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DawnT071
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15. Apr 25, 2007 9:34 AM in response to: danadear
You might also want to take a look at the Desoto 400 mile bike shorts or the Desoto Forza Tri Shorts. Excellent products backed up by an amazing company. I actually prefer tri shorts to bike shorts. I don't know why - I'm just more comfortable in them even for long rides. The fabric on the Forza Tri shorts is amazing.
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tithers
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16. Apr 25, 2007 10:01 AM in response to: danadear
I get less vajayjay chaffing with tri shorts than bike shorts.
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kristine25
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17. Apr 25, 2007 10:04 AM in response to: danadear
Everyone talks about the benefit of expensive bike shorts but I only have two pair and they were $19 each. You can buy a cheap pair, espeically if you are going only 10 miles or so and save the more expensive pair for longer rides. My $19 shorts have been fine for me on 2 1/2 hour rides. Would the more expensive ones be more comfortable, sure, but the $19 are fine by me!
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19. Apr 25, 2007 10:44 AM in response to: danadear
Ron-have any of these prints?
http://www.aerotechdesigns.com/wildprintspandex.htm#pinkflames[/URL" target="_blank">
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kristine25
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20. Apr 25, 2007 10:57 AM in response to: danadear
YIKES, where are the sunglasses!!!
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tithers
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21. Apr 25, 2007 11:03 AM in response to: danadear
I knew the 80s were back, but still!
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danadear
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22. Apr 25, 2007 11:22 AM in response to: danadear
quote:<HR>Originally posted by tithers:
I knew the 80s were back, but still!<HR>


Some of those prints do have a David Lee Roth Van Halen kind of a feel to them...or maybe Rick Flair.
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petrarch
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24. Apr 25, 2007 9:13 PM in response to: danadear
quote:<HR>Originally posted by jroden:
Good bike shorts are really nice to own and will last a long time<HR>


How long is a long time? I've been riding year round on Nikes and Louis Garneaus, and after 2+ years the chamois seems to be getting thin and flimsy... Is 2 years about right for that kind of thing to happen?
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25. Apr 25, 2007 9:37 PM in response to: danadear
I guess, if you have a lot of road grime and junk sitting between the saddle and the shorts, they do have a tough life. Couple years of year round riding seems like about right, I wouldn't want to have to live like a pair of bike shorts.

That said, I have not bought my own shorts for a long time, I was suprised at how expensive they are, 100 bucks at minimum for decent bibs, stuff adds up. Running sure is cheaper.
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