I'd like to talk about shorts.

Supergoose

i had canvassed opinion regarding shorts before and after spending a couple of hundred quid on 2 pairs of Assos F1 Mille insert bib shorts about a year ago. I have decided they are not working for me.

I find there is not enough padding at the crucial perennial position. Ok, I know we are all different physiologically and what suits one person doesn't suit the other, but I wondered if anyone could suggest an alternative?

redddraggon

I've never found any shorts with thicker padding than Assos.

Sounds like a saddle issue rather than a shorts issue.

SBezza

As red has said, none of my different shorts have a thick as pad as my Assos shorts. Surely if you are getting pain in that area, trying a different saddle, or saddle position is the first thing.

Supergoose

redddraggon wrote:

I've never found any shorts with thicker padding than Assos.

Sounds like a saddle issue rather than a shorts issue.

I use an Arione, Flite, Toupe. I have a few bikes and tbf there is discomfort at the perennial position on all of them. Its not so much the thickness of the padding, rather the strategic placing of it at that crucial position, you know?

Supergoose

The pain discomfort kicks in at over 70 miles. The Assos shorts are not suited to my application hence the post looking for alternatives.

redddraggon

If you are supporting your weight by "sit bones" you shouldn't have an issue.

If you want to see if having extra padding would work try wearing two pairs of bibs. I'm not sure that padding is necessarily the issue though.

SBezza

Is the saddle tipped up or down slightly as that would take some of the weight off the sit bones, and put it in that area.

Supergoose

Saddles are set slightly nose down, just off the level. I use a spirit level. I dont want to tilt it anymore as I feel I will be slipping off it. Thanks for your feed back. i really do appreciate it.

SBezza

Try them level, and see if that solves the problem. I only have my TT bike saddle slightly nose down, but thet is due to the position I race in. Other bikes they are level.

redddraggon

I found that if I had the nose pointing down even slightly, I'd end up on the nose of the saddle, causing perenial pressure.

prawny

I read the other day that if you tilt the nose down it can make your pelvis rock forward and out weight where you don't want it, might be worth a try.