Part of me (you know what part) likes to wear bibs/bike shorts during training. My other thinking is to wear tri shorts to get used to it and HTFU.
Do you ride in tri shorts or bibs/bike shorts during training?
Tri bike - tri shorts, always, 100% of the time. Bike shorts/bibs, chafe me when in aero.
Road bike - about 50/50.
Why choose? Desoto Tri bibs everytime
I use cycling bibs/shorts while doing bike specific sessions and tri shorts/kit for brick sessions. I get the comfort during bike specific sessions when the tri shorts/kit isn’t necessary and the use the tri/shorts/kit during bricks to stay used to the thinner chamois.
Bike shorts (look at the pros)…actually bibs.
They are more comfortable, so you can push harder/longer. Use the Tri shorts a couple times in trying to get used to them, then just for races.
I wear bike bibs, but have been thinking about this same issue. Thicker pad seems to cause some discomfort on longer rides in aero - a problem I don’t seem to experience in races when I’m wearing my tri shorts.
I wear tri shorts on all rides less than 80 miles. Anything over 80 and I wear cycling shorts over a pair of tri shorts.
For IM, I swim in my tri shorts, take 10 second to slide cycling shorts over tri shorts, then slide them off again for the run. If for whatever reason by mile 90 the cycling shorts are causing extreme discomfort, I can always stop and ditch them although that has never been a problem.
Castelli Tri bibs.
Tri shorts for tri bike. The pad on cycling shorts gets in the way when aero.
Why choose? Desoto Tri bibs everytime.
Most of the time I train in DeSoto 400mi bibs since I have several DS kits, and the 400mi bibs/shorts are sweet. I do a few training session in the tri bibs leading up to my races and always race in them. I would have no problem racing and training in the DS tri bibs.
I came into triathlon when a Speedo was enough for racing tri. So tri suit/short are only for racing tri. I ride in bib shorts.
Sitting up and chatting on a coffee ride? Bibs.
Riding your road bike? Bibs.
Getting midevil on some aero intervals? Tri shorts.
Going for a run after your ride? Tri shorts.
Sitting up and chatting on a coffee ride? Bibs.
Riding your road bike? Bibs.
Getting midevil on some aero intervals? Tri shorts.
Going for a run after your ride? Tri shorts.
Would you wear basketball shoes to go bowling? Tri shorts when tring bike shorts when biking
I would probably wear a bathrobe and sunglasses to go bowling.