay. or extremely fast, for the same reason.

attica

Always Tyred wrote:

How do they smell?

Oddly enough, since the late 80's we've had electricity and running water out here in the west country. I own and use a washing machine!

Also, the motor car is now nearly so popular that the locals have stopped pointing and staring when they see one.

demBones

I have just switched to thesedhb earnley 3/4 bib shorts from shorts to protect my knees from the cold £25ish.

It's already a bit parky first thing most mornings in saddleworth and I plan to get a thermal set for when it gets proper chilly.