Man that chafes! Need shorts for big mileage.

BowtomePhil

My cheap Chinese shorts are superb, 50 miles and no issues

dw300

cougie wrote:

Not that impressed by my Assos shorts - very thick pad. I can ride 100+ miles in tri shorts with a minimal pad in comfort.
My cheap chinese shorts are fine too - maybe you just need to get used to mileages a bit ?

No, it's not the padding or the mileage .. it's friction and the seams. That ride actually pulled the shorts apart slightly.

Back on the trainer for 50 minutes tonight .. no further damage. Thought rode different shorts and I've binned the offending bibs.

99thmonkey

cougie wrote:

Not that impressed by my Assos shorts - very thick pad. I can ride 100+ miles in tri shorts with a minimal pad in comfort.
My cheap chinese shorts are fine too - maybe you just need to get used to mileages a bit ?

Did you go for the Mille? As that pad is quite thick I personally prefer the Uno or F series

ctc

One thing - I found that after I lost some weight, my old shorts chafed a lot because they were looser. Maybe you need some tight shorts?

alistaird

DW

Just got a pair of these on sale at John's BIkes in Bath:

http://www.zerorh.com/sport/en/man/summer/activewear-bike/bibpants/ecu0128-stretch-control-bibshort.html

You don't see these in loads of shops but they're very comfortable so far. Doing 100km tomorrow so will know better then...

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