Originally Posted by
bike eagle
I tried that and liked it, except that modern cycling shorts manufacturers generally put too much padding in the testicle area. I had to tip the saddle back down to be comfortable. I still can't figure out why shorts have padding anywhere other than under the sitbones.
Buy shorts with less padding. A lot of Brooks riders don't use padded shorts at all.
And I agree ... I don't understand why shorts have padding anywhere other than under the sitbones. And what I really can't figure out is why some shorts I've tried have padding running up the middle, but not wide enough to accommodate the sitbones at all. The sitbones either sit right on the seam or off the edges of the padding all together.