Non-baggy baggy shorts

[Rezillo]

I've been singularly unsuccessful recently in finding non-lycra cycling shorts for leisure/fitness use that don't look like someone's stuck a tent on each of my legs.

I don't want lycra but equally I don't want shorts that aren't at least tailored to some extent. All I'm after are some that are reasonably close fitting, medium length and don't look like the joke pair Eric Morecambe used to have.

I've been round bike shops, tried on various Endura types and others and bought several cheap pairs from Ebay but none of them have been as good as the now-worn-out shorts I bought from Aldi three years ago for six quid! These weren't even cycling shorts but they were perfectly comfortable on 50 to 60 mile rides.

Anyone got any recommendations?

John

 

[Nadeen]

Hi
The only thing that I can think of is to buy a pair of comfy non cycling smart shorts that will be comfortable enough to wear while riding a bike.

Hope I helped, I dont normally have sane thoughts, it was a moment of clarity!!

 

[jay clock]

Having lost weight and as I am off on hols in Sunday for a week or touring I am in the same boat. The best I have are Pearl Izumi with a removable liner. The legs are narrower and I have a medium from when I was really a large in size. Not sure what the model is called.

 

[punkypossum]

In my baggy phase, I got some £4 swimshorts from primark (which looked exactly like black baggy mtb shorts) and wore them over normal lycra shorts, worked fine and they weren' majorly baggy either!

 

[Noodley]

If I am out or a pootle and don't want to lool like 'lycra boy' I just wear jeans on top of my lycra padded shorts.
Never found a better solution.

 

[dellzeqq]

I've been singularly unsuccessful recently in finding non-lycra cycling shorts for leisure/fitness use that don't look like someone's stuck a tent on each of my legs.

I don't want lycra but equally I don't want shorts that aren't at least tailored to some extent. All I'm after are some that are reasonably close fitting, medium length and don't look like the joke pair Eric Morecambe used to have.

I've been round bike shops, tried on various Endura types and others and bought several cheap pairs from Ebay but none of them have been as good as the now-worn-out shorts I bought from Aldi three years ago for six quid! These weren't even cycling shorts but they were perfectly comfortable on 50 to 60 mile rides.

Anyone got any recommendations?

John

pm Radius. He has non-baggy baggy shorts. They're a bit 'young people' for me, but look to be decent quality

 

[Rezillo]

Thanks for your replies - I'll carry on searching and report back if I find anything!

John

 

[betty swollocks]

There's these

 

[Rezillo]

Thanks. Now they look ok - in an ideal world six inches shorter but it's the kind of thing I'm after.

John

 

[betty swollocks]

or these look shorter

 

[MacB]

John, I recently bought a couple of pairs of the Endura padded boxers. I just wear these at weekends in place of normal boxers and just wear anything over the top. They come up pretty big so choose size carefully, I think there are offers on 3 packs of them at present. They're a jersey style boxer with insert, as I wear jersey style anyway I'm happy.

 

[Rezillo]

Yes, I wear Aldi cycling underwear beneath my shorts and they provide all the padding I need on a Brooks saddle.

The Polaris Nexus shorts referenced earlier look promising except that what I've learnt so far is that website photos that appear to show a narrow leg do not match what I actually receive in the post. At a tadge less than 14 stone, I have legs that are very far from unusually thin so the photos clearly flatter the designs!

John

P.S. Good luck with the weight loss - I lost four stone in six months when I started cycling four years ago.

 

[MacB]

thanks John, that's the sort of weight loss I'm looking for, little bit envious that you've finished while I'm half way through

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I have noticed with several manufacturers that stated waist size bears no relation to actual size. I have 34 inch waist and that is my trouser size. However, with cycling baggies, I use size 30 inch waist. I therefore end up with narrower, shorter legs in the shorts.

 

[Rezillo]

I have noticed with several manufacturers that stated waist size bears no relation to actual size. I have 34 inch waist and that is my trouser size. However, with cycling baggies, I use size 30 inch waist. I therefore end up with narrower, shorter legs in the shorts.

I agree - I've got a 34.5 inch waist but I've had to send back two different pairs of 34 inch cycling shorts and get 32 inch ones instead. Still get flappy-legged shorts though!

John