Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
You know how much I like t-shirts.
I also know how much you dislike most homebrew solutions, but they work so well for me I can't help but post
I printed off a couple of the pics of Evan Murphy's
fridge shorts and gave them to my seamstress along with a pair of regular bibs and an old jersey. Couple days later I had my own pair of cargo bibs for a tiny fraction of the cost. I rode with them a bit and turns out I don't actually like that much cargo on my bibs. About one regular size jersey pocket is workable for me, other than that and the shorts start sagging and/or moving around while I climb out of the saddle that the chamois was sliding around and causing irritation. So I had the big pockets removed and just one regular pocket added to most of my shorts. Something to consider if you want to test it out without a big outlay for something that may not work. Or maybe even just DIY it.
Louis Garneau makes an
MTB liner short but the pocket is sized for a phone as well as the shorts require an overshort so most likely too warm for you.
I'm sorry if I came across as not liking DIY. That's not really the case. I just don't like things "southern engineered" AKA jury rigged. If it works well them I'm all for it.
So, yeah, your post is really interesting and the point about heavier cargo impacting how the padding sits or causing it to move around is something I've not considered.
So who is your seamstress?
The idea caught my eye since my bikepacking trip. Forgoing a traditional cycling jersey would be one less thing to worry about.
Thanks for the feedback mon frere.
-Tim-