I do a short commute into work, and wear shorts like these:



They're a tough outer shell with a compression style inner with a chamois insert. Very hard wearing and don't look too bad, I can't bring myself to wear pure lycra, god did not intend for me to dress that way.

I have recently bought a pair of similar Trek shorts that run an entirely separate compression innner with an our baggy short:



and also a lightweight pair from trek:



All have the chamois insert and make for very comfortable riding.

The Trek shorts were $80 and $40 respectively, the Altura shorts I bought in the UK a few years ago (still going strong!) and I haven't found them here at all.

- Jon