Im a male trying on several black leggings for running, stretching and cycling, I’ve never bought anything so tight. Im skinny built and have tried new balance, asics and adidas. My questions:
I’ve read some more expensive leggings have not a single, but double seam at the front side (crotch), whereas most simple leggings for men and women have just one seam in the middle. Should I return the leggings I bought and buy only the ones that have 2 seams at the front to better accommodate my manhood bits? I’ve also seen that expensive adidas leggings have just one seam at the front so, maybe I’m overthinking this?
Im not going commando or wearing sport shorts over the leggings because it doesn’t have any purpose, except to drag you down when running, and look unflattering, even my boxer shorts make it look a big silly, because people notice them on my leggings, so I’m thinking about buying a thong, but I don’t know what brand to look for, if cotton would be better than polyester or if I should buy a V string or a G string.
The adidas I bought are cross high waist and are for women, however, I don’t see why I shouldn’t buy them: they sit good and aren’t too tight on the waist (seller told me leggings for women are wider on the thigh and smaller on the waist, but to me they look and sit good and the knit is softer than the other ones I bought, I like them. Am I going to regret keeping them?
Any other tips you have, welcomed.
From my experience, cycling specific clothes aren’t worth it for most people. I ride my bike every day usually with jeans or shorts. If you have good saddle it doesn’t matter that you don’t have padding.
As for running I didn’t run in a long time so can’t help.
For cycling, I think it depends on speed here. I agree with anything under 15mph (24km/h) you’re not going super hard, but when I was biking every day, I could see the use of bike shorts when I was biking harder. (Chafing sucks)
I find the chaffing to be really bad when it’s hot. Cycling shorts help a lot with that for me. Having said that, I will ride a city bike during summer and wear normal shorts.
I would agree, clothes have never really affected me. I did a 150 km ride around my city wearing jorts and a wind breaker.
It depend on your morphology I guess: for me below 15km rides, I can wear jeans and it’s fine, but above that it starts to be painful. When I’m touring I really enjoy having my cycling pant, even a cheap one does the job perfectly for me. But again, I have a quite large distance between my ischium bones, so the same may not apply to everyone.