Originally Posted by jpescatore

As a guy with an ample behind, I've learned the cheaper bike shorts tend to have thinner and smaller pads. I went to the local REI store and looked at the shorts they had on the racks - Peal Izumi and Garneau had way larger/thicker padding, as well as more panels. I never thought of actually trying them on in the store - I kinda hope they don't allow that! But, waited until over the winter and bought a few pairs on sale.

The other thing I do is use padded undershorts under gym shorts sometime instead of wearing cycling shorts. I know that is verboten and if I owned one of those little cycling hats I'm sure it would be taken away, but the padding fits better and more comfortable for rides where I'm going to be off the bike a lot vs. mostly just riding.