Originally Posted by
bike eagle
Thank you! I thought I was the only one annoyed by that. I've noticed the same thing about my sitbones outside the padded area, and my sitbones aren't that wide (skinny guy with slim hips). It's enough to make me want to start my own shorts manufacturing company.
Now that I'm used to my Brooks, I may have to try the little or no padding idea too. Just a thin shammy is probably all I need.
My hips aren't all that wide for a woman, and yet it is a challenge to find women's shorts with chamois that are wide enough in the back so that I am not sitting on the seam or not sitting on any sort of padding at all.
And I've ridden as much as 80 km with underwear and regular shorts or a bathing suit and regular shorts on my Brooks on tours. I was fine ... in fact, when touring Queensland in December 2004 when temps were regularly going into the high 30s /low 40s (that's around 100F), I preferred to ride in a bathing suit and beach shorts. My cycling shorts were just too hot and caused nasty rashes and hives all over my legs and butt. But the beach shorts allowed air to flow up my legs ... and that combination was great anytime we stopped at a beach for a cooling dip.