Running tights for running AND cycling?

What was the temperature?  I am trying to figure something out for my cheap self.

36F when I walked out of the house.  Felt just fine really.

Legs are not really the issue when it comes to cold, it is the extremeties.  In the rare instances where I do ride in the cold I also use UA cold gear over my usual cycling shorts (for the padding).  Same with the UA cold gear top.

I'll run in those as well all the way down to 20 degrees or so (with a jacket of course).

I've got a pair of Cannondale tights that I got from Nashbar.com that I use for both cycling and running.  Fortunately, living in Florida, I don't need them that often.

I wear them over my cycling shorts to take full advantage of the padding in the shorts.

Mark

I was about to mention that.  Wearing tights under your cycling shorts (assuming you have real cycling shorts with a chamois and all) completely defeats the purpose of cycling shorts and is about a Fred thing as wearing your helmet backwards.

For the uninitiated, the primary purpose of the chamois in your cycling shorts is the smooth surface and lack of seams, which prevents chafing.  The secondary purpose is padding.  This is why tri-shorts have a thin chamois.  You can deal without the padding for one ride, but you can't deal without the lack of seams and smooth surface, or else you will end up quite well chafed.

For those who doubt, wear a regular pair of underwear underneath your riding shorts, and then go on a nice long ride.  let me know if you can even walk the next day, without screaming in pain from your raw red, chafed crotch.  OUCH!

Ron Hill tracksters do everything you could ask for. I don't know a US supplier though so you may have to get them shipped from the UK

J

I find running tights slippery on my saddle. Get cycling tights without the chamois and they work for both. For a year or two I wore my Pearl Izumi winter tights to run and to bike in all winter long...took them off and washed right away.

I wouldn't wear them under my bike shorts but over..I like my chamois next to my bum not some running tights.

DeSoto Tights

Sooper comfy and have never been cold in them...

OK.  I wear mine under because my cycling shorts are very, very bulky and have a very thick chamois, too.  I can't pull my tights over them!    I'm just grateful to have a pair, and when I get a more traditional pair, I'll wear them over.