bicycle shorts

tin kicker said:

Do you guys typically wear undershorts with the cycle shorts. It seems that they only provide something else to bind up and pinch the body. Should I be "au naturale" under the chamois?

Nothing comes between me and my Pearl Izumi's!

there was a massive topic about whether or not to wear underwear. nearly everyone said they didn't, and those who did wear underwear under their shorts, tried it without them and stayed without underwear.
one of the purposes of cycling shorts (along with many others) is to prevent chafing of the sensitive skin in that area. wearing underwear will defeat that purpose will make your "saddle-area" extremely sore after a while. also, with underwear you have to keep stopping to adjust. that's no fun.

Greg-O said:

there was a massive topic about whether or not to wear underwear. nearly everyone said they didn't, and those who did wear underwear under their shorts, tried it without them and stayed without underwear.
one of the purposes of cycling shorts (along with many others) is to prevent chafing of the sensitive skin in that area. wearing underwear will defeat that purpose will make your "saddle-area" extremely sore after a while. also, with underwear you have to keep stopping to adjust. that's no fun.

http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=115456&page=2&pp=40

GO COMMANDO!!! 😎

But there is nothing cooler than riding behind a biker chick's thong line...

tin kicker said:

Do you guys typically wear undershorts with the cycle shorts. It seems that they only provide something else to bind up and pinch the body. Should I be "au naturale" under the chamois?

Bolo Grubb said:

http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=115456&page=2&pp=40

Should have done a search before I asked! Thanks for the pointer to this thread, it answered my question quite well.

Thanks