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.
It's to relieve pressure on the taint...very important for saddles that have no perineal relief feature. It's about padding thickness differential in that area. Customer reps at PI and Spec confirmed this last year.
That said, I recently nosed up my saddle (Spec Avatar) and it's all good. Also switched to shorts with a thinner pad (also Spec). The PI's are retired.