Originally Posted by
tractorlegs
I ride in street clothes when commuting. For me (others are different) I feel no difference in comfort at all up to about 2 hours of riding. If my ride is going to be longer than that, I whip out the bib shorts. For short rides I think the comfort advantage of shorts is overblown. But, again, other rider's experience are different. I ride on a wonderfully broken in B-17, that may be a factor . . .
Well today I tested this. My only riding today was over to a little strip shopping area to buy some stuff, and so the total ride was only about 6 miles max. Usually I just ride it in street clothes, but today I put on some baggy cycling shorts I got at Gnashbar to see if there was any difference in comfort. The comfort level was virtually the same as if I rode in my jeans. I have about 8 or 9 pairs of shorts, some expensive high-zoot items and some cheapos but I suspect the same result with any of them. But like I said, if a ride looks like it's gonna be a couple of hours or longer, I'll use the shorts because the jeans get old after a while