Many cyclists I've met actually like shorts with little padding. The key for shorts is not the padding, but the surface material. The padding is just to keep the material from bunching up.
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Cat 2 Track, Cat 3 Road.
"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --
the tiniest sprinter