Seems like it would help keep the shorts from getting stinky.
Edit 1: friction is the answer
Edit 2: sorry for this edit – i was trying to make a new post, but Blorp for some reason took me to editing this one instead. Trying to put it back the way it was…
Why would be a problem for “general” hygiene? You wash your bibs every time you use them, it’s like your underwear, really. And while the TOP part of the bibs are made of Lycra or whatever other tissue, the underpart is the padded part, which has a different feeling on the skin anyway. And you wear them for a few hours at most, clearly not for entire days (well, now, those times you go for 180 or 220km… but that’s another story), so not a big deal, again. Blisters are a much serious issue, trust me.
Also, please, you are going to sweat and drench yourself, stink and be covered in dirt or sooth or smog or whatever. Maybe also catch a rainstorm, then sun. You going to need a shower and clean clothes as soon as you are over anyway. Trust me, underwear is something just not meaningful there.
Ask other athletes. Do 100m runners wear underwear? Do pole jumpers? No they don’t. And, do swimmers? No they dont, and swimming suits are the same fabric as bicycle bibs.
For women, you know, they need to wear lampoons, absorbers, or however they are called in English sometimes, and my understanding is that in those conditions, underwear is desirable. Again, i know girls who ride with and without.
It is subjective, but indeed more common NOT to wear them.
I guess i dont understand why in those conditions, underwear is more desirable.
I think he is saying if you wear an outside pad, not a tampon, you need something to stick it to that won’t be moving around.
I commute on an electric bike, in my work clothes, and seriously hope to never take a ride so long that I need gear. 6 miles or so is my limit.
I know that the padded bike shorts are supposed to be form fitting and minimize friction, but I have no personal experience about whether a menstrual pad would move less with or without wearing underwear under the bike shorts.
But if the extra underwear is for reasons of higyene instead, I am not sure why more men wouldn’t do it too. It sounds like the rich person answer is to just not worry about it and buy new shorts whenever your wear out from direct contact with skin.
I feel you on the bike commuting. Even when i was commuting short distances, I’d get to work way too sweaty. I’ve started riding an electric scooter to work instead, and now I’m not sweaty at all.
I would wear padded bike shorts when I plan to be biking for half an hour or longer. Thats when i start having back problems without padding.
It seems like people don’t typically wear underwear under them so I’ll have to look for tips to cut the stink. I already have some special soap for technical fabrics from amazon but it doesn’t do much.
Do you have a vagina? They have discharge. I’ve never had a penis before but they seem drier. If you have a vagina then by the end of the day you’ll likely have visible discharge stains on your underwear, so maybe women bike riders would prefer the underwear, idk. (I cycle but don’t wear bike shorts so idk about that.)
No vagina here. But i do have two holes that both sometimes have discharge. Sometimes visible. For complete disambiguation, this is the urethra and anus. It’s not like a lot, but it is unpredictable, and sometimes enough to leave a smell and sometimes be gross. Usually the anus.
They wouldn’t stain the outside of the shorts but they very well might stain the inside.
If women would prefer to wear underwear to protect their expensive bike shorts, I’m not sure why i wouldn’t either, except for the friction issue people mention.
Vaginas are a 3rd hole full of fluids that you do not have. You aren’t grinding your penis head into the seat.
Do you wear underwear with padded bike shorts?
I am grinding the balls and anus, which are also gross and emit fluids, just to a different degree. Up above they mentioned women may wear underwear if they’re also wearing menstrual pads. I’m trying to find out if that is because the underwear keeps the pad in place better, or if it is as an additional layer for leakage. In the second case, if some people wear underwear as a barrier for body fluids, despite the chafing, that is what I’m trying to ascertain.
Women also have buttholes and urethras… Vaginas are a lot wetter and leave more discharge. It’s not just about protecting expensive bike shorts. It gets uncomfortably damp and feels unpleasant. (I have never worn bike shorts to be clear, I just mean being commando in general).
I am specifically talking about protecting bike shorts
The comment you replied to is talking about hygiene, and you asked why the hygiene would be different. I explained.