Originally Posted by slowandsteady
I don't get it. Unless you doing the ironman, the bike portion isn't that long. Should comfort really matter that much in a race of less than an hour. In training, unless you are doing blocks, you can still wear bike shorts.
My chamois are barely padded at all and my saddle, a brooks, has zero padding.
tri shorts, and tri suits are designed with a relatively thin chamois thats made to avoid retaining water, but they still have some padding down there.