I recently bought a road bike for cross training, my bike shorts (and i tried on numerous pairs) feel exactly like wearing a really heavy diaper. It made me wonder how people who do ironmans get off the bike and then run with those shorts on........?
They are probably wearing a compression short or half-tight, which most running companies make and are very common for sprinters and hurdlers. These are tight lycra shorts but do not have the padding of bike shorts, so they're not heavy, in fact they're very light.
That said, people need to understand these tight shorts are of a heavier nylon material than the Underarmor type undergarment shorts meant to be worn under something. I have seen athletes wearing the undergarment shorts alone and that's not advisable and is banned by most high school and college meets. But Nike, adidas, Asics and most major brands make the running tight-shorts appropriate for wearing alone.
A Florida Coach wrote:
They are probably wearing a compression short or half-tight, which most running companies make and are very common for sprinters and hurdlers. These are tight lycra shorts but do not have the padding of bike shorts, so they're not heavy, in fact they're very light.
That said, people need to understand these tight shorts are of a heavier nylon material than the Underarmor type undergarment shorts meant to be worn under something. I have seen athletes wearing the undergarment shorts alone and that's not advisable and is banned by most high school and college meets. But Nike, adidas, Asics and most major brands make the running tight-shorts appropriate for wearing alone.
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IM wear padded bike shorts
u even kno how far they ride?
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Hey, I saw his post about the marathon, missed the part on Iron Mans. Yeah, if you're doing any sort of triathlon or even with a bike, they may well wear bike shorts. People running a straight marathon or half-marathon however probably are wearing the types of shorts I mentioned.
Triathletes wear tri shorts which while padded are less padded than straight bike shorts. And no it's not as comfortable as wearing running shorts, but neither is running after being on a bike for hours so at that point you're resigned to pain and suffering anyway.
TriToEducamate wrote:
Triathletes wear tri shorts which while padded are less padded than straight bike shorts. And no it's not as comfortable as wearing running shorts, but neither is running after being on a bike for hours so at that point you're resigned to pain and suffering anyway.
Some people do wear just normal running tights for the bike. For example I do. I don't mind 40 or 50 mile rides in them now that I am used to them. But yeah, most people wear the tri shorts which are like bike shorts but with some concessions for running.
bikeshorts wrote:
I recently bought a road bike for cross training, my bike shorts (and i tried on numerous pairs) feel exactly like wearing a really heavy diaper. It made me wonder how people who do ironmans get off the bike and then run with those shorts on........?
They don't use bike shorts. They have tri gear. Not the same padding.