| Non-riders have a tendency to laugh at the | | | | riders will also reveal what passes for |
| shiny, often gaudy cycling clothes worn by | | | | fashion sense among bicyclists: the basic |
| even casual bicyclists, but if they rode even | | | | black cycling short is now frequently |
| a few miles, they would understand that | | | | festooned with so many advertisements for |
| cycling shorts are second only to a helmet in | | | | events and products and companies in the most |
| crucial importance to the rider. Cycling | | | | garish colors on the spectrum that the black |
| shorts may not be made for fashion, but they | | | | is all but unseen! For some reason, road |
| provide a critical element of comfort to any | | | | riders seem to thrive on clashing colors and |
| kind of bicycling effort.The first cycling | | | | excessive advertising. And the more devoted |
| shorts were nearly more work than worth. | | | | a cyclist you observe, the more logos and |
| Made of wool, with a leather chamois | | | | screaming slogans you are likely to |
| stitched for padding in the crotch of each | | | | observe!Still, there is a real reason to wear |
| pair, they were hot and they were nearly | | | | cycling shorts, no matter what they look |
| impossible to launder. The wool took forever | | | | like: their padding. It, especially if |
| to dry, and the leather became so stiff it | | | | combined with a good bicycle seat, will |
| often hurt more than it helped. Today's | | | | vastly increase your comfort level as a |
| cycling shorts are as far from these old | | | | rider. It, rather than a particularly |
| models as our laptops are from main frames. | | | | delicate area of your anatomy, will absorb a |
| They weigh next to nothing, they dry in no | | | | lot of the shock of bike riding. Cycling |
| time, and their padding stays soft and | | | | shorts are made as they are for good reason. |
| supple, just as it's supposed to be. With | | | | They absorb shock, let perspiration |
| or without straps (the so-called "bib" | | | | evaporate, and keep you aerodynamic on your |
| style), a pair of cycling shorts is essential | | | | bike. Being aerodynamic matters to speed, of |
| for any bike rider.Really, the only thing | | | | course, but also to safety. Loose fitting |
| today's cycling shorts have in common with | | | | clothing can get stuck in a bicycle's moving |
| their ancestors is their style. With the | | | | parts as well as making your form more |
| exception of some of the models made for | | | | resistant to any wind you encounter.Find |
| mountain biking, cycling shorts are still | | | | further information on cycling shorts at |
| long enough to cover most of the rider's | | | | your online resource on road and mountain |
| thigh and basic black is still the | | | | biking reviews, the hub of cycling |
| predominant color. However, any ride through | | | | information. |
| a town with a sizable population of road | | | | |