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Cycling shorts, goop, pads...?
My saddles, broken in, all seem to have more grip than I want. I really like the impregnated cloth rain cover that came with my flyer as it lets me slide around a bit, and with it, plain basketball mesh shorts and a smidge of vaseline "mens" body lotion, I can do full-day (100-ish miles) rides with minimal chafing, without the cover I get these nasty painful welts after 50 miles. I learned to ride standing all day around the time I started working standing all day (carpentry), no prob. Now I'm getting older and lazier and and want to sit as much as it seems all of the lycra Larrys and spandex Stephanies do.
These butt systems (shorts, pad and goop)- how do they work? Are the shorts sticking to the saddle (like most of the shorts that normal people already own), the pads sticking to the shorts, and the goop letting the rider slip all around on the pad and in the shorts? Or is the goop acting as a mild or semi-adhesive and making the pad and shorts an extension of the rider's body?
I ask because I'm sure that, in time, like everything, my Brooks rain cover will fail and my mesh shorts will be being grabbed by the plain (but treated) leather and I'll be a long way from home and my LBS, and any bike shop out in yonder hills will be unlikey to stock such an odd item, but likely to have goop, pads and spandex.
...so, just the shorts? What the heck is the chamois for, then? I don't find myself looking for softness (gel padding), most frequently just a brasierre for my berries when without that cover that I know isn't for what I've been using it as.
Goop- embrocation, chamios cream, vaseline, (others?)...
Wle, you always crack me up, I was waiting with anticipation to see just what you'd latch onto!
Goop is goop, gel inserts are padding, and I'd prefer to have neither as my current "scranus system" is working fine *for now (bonuses, with b-ball shorts I don't get the sideways glares and smart-aśš remarks from locals when I stop for food, they cost $7, and can be washed & dried like normal clothes). No problems at all yet from my sit bones.
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- John MLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Get a pair of cycling shorts that is all you need. The compression helps with muscle fatigue and the material prevents chafing so you don't need any goop. The cover is for when you are not riding.
Edit:
The gel or chamois is the padding for your sit bones and the help to absorb sweat. The shorts are tight enough that it keeps everything in place. They make Chamois butter if you need it, most do not.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
What the heck is goop? Riding shorts have a chamois, and that is generally all you need. No stuff, no cream, no vaseline. At least you should TRY it without modification.
The shorts will allow you to slide in the saddle, but not too much.
Update: You mean Gel not Gop.
You obviously not looked at bike shorts at all. The chamois IS the pad, it is sewn in.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Aloha, you don't know what you are missing, I have some century shorts that have close to 8oz of gel in them, my butt slides all over the place. Great for longer rides, but not so good for the shorter ones, they run hotter and feel like you have a diaper on. I have plenty of other gel ridding shorts of different thickness's of gel, and they all feel warm and have some movement, but I can sit for long periods of time with out to much discomfort.
My Favorites Pair:
I have an old pair of Performance lycra shorts that has a shammy "sheep skin" in them and I love them, they keep me connected to the saddle and remove most the discomfort, they also run cooler. On longer rides, say over 25 miles, my butt starts to go numb and hurt, so there you have my 2 cents.
PS most of my ridding is commuting, I ride to work and home every day (24 miles) so no need for gel, the shammies work best for me.
