Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Baggy's v. lycra

Well the title is a bit misleading because even in baggies I would have my lycra shorts on underneath. I've always been a lycra girl, I used to own a pair of baggies but passed them on to ali as I found them annoying. But recently I've worn baggies on a few rides and I have been seeing the advatages. Over the year I have replaced my cheap lycra shorts with better quality ones (all bought in the sale) and the difference is amazing, especially over longer rides. But the last thing I want to do with these shorts is rip them, replacing them is now more expensive. So I hunted out the only pair of baggies remaining in my drawer and put them on over the top. I didn't seem to have any problems and now I'm beginning to wonder if I should cycle in baggies more often.

3 comments:

  1. Baggies are going backwards in from my point of view. I can see you point about protecting them but you then add more padding on the inside that will rub and maybe wear down the lycra quicker

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  2. Baggies offroad, lycra on-road - it's the law.

    unless racing then you can use lycra offroad too.

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  3. That is what i am thinking Matt, if I was to come off in lycra I would rip it, and I can't afford to do that too often. I did go out the other evening all in lycra as I'd just got back from road riding, but Ali said I loked like a dweeb!

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