What do you prefer?
I remember when I used to say I would never be seen dead in lycra. After a winter of commuting in nice comfy warm bib tights, I’m seriously considering hanging up the baggies for good. My MTB is a P7, I recon Lycra clad rider on a ferrous trail bike is a bit contradictory however I’m not bothered that much about looks and am erring more towards comfort and function over fashion.
Which camp are you in Baggies V Lycra, Function V Fashion………..
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I wore baggies ont he touring bike last weekend and reminded myself why it’s such a bad idea. They catch on anything and everything (mainly the shifters), and baloon up on the decents. LYCRA FTW, only bother with baggies on the AM bike as they don’t fall apart in a crash so easily.
I hate baggies as they are clumsy and uncomfortable but I will sometimes wear them if it’s a slow pace social ride with people I don’t know as I’m quite shy! 😳
As my road rides are more touring and I dont care much for aero’, I wear padded shorts under baggies on whatever bike I’m on.
I like the comfort of padding and being held in by lycra, but also like the protected feel of baggies over the top. I have various degrees of weight in my baggie collection for different conditions.
I never ride in baggies on or off road. Don’t care how it looks I just want to be comfortable when I ride and padded shorts give me that. I wear the cannondale ones, not cheap but durable and comfy.
Oh yeh never thought of the lack of protection when wearing lycra, could be a sore one if you come off!
It’s not protection, you still get grazes through the material, I meant that my baggies are some kind of cordura type material, so it doesn’t rip, so after a crash your privates are still private. Lyrca just disintegrates if you hit the ground faster than walking pace.
There’s some (Endura, noteably) thats thicker in the areas most likely to be landed on, so it lives up to a few crashes.
I hated the feel of wet, gritty and or muddy baggies flapping around my legs, slowly falling down, and catching on bits of the bike, just seemed so pointless.
That said, I’ve just bought a Pitch for some jumpy downhilly business, noteably a fortnight in B.C. I’ll NOT be wearing lycra for that…
Baggies over lycra, been loving the thermal bib-longs over winter, could anyone reccomend some nice, sensibly priced bib shorts to continue the comfort through summer?
Baggies over lycra. Endura 3/4 humvees (with the padded lycra liner that pops in and out) for me 🙂 Why anyone would ride around without padded shorts on is a mystery to me.
Definitely always wear lycra all the time cos it works better, reduced chaffing and moves moisture away from skin quicker (if it’s a decent quality fabric) and has a chamois pad for people with boney behinds like me.
If you don’t like the lycra look then have baggies on top. I usually have baggies on top so I get more pockets.