I am from a warm part of the world and have moved to MO to keep the missus happy, I have NEVER had to wear long tights to keep warm when riding. My question is, do you wear them under your bike shorts or over the top of them? I wore my shorts under the tights for the first time today and this still felt a little bulky.
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Definetly over, or by some bike tights with a chamois built in.
I’ve always worn my tights over my shorts BUT leg warmers always go under your shorts.
Dave from VA
I say over. That way, if conditions warm up you can lose the tights without losing your dignity.
Forget the tights. Just by the leg (and arm) warmers. That way you don’t have to worry about the tights bunching up underneath your butt.
Here’s an example of leg warmers. What’s great about them is that you can wear them with your regular bike shorts and then just roll them up small if it gets too hot.
a) over
b) if not too cold use leg warmers
c) use ben gay or deep heat plus leg warmers wor pretty good
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"if not too cold use leg warmers "
I’ve found the leg warmers work well up until the snow is almost ready to fly. After that I’ll go to my winter tights worn over my shorts.
To quote a great scene from Airplane “Dunn was under Oveur and I was under Dunn”. When I saw the subject line I snickered.
I wear my shorts under the tights. Seems to be the concensus with the group.
Where in Missouri do you live? I’m in St. Louis. Just wait for summer; we get the best of both worlds, heat and humidity.
Simon: Gentlemen, I’d like you to meet your captain, Captain Oveur.
Clarence Oveur: Gentlemen, welcome aboard.
Simon: Captain, your navigator, Mr. Unger, and your first officer, Mr. Dunn.
Clarence Oveur: Unger.
Unger: Oveur.
Dunn: Oveur.
Clarence Oveur: Dunn. Gentlemen, let’s get to work.
Simon: Unger, didn’t you serve under Oveur in the Air Force?
Unger: Not directly. Technically, Dunn was under Oveur and I was under Dunn.
Dunn: Yep.
Simon: So, Dunn, you were under Oveur and over Unger.
Unger: Yep.
Clarence Oveur: That’s right. Dunn was over Unger and I was over Dunn.
Unger: So, you see, both Dunn and I were under Oveur, even though I was under Dunn.
Clarence Oveur: Dunn was over Unger, and I was over Dunn.
Over, goofball. OVER!
“Got the clearance, Clarence?”
“Roger, Roger.”
“What’s the vector, Victor?”
“The hospital, what is it?”
“It’s a big building with doctors in it. But that doesn’t matter now.”
“Surely you can’t be serious?”
“I am, and stop calling me Shirley.”
“I want every light we’ve got poured on this field.”
“Looks like I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.”
"Roger, Roger."
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Left ? Right !
Over.
I have tried some polypropylene long underwear under my cycling shorts. I became intimately acquainted with the seams. Not recommended. Ouch.