[Closed] Do you wear pants under your lycra which is under your baggies?

Don't wear lycra. I use normal baggies and normal undies. Either I don't ride far enough or I have an arse of steel.

What's to discuss? what you propose is sack boiling crack rubbing madness.

Onzadog has a point... I must be so bored to even open the thread up.

Logical isn't.

NO. normal pants crease up cause chaffing! 😯

Underwear under Lycra is wrong. Regardless of baggy / no baggy status.

Thats pretty damn bored!!

yes, never found any lycra that keeps the crown jewels in place.

briefs, not jockeys or boxers

Nope. I figured the whole point of the lycra was to stop chafing that all the stitched seams and cotton can cause with cotton pants. My wife couldnt get her head around it for a while. I just told her to think of the lycra shorts as big nylon knickers.

Endura Singletrack 3/4 pants with the new Endura mesh liner and pants for the last two rides and the chaffing was incredible (previous liners no such problems - don't understand).

On Sunday I shall be going commando 😯

Lycra under my baggies would have saved me the ride to work with little logical poking out of a ripped crotch on my baggies earlier this week. 😳

I did trial speedos under lycra for 'holding things together down there' They were comfy but it just gets too hot.

yeah my gunties are very much in a speedo stylee.

in other pants news, last night i did a quick test ride after some fettling of a mates bike, wearing my CKs.
dunno if it was the underwear, the saddle position or angle (pointing to the moon) but in 100yds, i nearly lost a bollock.

Lycra is underwear. Or do you wear pants under your pants too?

never use baggies just lycra.

in other pants news, last night i did a quick test ride after some fettling of a mates bike, wearing my CKs.
dunno if it was the underwear, the saddle position or [b]angle (pointing to the moon)[/b] but in 100yds, i nearly lost a bollock.

Wow, you must have [i]really [/i]liked your mate's bike.

thong

Nope, that would be weird.

Long rides might get some Minty Arse Lard involved (other forms of menthol bum lube are available), Susser makes that less likely unless long and wet ride...

>Either I don't ride far enough or I have an arse of steel.<

You don't ride far enough - or in the rain ;-)**

**(shudders at the chaffage hell of sopping wet pants and baggies)

im hoping that saddle has slipped and he wants it straightening.
it was more pointy uppy, than any kids jumpy bmxy style thing, on an xc full suss owned by a wheels on the floor 60yo.

Thanks for relieving my boredom. I was never sure on wether to treat padded lycra shorts as "officiaL" underwear.

I once tried with nylon boxers and normal shorts and did very nearly lose a bollock.

The padding helps when "im getting nailed".....ehem..by the saddle

I wear all three of the garments mentioned by the OP.

But in the opposite order.

I like to stand out in a crowd.

I like to stand out in a crowd.

So really brightly padded shorts on the outside, inside out?

Man's got style!

I wear all three of the garments mentioned by the OP.

Absolute genius, the superman look!

Is this a bit like a pervy phonecall but on the forum , if so , black and crotchless

Boxers under baggies for me, can't abide chamois etc which makes lycra pretty pointless.

I've got a Pete Stringfellow fur lined crutched frontless rubber leopard skin thong !,ideal all year round ..

Its his spare !,apparentley he's had Cliff Richards share...

there is only 1 look to aim for

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Pants UNDER Lycra UNDER baggies????

hahahahaha

Almost as silly as Lycra on its own without baggies.

Seriously though, they'd melt.

Nothing under the Lycra, occasionally baggies over the too but this is getting increasingly rare.

My wife couldnt get her head around it for a while.

I don't know whether to feel sorry for you or envious.

plumbing the depths of boredom even more......

if wearing just padded lycra (no pants, be they under or over said lycra!) should one wash ones lycra after every ride or does one simply wait until

A. the acquisition of infection and sores
B. until the lycra walks itself to the laundry basket
C. a + b combined with chamois being brown, regardless of starting colour?

D. Don't wash the shorts, just rub a bit of chamois cream into the pad after every ride to freshen it up a bit.

Quick sniff - if I recoil in horror I don't put them on, if my eyes start to water i check the other pair and weigh up which is worse then repeat til they get bad enough to wash.

D. Don't wash the shorts, just rub a bit of chamois cream into the pad after every ride to freshen it up a bit.

I use my old sports thong (which doesnt have the strap up the crack but two around the cheeks) and keeps everything in place at the front more comforatble than anything else I have tried

I wash after ever ride 😳 unless it was a shortish one, or dry and very cold, in which case they live for one more ride. But only one mind...

Lycra shimorts should be washed after every ride!!

[i] wash after ever ride :oops:[/i]

why embarassed?

I can't imagine anythign worse than putting on a pair of bacteria infested shorts that have been kickign around for days unwashed.

gentle wash after every ride with non-biological powder for all my kit bar waterproofs that I can just give a quick shower to to remove mud.

And boil my sperm? No thanks.

Just lycra or padded baggies. Washed after every ride to remove the lingering stench of fear.

why embarassed?

Not sure, seemed it was all going to be a blokey thing of "I'll wear 'em till they pedal on their own"... I'm not ashamed. honest...

a blokey thing of "I'll wear 'em till they pedal on their own"...

