Originally Posted by
gear
Padding in shorts is for moisture wiking not comfort, that's the saddles job.
Not True.
The chamois serves a greater purpose then just moisture wicking.
The shape of these high-technology elastic cycling short inserts help to reduce or eliminate problems related to compression in the GPUG zone; for example, the syndrome of compression of the pubic nerve: the position while riding on a relatively rigid saddle is in a relatively small area where pressure is generated in the perineal zone and is transmitted to the pubic nerve and Alcock channel (the pubic canal that allows pubic nerve to pass under the pubic bone and connect with the genital and perineal zone). This constant pressure reduces the ability of the nerve to heal and exposes it to constant trauma.
Read this...
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/spons...007/cytech.php