Can someone please explain why, since for ever, the padding is in the shorts and not in the saddle? I have a feeling it is purely tradition from a time when the saddles was just a stiff piece of leather. like a Brooks.

Personally I Really dislike padded bike shorts with the cream and sweat and high maintenance. Seems to me a better, or equally good, less elaborate and easy hygiene, method would be to ride in some seamless tights, maybe runners tights or bike shorts with no padding and seamless underpants/tights and then have the padding in the saddle rather than i the pants?

I haven't tested any of this, just wanted to test the waters and hear what ppl had to say?