I havent done any tri races yet as my running isnt any good for any distance above 3 miles, but I do swim alot. I have done an 80 mile ride in speedo under some jammers and was prefectily fine and Im not using a heavily padded saddle either.
I was wondering if the tri shorts really made that much of difference for the extra cash to be spent on them as Im going to college and every bit of cash I can save the better. Does the padding make that big of difference as my saddle has some padding but isnt too excessive.