What do you wear under the cycle shorts and why?

DonDaddyD

Tights, shorts, 3/4lengths. Perhaps you wear tights or 3/4 lengths and shorts over the top or visa versa. In any case. Under your (your lower region) cycle clothing do you go commando, why?

Me? I go commando, took me a while to warm to the idea but once I did it it wasn't so much comfortable (it was) it also felt very natural.

I did have issues about the taboo "oooo I've got no undies on" but then I quickly realised that nearly every other cyclists (especially roadies) also did it and came to the conclusion that it was socially OK.

sarajoy

Well I think it's now been loudly broadcast to the forum exactly what I do!

/me votes

benno68

I'm a convert to "go commando", and much more comfortable it is too. Must admit I do usually wear shorts over the top, unless it's dark.

Christophe3967

DonDaddyD wrote:

I did have issues about the taboo "oooo I've got no undies on" but then I quickly realised that nearly every other cyclists (especially roadies) also did it and came to the conclusion that it was socially OK.

There's nothing anti-social about it, unless... http://krisalis.org/weblog/?p=1483

gtvlusso

No reason to wear anything underneath - the "pad" is enough!

SteveyW

a long time ago I had bad experiences with seams.

Bits went numb !!!

and pins and needles in those bits isn't funny (well not when its your bits anyway)

So commando everytime now unless I'm just nipping down to the shops

Sorry for any bad mental imagery this post may have caused

SBezza

I have never even thought about wearing something under my bibshorts. I wear them as they are designed to be worn.

Furbes

Much like you DDD , it took me a while to warm to the Idea , but now i go commando with them . Depending where i'm going , i sometimes wear a Pair of Shorts over them to spare me my (or someone else's) Blushes

prawny

I don't wear anything under lycra, never have. But TBF I do wear baggy cotton boxers so I'd look like i'm carrying a load so to speak. :oops:

wantaway

As a novice can I just ask a question....

I know about pants. oh yes. I get the concept of going commando, I get the concept of not going commando.

I am just not sure what needs to going on under my shorts in order to qualify for the 'Other' section'.

bigmat

Cycling shorts effectively ARE underwear, the real question is what do you wear over them. For me, I usually stick on a pair of baggy shorts for commuting, nothing on top for weekend rides on the road bike.

Finbar Saunders

wantaway wrote:

I am just not sure what needs to going on under my shorts in order to qualify for the 'Other' section'.

Leather chaps?

roger_merriman

on a road bike it's wince making for me any other way but lycra shorts + baggies as i like to take phone/wallet and hate any thing in my shirt. for town bike just normal clothes as thats what that bike is for ie popping to the shops.

on the MTB mostly lycra + baggies don't need it as much as one is off the saddle and moving for MTBing but it's a little more comfy.

nation

People wear things under cycle shorts?

That's a new one on me.

PinkPedal

I am pefectly comfortable with undies then shorts. Yet to be convinced of the need for going commando!

At the moment I seem to wear pants, then 3/4 non-padded tights then my cycle shorts over the top of that! Wore that very combination to do last year's Capital to Coast with no discomfort.

tarquin_foxglove

How can you go 'commando' under cycling shorts when they are meant to be worn next to the skin?

It would be like saying you're going commando when you wear nothing under swimming trunks.

always_tyred

Personally I spend £50 on cycling shorts with flatlock stiching and a seamless chamois, but out of a sense of Victorian prudishness, I wear pantaloons made from coarse sack cloth underneath them, just in case a non cyclist ever asks me what I wear underneath.

always_tyred

tarquin_foxglove wrote:

How can you go 'commando' under cycling shorts when they are meant to be worn next to the skin?

It would be like saying you're going commando when you wear nothing under swimming trunks.

Personally.....

il_principe

MatHammond wrote:

Cycling shorts effectively ARE underwear, the real question is what do you wear over them. For me, I usually stick on a pair of baggy shorts for commuting, nothing on top for weekend rides on the road bike.

+1

I can't understand why anyone would wear something under them - asking for trouble really. It's kinda like getting up in the morning, popping on your undies and then popping on another pair for good measure!

biondino

Or like wearing cotton underpants under your swimming costume! (as someone wise once said to me)

biondino

Of course, if you wear white cycling shorts, or other light colours, especially in the wet, there may be modesty issues!

Kieran_Burns

I wear underpants underneath my cyling shorts for two main reasons:

1. I have a shower at work AFTER cycling in with no shower at home first. This means that I am cycling with a (possibly) not ENTIRELY clean bottom. I would rather not take the risk of claggy bits or pasty heads fixing themselves to the lycra.

2. I have a small tear in the stitching right at a VERY strategic position in the front of my shorts, so going commando would NOT be a good idea.




I would like to apologise for any mental scarring the above has caused. :shock:

il_principe

biondino wrote:

Of course, if you wear white cycling shorts, or other light colours, especially in the wet, there may be modesty issues!

Nah, that's just a mistake you only make once. *ahem

snellgrove

Never worn anything under Lycra.

Didn't really know you were meant to go commando or anything, but I just thought what's the point of clothing thats designed to work as a second-skin, if you're seperating it with a layer of cotton / other non-wicking / non-technical fabric.

Lycra is incredibly comfortable I think - I wear Skins running shorts at the gym with baggies on top (if I remember to bring them!) and usually a cycling (compression) base-layer too as running tops tend to be baggy and annoy the hell out of me!

AndyManc

What do you wear under the cycle shorts and why?


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kyoukoku

Endura Humvees - Full & 3/4 length, with the click-in padded liners and thats it.

Will get around to bib shorts/longs when I can find some that fit my 6'3" height & 33" waist and which don't cost the earth. I'll still wear baggies over the top though.

rally200

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I wear underpants underneath my cyling shorts for two main reasons:

1. I have a shower at work AFTER cycling in with no shower at home first. This means that I am cycling with a (possibly) not ENTIRELY clean bottom. I would rather not take the risk of claggy bits or pasty heads fixing themselves to the lycra.

I would like to apologise for any mental scarring the above has caused. :shock:

Sometimes, maybe, its possible to be that little bit too honest

hisoka

Go commando, and that isn't just when using the shorts!

More damaging mental imagery for you all

cee

Kieran_Burns wrote:

I wear underpants underneath my cyling shorts for two main reasons:

1. I have a shower at work AFTER cycling in with no shower at home first. This means that I am cycling with a (possibly) not ENTIRELY clean bottom. I would rather not take the risk of claggy bits or pasty heads fixing themselves to the lycra.

2. I have a small tear in the stitching right at a VERY strategic position in the front of my shorts, so going commando would NOT be a good idea.




I would like to apologise for any mental scarring the above has caused. :shock:

wet wipes in the morning mucker? :shock:

wait a minute.....those pants that you put on under your cycling shorts....do you wear them on the way home too?

Surely any hingers on would appear there instead? :shock:

The Chingford Skinhead

Did start with boxers as only had one pair of shorts and didn't want to wash every day as wouldn't dry in time. As i got more shorts the boxers vanished. Much more comfortable

Before my recent crash I had planned to do a week long tour in June. To minimise packing & weight and the need to wash every night I had wondered if women's panty liners might offer a hygene solution :shock: :oops: :shock: :oops: Perhaps my injury was a godsend

dvdcompare

I am new to all of this as have only just bought my bike today! Which size lycra shorts do I need? In trouser size I am 34" - 36" waist. These are the shorts I am looking at:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/tre ... t-ec017501

Should I go for Large (ignore the Sold Out sign!) which is 32" - 36" or XL instead which is for 36" - 40". Would they be okay?