Originally Posted by
jplee3
Yea... I guess I need to get into Saturday rides. Maybe group rides with the local club. And the shorts I wear are hiking shorts that are kind of baggy. I have padded shorts under but I feel like I'm riding naked [literally] if I ride with just those haha. Guess that's the point, but I suppose I just need to 'ease' myself into it hahaha.
I started out with my running shorts over the cycling shorts. Eventually I just didn't care and ditched the running shorts.
I think you will benefit from more quality miles, quality as in intentionally focusing on cadence, power, and form. I will go against what others have said and suggest clipless, but it is not a magic bullet, and in no way does it allow you to bypass the previously mentioned cadence, power, and form. Clipless gave me a noticeable performance gain in just for the fact that you get to use your whole pedal stroke to applied power to the drive train.