Originally Posted by
gorshkov
It doesn't seem that surprising to me; leather saddles have been around since before bike shorts had pads (old natural chamois = thin), and I have found that leather saddles are comfortable with almost any shorts. The newer synthetic saddles and modern 3D shorts are designed to go together. I wouldn't be too concerned about it; be glad that you can be comfortable without dropping $60+ on a pair of shorts.
Makes sense. I'm not worried about it. But I'm also not talking $60 shorts...more like $150! Of course they are much more than just the chamois, they have compression characteristics as well, which is good. Yeah, they work extremely well with my road bike saddle, just not as well as the "thin/shapeless" chamois on the Brooks. Surprising.