Take Off Your Panties. (Page 4)

"It's just that from your post, it sounds like you feel like you just stumbled upon a major discovery and that women need to be told to remove their underwear and all their problems will be gone!"

Even though I listed four factors contributing to saddle comfort in the original post?

Yep.  That was the tone of your original post!

But you clearly missed the additional factors that I added, so we've even. 

Very rarely have I seen women wearing underwear under their cycling shorts.

But every time I do it makes me cringe!  OUCH!

I couldn't imagine riding more than a mile with real underwear on!  I used to commute a mile back and forth from my room to work when I was in Iraq a few years ago...and I eventually got used to riding in my flight suit (and underwear) for the 5' that took.

But anything longer than a mile or two commute?

NO WAY.

However, I think Tom may have just stumbled upon a very odd day.  I believe he needs to stare at a bunch more rear ends on various weekends to make his research more scientific.

Most significant observation, IMO.

Ha! Maybe that's why they are (or are not) wearing panties.

Catwoman - 2012-04-23 8:05 PM Were there a lot of guys with hairy legs out on the road at the same time? As far as I'm concerned men with hairy legs= women who wear panties under their bike shorts. Both are nasty to look at.

Hey now.  Be nice.  If being hairy is good enough for Faris Al Sultan it's good enough for me.  Damn high maintenance shaven legged men.

So, on my ride tonight, I cruise up beside the best looking lady in the bunch.  I say, "Hey babe, are you wearing panties under that kit?"  She gets all irritated with some choice foul words.  "No, you don't get it, this is a scientific experiment.  I read about it on the internet."  She doesn't seem amused, "I'm going to call the cops if you don't leave me alone."  So, I comply and drop back.  While I do, I say, "That's cool honey, I'll just check you out from behind to see if you've got anything going on under there."  n=1: no panties.  I feel like Marie Curie.

Finally some real world data on this! 

TriRSquared - 2012-04-23 8:35 PM

Catwoman - 2012-04-23 8:05 PM Were there a lot of guys with hairy legs out on the road at the same time? As far as I'm concerned men with hairy legs= women who wear panties under their bike shorts. Both are nasty to look at.

Hey now.  Be nice.  If being hairy is good enough for Faris Al Sultan it's good enough for me.  Damn high maintenance shaven legged men.

Do you wear a speedo and a sports bra too, ala Faris?  Inquiring minds want to know!

djastroman - 2012-04-23 10:07 PM

TriRSquared - 2012-04-23 8:35 PM

Catwoman - 2012-04-23 8:05 PM Were there a lot of guys with hairy legs out on the road at the same time? As far as I'm concerned men with hairy legs= women who wear panties under their bike shorts. Both are nasty to look at.

Hey now.  Be nice.  If being hairy is good enough for Faris Al Sultan it's good enough for me.  Damn high maintenance shaven legged men.

Do you wear a speedo and a sports bra too, ala Faris?  Inquiring minds want to know!

OK, let's not get silly now...

I would just like to take this time to say that the Y had my two-week-lost pair of Oakley Flak Jacket glasses in their lost and found this evening.  

Up to that point, this thread was the highlight of my day......my life is unrecognizable to me anymore. 

x2 Goosedog for the win!

I'll go out on a limb here as a complete newbie- I don't have any close family or friends who ride, and recently just bought my first pair of real bike shorts. I love my local bike shop, but as somebody said earlier, the sales guy isn't going to tell me, "By the way, you shouldn't wear underwear with those!" There's nothing on the hang-tag that describes that either. I've heard this discussion come up with running shorts that have the built-in unders, and I know people that prefer to still wear their own with the running shorts- no concensus there.

So, thanks, BT, for answering this question I never knew I had and preventing me from committing one of probably many triathlete faux pas.

When I was bike racing, every year we'd have new riders show up with the second layer. We'd let them in on this particular piece of biking inside knowledge, and the next week they'd show up commando proclaiming their new-found love for riding. It DOES make a difference. Sometimes it takes a little convincing (right, Eric?).

But... I would only suggest that the short might be more comfortable without underoos. Let them do what they want, for whatever reason.

Now there's another thing that always baffles me: Why is it that people don't get that if you do something once a year, or, *gasp* as frequently as once every three months, you're gonna get sore, pretty much regardless of what that something is? Saddles are no different...

Pictures or we dont believe you.