Another Bike Shorts Question.

[email hidden] (whinds) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Since reading recent posts about bike shorts problems I'm
wondering if anyone here repairs their shorts when the
chamois wear out? I still have my old shorts that started
with leather chamois. The lycra is still good but the
chamois has shredded completely. I do more miles using the
synthetics but they eventually wear out also. While I
still use the worn shorts on short rides I'm wondering can
the chamois be replaced? I know about the white shorts
that has a padding built in. I suppose I could use a old
pair to make a pattern but what material would I use?

This is not likely to be an economically viable solution.
Beyond looking though the chamois at Pep Boys for the best
piece, I've no idea where you might buy the stuff.

Unless you are an accomplished seamster (seamstress
didn't seem the right thing to say) you're likely to wind
up with bunched-up chamois or bunched-up lycra when you
stich it together.

If this is a really nice pair of shorts I might suggest
Kucharik to repair them; you'd have to ask him if he'd be
willing to fix them. ISTR that he will re-chamois his own
shorts for a fee.

Now, howdja shred the chamois and not the lycra? Didja
machine wash and dry them instead of hand washing them,
hanging them to dry in a westerly breeze not less than 5 mph
nor mor than 8 mph, then carefully applying chamois cream
while sitting in a lotus position?

All kidding aside, I find that machine washing them has done
no harm, but I let them dry naturally and then put a bit of
cream on them. Over the years I only recall one pair where
the chamois went out before the lycra.

Regards,

Tom

whinds said:

Since reading recent posts about bike shorts problems I'm
wondering if anyone here repairs their shorts when the
chamois wear out? I still have my old shorts that started
with leather chamois. The lycra is still good but the
chamois has shredded completely. I do more miles using the
synthetics but they eventually wear out also. While I
still use the worn shorts on short rides I'm wondering can
the chamois be replaced? I know about the white shorts
that has a padding built in. I suppose I could use a old
pair to make a pattern but what material would I use?

By the time the chamois is worn out, the lycra has probably
lost most of its "snap" too.

Matt O.

In the old days of Pearl Izumi, you could order replacement
Chamois from them--only $10. Taking out the original ones
took a lot of patience with the intricate double stitching,
but anyone with a sewing machine could put the new chamois
in. I suspect you may be able to find a replacement chamois
from someplace, but by the time you add in all the time and
hassle, new shorts may be more economical.

Cheers, Shawn

PS: I like "top posting" better, so bite me if you are
so inclined.

"whinds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:20040413193222.22963.00000194@mb-
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Quoted message said:

Since reading recent posts about bike shorts problems I'm
wondering if

anyone

Quoted message said:

here repairs their shorts when the chamois wear out?

Shawn Amir said:

In the old days of Pearl Izumi, you could order
replacement Chamois from them--only $10. Taking out the
original ones took a lot of patience with the intricate
double stitching, but anyone with a sewing machine could
put the new chamois in. I suspect you may be able to find
a replacement chamois from someplace, but by the time you
add in all the time and hassle, new shorts may be more
economical.

Cheers, Shawn

PS: I like "top posting" better, so bite me if you are so
inclined.

Boasting that you're an inconsiderate moron. Brilliant.

Greg

No boasts and nothing inconsiderate, since I take care to
edit what I reply to. I am simply of the opinion that top
posting works better, much easier to read without having to
scroll. Then again I was answering a real question the OP
asked, so maybe that does make me inconsiderate--or is it
that I have an opinion other than yours?

Go back to your hole, next time I will bring you a doggy
biscuit you self righteous little twit.

Cheers, Shawn

"G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Boasting that you're an inconsiderate moron. Brilliant.

Greg

Shawn Amir said:

No boasts and nothing inconsiderate, since I take care to
edit what I reply to. I am simply of the opinion that top
posting works better, much easier to read without having
to scroll. Then again I was answering a real question the
OP asked, so maybe that does make me inconsiderate--or is
it that I have an opinion other than yours?

Go back to your hole, next time I will bring you a doggy
biscuit you self righteous little twit.

Keep digging your hole, moron.

Greg

Quoted message said:

Cheers, Shawn

"G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Boasting that you're an inconsiderate moron. Brilliant.

