I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction which is better suited for off road use.
My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:13:02 -0400, [email hidden]
(Chris Z The Wheelman) said:
I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction which is better suited for off road use.
My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
Try Activa baggy short shorts with a chamois like liner. Just cooler for me than lycra. I bought them like 15 years ago and they are still my favorite.
I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction which is better suited for off road use.
My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I've had similar experiences with baggy bike shorts. You can get the same effect by wearing standard road shorts and wearing a thin short of your choice over them. Baggy shorts are irrelevant, IMO. I wouldn't bet on finding thick one layer shorts because thick fabric won't stretch enough.
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I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
I wear N**E brand polyester shorts. With normal underwear - or even commando 🙂 - I have no problems at all. Recently for a short ride I put on an old pair of normal cotton shorts with one of those mesh liners. HUGE mistake. After a very short time it felt like I had welts across my butt.
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Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction which is better suited for off road use.
My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
I've had similar experiences with baggy bike shorts. You can get the same effect by wearing standard road shorts and wearing a thin short of your choice over them. Baggy shorts are irrelevant, IMO. I wouldn't bet on finding thick one layer shorts because thick fabric won't stretch enough.
I find it's the liner that's the culprit. They get into creases that they really shouldn't.
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I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
I wear N**E brand polyester shorts. With normal underwear - or even commando 🙂 - I have no problems at all. Recently for a short ride I put on an old pair of normal cotton shorts with one of those mesh liners. HUGE mistake. After a very short time it felt like I had welts across my butt.
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Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction which is better suited for off road use.
My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
I've had similar experiences with baggy bike shorts. You can get the same effect by wearing standard road shorts and wearing a thin short of your choice over them. Baggy shorts are irrelevant, IMO. I wouldn't bet on finding thick one layer shorts because thick fabric won't stretch enough.
I find it's the liner that's the culprit. They get into creases that they really shouldn't.
I'd be tempted to hope I had a full water bottle in the cage the second that window went down. Cruelty Phaser set to STUN!
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> I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. > The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right > places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up > between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
I wear N**E brand polyester shorts. With normal underwear - or even commando 🙂 - I have no problems at all. Recently for a short ride I put on an old pair of normal cotton shorts with one of those mesh liners. HUGE mistake. After a very short time it felt like I had welts across my butt.
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> Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I > mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction > which is better suited for off road use. > > My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google > helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
I've had similar experiences with baggy bike shorts. You can get the same effect by wearing standard road shorts and wearing a thin short of your choice over them. Baggy shorts are irrelevant, IMO. I wouldn't bet on finding thick one layer shorts because thick fabric won't stretch enough.
I find it's the liner that's the culprit. They get into creases that they really shouldn't.
I'd be tempted to hope I had a full water bottle in the cage the second that window went down. Cruelty Phaser set to STUN!
I've tried baggy style MTB shorts and personally I'm fed up with them. The mesh liners are very hard to get into and never stay in the right places, and even when I do the outer baggy part is always bunching up between my legs and I'm constantly having to reposition them.
Does anybody make a single layer mountain bike short? By single layer, I mean built like road shorts BUT with more durable fabrics/construction which is better suited for off road use.
My searches through bike catalogues has yielded nothing nor has Google helped much. Any leads you could provide would be appreciated.
Baggie MTB shorts were invented as a cop-out marketing thing to palliate all the newbie "mountainbikers" with poor masculine self-image (aka queerfear). Some guys, when you tell them, "shave all that gorilla hair off your legs and put on some real shorts" react not in horror but say,"no &*^%ing way I'm shaving my legs; I'm not gonna be queerbait."
Has nothing to do wih fashion or looks. I just want something tougher that road shorts for off road. Besides denim, of course, I do like my comfort. :-3)
Hmm...maybe someone should start making them from stretch denim.....
-- ie ride fast, take chances.
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Has nothing to do wih fashion or looks. I just want something tougher that road shorts for off road. Besides denim, of course, I do like my comfort. :-3)
Baggie MTB shorts were invented as a cop-out marketing thing to palliate all the newbie "mountainbikers" with poor masculine self-image (aka queerfear). Some guys, when you tell them, "shave all that gorilla hair off your legs and put on some real shorts" react not in horror but say,"no &*^%ing way I'm shaving my legs; I'm not gonna be queerbait."
Oh well, they'll learn--or not;-)
Well, I don't usually even wear bike shorts. I wear some cargo shorts and regular undies and don't have much of a problem. I do own a pair of bike shorts, but I only use them on longer rides (more than 1 hour or so).
I don't shave my legs or anything, either. Not a masculine thing - I just don't see the benefit.
Has nothing to do wih fashion or looks. I just want something tougher that road shorts for off road. Besides denim, of course, I do like my comfort. :-3)
:-)
Especially useful when riding the Wissahickon off-piste.
I guess comfort is a relative term, while mountainbiking!
Baggie MTB shorts were invented as a cop-out marketing thing to palliate all the newbie "mountainbikers" with poor masculine self-image (aka queerfear). Some guys, when you tell them, "shave all that gorilla hair off your legs and put on some real shorts" react not in horror but say,"no &*^%ing way I'm shaving my legs; I'm not gonna be queerbait."
Oh well, they'll learn--or not;-)
Well, I don't usually even wear bike shorts. I wear some cargo shorts and regular undies and don't have much of a problem. I do own a pair of bike shorts, but I only use them on longer rides (more than 1 hour or so).
I don't shave my legs or anything, either. Not a masculine thing - I just don't see the benefit.
-Bill H.
I don't shave now either--as I'm not racing this year. (Somehow I alway end up in a car rather than on a bike when the weather is nasty).
Has nothing to do wih fashion or looks. I just want something tougher that road shorts for off road. Besides denim, of course, I do like my comfort. :-3)
They're made by BellWeather. They have a tougher and somewhat heavier outer layer that resists bunching up, and a more substantial inner layer that holds it's shape better.
Sort of like roadie shorts wtith heavy duty baggy outers.
