| So, you've bought your new bike! With your | | | | cycling wear will retain your body heat, particularly |
| suspension forks and a gazillion gears you are | | | | when you are on the move. Because the clothes |
| ready to put on your shorts and tee-shirt to | | | | are light and compact it is fairly easy to pack and |
| cycle the bridleways, disused train lines and | | | | extra base layer, jersey or gilet (type of |
| forests of the United Kingdom, maybe stopping | | | | sleeveless jersey). |
| off for quick refresher at the local pub or cafe on | | | | When it comes to leg wear the preferred |
| route. Just imagine those hot sunny days and | | | | summer attire for the cyclist is shorts. Cycling |
| Idyllic long warm evenings cycling into the sunset | | | | shorts come in two main categories, tight |
| with your bike and a few friends. Ah perfect! | | | | Spandex shorts and Baggy Shorts. While tight |
| Unfortunately your dream of the perfect cycle | | | | shorts are defiantly more comfortable to cycle in |
| ride can be easily quashed by some very simple | | | | they don't look too good in the country pub, as a |
| factors. The changeable British weather or simple | | | | little too much embarrassing bulge can show. So, |
| case saddle soreness for example can ruin a | | | | the Baggy type short is often first choice for the |
| potentially great ride out. Fortunately wearing the | | | | social cyclist. |
| correct cycling clothing is the simplest way of | | | | The leg length is also down to preference; above |
| preventing major discomfort. | | | | the knee or below the knee, wear the cycling |
| No matter where you ride the British weather at | | | | shorts you feel more comfortable in. Quality |
| sometime is going to catch you out, whether it's | | | | Cycling Shorts fibres have the same heat |
| a typical summer shower or a chill settling in on a | | | | retaining and perspiration wicking properties |
| warm evening the correct cycling attire will always | | | | mentioned earlier, but more importantly should |
| keep fairly comfortable. Good quality cycling | | | | also come with a chamois to protect your sit |
| clothes are produced using fibres that are | | | | bones. Coolmax chamois are the preferred |
| designed to retain body heat while allowing | | | | protection for all Terrain cycling shorts as they |
| perspiration to wick out and disperse quickly on | | | | are designed to wick away the perspiration that |
| the surface, keeping you dryer and therefore | | | | causes chafing while protecting the sit bone. To |
| cooler. Whilst there is no way to avoid getting | | | | gain the maximum comfort you should not wear |
| wet the odd summer shower wearing this style | | | | underwear between the Coolmax chamois and |
| of clothing means you will dry many times quicker | | | | your skin, as this will prevent the chamois from |
| than the equivalent produced in say a cotton fibre. | | | | wicking away perspiration, thus causing you |
| When the sun starts to set and the chill sets in | | | | discomfort and chafing. |
| you will again find that the fibres used in quality | | | | |