Greg

In article <[email hidden]>, "Shawn Amir"

Quoted message said:

In the old days of Pearl Izumi, you could order replacement
Chamois from them--only $10. Taking out the original ones
took a lot of patience with the intricate double stitching,
but anyone with a sewing machine could put the new chamois
in. I suspect you may be able to find a replacement chamois
from someplace, but by the time you add in all the time and
hassle, new shorts may be more economical.

Cheers, Shawn

PS: I like "top posting" better, so bite me if you are so
inclined.

Such a short message what's the big deal? I appreciate the
reply. My wife has a device that she uses to rip threads out
that is pretty fast, but then I've never tried ripping out a
chamois. I keep my cost low on about everything except shoes
and shorts. I try to buy them when on sale, one or two pair
at a time, usually store or off brand. It's just that most
times the shorts seem to outlast the chamois and I hate to
just toss the remainder. Most of my daily rides are over 50
miles and without chamois is not pleasant.

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Tom) said:

[email hidden] (whinds) wrote in message news:<20040413193222.22963.00000194@mb-
m22.aol.com>...

Quoted message said:

Since reading recent posts about bike shorts problems I'm
wondering if

anyone

Quoted message said:

here repairs their shorts when the chamois wear out? I
still have my old

shorts

Quoted message said:

that started with leather chamois. The lycra is still
good but the chamois

has

Quoted message said:

shredded completely. I do more miles using the synthetics
but they

eventually

Quoted message said:

wear out also. While I still use the worn shorts on short
rides I'm

wondering

Quoted message said:

can the chamois be replaced? I know about the white
shorts that has a

padding

Quoted message said:

built in. I suppose I could use a old pair to make a
pattern but what

material

Quoted message said:

would I use?

This is not likely to be an economically viable solution.
Beyond looking though the chamois at Pep Boys for the best
piece, I've no idea where you might buy the stuff.

Unless you are an accomplished seamster (seamstress didn't
seem the right thing to say) you're likely to wind up with
bunched-up chamois or bunched-up lycra when you stich it
together.

If this is a really nice pair of shorts I might suggest
Kucharik to repair them; you'd have to ask him if he'd be
willing to fix them. ISTR that he will re-chamois his own
shorts for a fee.

Now, howdja shred the chamois and not the lycra? Didja
machine wash and dry them instead of hand washing them,
hanging them to dry in a westerly breeze not less than 5
mph nor mor than 8 mph, then carefully applying chamois
cream while sitting in a lotus position?

All kidding aside, I find that machine washing them has
done no harm, but I let them dry naturally and then put a
bit of cream on them.

Regards,

Tom

Guilty as charged, Tom. I washed them in a regular washing
machine and hung them to dry. I relied on sweat to soften
them up. When I got sore I used Vasiline. I probably put
them in the dryer a few times too which didn't help. A pair
or two have ratty elastic on one leg or the other but I wear
them anyway. By ratty I mean a few broken threads not
completely destroyed. I've thought about the Pep Boy's
chamois but hoped that there was someone who a sold a
packaged replacement.

Quoted message said:

Over he years I only recall one pair where the chamois went
out before the lycra.

Most likely as soon as I replace the pad then the seams on
the legs or the elastic will go. Probably not a large enough
market for anyone to bother. I saw an advert for one short
where they attach theirs without stitching which would
prevent future repairs.

Shawn Amir <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

PS: I like "top posting" better, so bite me if you are so
inclined.

Your lack of consideration for others is noted.

--

"Posting at the top because that's where the cursor happened
to be is like [censored] in your pants because that's where
your [censored] happened to be." Andreas Prilop

-snip chamois-

whinds said:

Guilty as charged, Tom. I washed them in a regular washing
machine and hung them to dry. I relied on sweat to soften
them up. When I got sore I used Vasiline. I probably put
them in the dryer a few times too which didn't help. A
pair or two have ratty elastic on one leg or the other but
I wear them anyway. By ratty I mean a few broken threads
not completely destroyed. I've thought about the Pep Boy's
chamois but hoped that there was someone who a sold a
packaged replacement.

We do sell replacements, shaped properly with a pad. Less
work by far than a piece of goatskin from a car parts shop.

--
Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1
April, 1971