I used to be a bit like that.. proper macho I was.. OH yes..

until I suffered a few infected haemorrhoids... 😯

no pants or sports thongs or anything necessary here (tiny genitals) just a well washed padded liner short..

Slight thread hijack but what is the deal with chamois cream?

I've been cycling for over 20years and never used the stuff or felt like I should. What am I missing?

[i]What am I missing[/i]

Minty freshness and a slightly slathery feel under twixt butt and lycra.

I tried it once but, tbh, never have problems without it so haven't repeated the experience.

I've been cycling for over 20years and never used the stuff or felt like I should. What am I missing?

Nothing. Carry on as you are.

If you ever suffer chafing, you'll then want it. If you don't, I wouldn't bother.

Mostly no...
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DrP

Do people really actually seriously not wash their lycra shorts inbetween rides?

boil my sperm? No thanks.

If you've never needed Chamois cream then don't start now.

I found it helped prevent saddle sores by reducing rubbing. Only use it on long rides.

I suppose a lot of this depends how you ride. My club goes out for "six hour rides" but actually only rides for about half that by the time we've fixed a few bikes and punctures, regrouped and waited for the slower ones. However, if I go out for a 6 hour road ride my feet will not touch the floor and it is all pedalling - lycra and creams a bit more use then.

lemonysam - Member

D. Don't wash the shorts, just rub a bit of chamois cream into the pad after every ride to freshen it up a bit.

I thought that was how you were supposed to wash them?

I don't wear underwear. why? because the pants haven't been built yet that can take the job on

Endura Singletrack 3/4 pants with the new Endura mesh liner and pants for the last two rides and the chaffing was incredible (previous liners no such problems - don't understand).

On Sunday I shall be going commando

Update.... No pants under padded Lycra on a 40k route round the peaks = no chaffing !

Still don't understand. I went 4 years wearing pants under padded Lyrcra and the Endura Humvee shorts. Just changed to the Singletrack shorts and the Mesh Lycra and suffered the worst case of chaffing I've ever had until I ditched the pants.

Nearly forgot myself in the car park though, only remembered at the last minute that I didn't have a last layer to go ! 😳

If you don't wash your lycra often enough then you increase the chance of the bacteria that lives in your bum going up your urethra.

The resultant UTI is not very fun.

I was my shorts after every ride (now).

I wash my kit (lycra) after every ride, when I commute I take a second set of kit for the return journey.

I use my old sports thong (which doesnt have the strap up the crack but two around the cheeks) and keeps everything in place at the front more comforatble than anything else I have tried

Seriously? If need that than you're either hung like a shire horse (don't tell is if you are...) or your Lycra is too big. It's MEANT to be tight you know....
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Pants! Of course not! Lycra under baggies.

I wear briefs under Lycra for two very good reasons.

1. I always seem to find myself sitting on something I shouldn't if I don't.
2. I once turned up at a friends house to go for a road ride wearing only Lycra, at which point he kindly pointed out that I was wearing most of my (more than a little ginger) pubes on the outside. Not a good look. Pants from that day forward.

Incidentally, I'm about to get some lovely new Jockey microfiber sports briefs for my birthday, which I'm hoping will solve the wicking problem.

I once saw a guy with Lycra shorts over his jeans!!!!!!

I once saw a guy with Lycra shorts over his jeans!!!!!!

Superman?

2. I once turned up at a friends house to go for a road ride wearing only Lycra, at which point he kindly pointed out that I was wearing most of my (more than a little ginger) pubes on the outside. Not a good look.

It's a shame the cigarette companies can no longer advertise in sports or you could maybe have tried for sponsorship from Old Holburn or Golden Virginia.

To expand a bit on the guy who mentioned UTI from bacteria going up your johnson:

I commute everyday (only 40mins) and used to wear the same shorts 2 days in a row (so essentially for 4 short rides) I did this for a couple of years until I got the dreaded UTI - these are [b]not[/b] fun, to make matters worse it decided to manifest itself halfway though a showing of The Lion King. I'd brought the best, most expensive, tickets for the OH's Birthday and it was ruined by having to get up every 5 mins to piss blood and also trying to not let on to missus that anything was wrong so she would still enjoy the show! I got a week's worth of antibiotics that started working but in the end the infection spread to my kidney I woke up one night in a world of lower back pain. This was followed by a day it hospital and some extra strong antibiotics which did the trick, but even now, 6 months later I still get bad kidney pains if I get overly dehydrated, especially with hangovers.

Sorry about the essay but the moral of the story is wash your shorts regularly!

No. VPL is not cool.

stevious - Member

If you don't wash your lycra often enough then you increase the chance of the bacteria that lives in your bum going up your urethra.

The resultant UTI is not very fun.

I was my shorts after every ride (now).

Yes Supes, . . . . different world isn't it?

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I can never tell how serious these "under your lycra" threads are. Each to their own, of course, but its pretty clear that lycra cycle shorts are not designed to have anything worn underneath (despite the obvious pube issue mentioned earlier!) nor should they be worn without washing. How do we get so many pages on this stuff?

gravity-slave - Member

Lycra is underwear. Or do you wear pants under your pants too?

Yes agree, Lycra is underwear. Jesus some threads on here are so funny its unreall!