Cycling shorts

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Cycling shorts with insert made of synthetic fibers (inside)
Man with bib shorts. Usually a tight shirt is worn over it.

The shorts is a skin-tight, usually short (leg above the knee) pants for cycling . With cycling shorts usually are commonly known since the 1990s leggings with short, above the knee -ending leg meant. There are also long or 3/4 length cycling shorts.

In contrast to cycling leggings, which are more intended as everyday clothing, cycling pants are designed to meet the needs of cyclists who often ride for hours and therefore have a seat insert made of deerskin or synthetic material. Synthetic inserts have almost replaced those made of leather as they do not require any special care. This insert is stiffer than the rest of the pants and is relatively bulky (clearly visible from the outside). The cut of the seat insert is gender-specific: in men's cycling shorts it is significantly longer than in models for women, as it is intended to protect the nerves and vessels running in the perineal area, such as the pudendal nerve and the internal pudendal artery, from being crushed. High-quality inserts prevent heat build-up, are made of antibacterial material, have different thicknesses of padding (between two and ten millimeters) and are usually seamless.

Cycling shorts are usually worn without underwear , so that the (usually seamless) seat pad rests directly on the skin to prevent chafing . In addition, for this purpose during long trips seat cushion and seat often with baby cream or deer or a special seat cream pocketed.

Nowadays, the material used for the trousers is mostly a nylon - elastane blend, which, thanks to its elasticity, enables a skin- tight fit, removes the sweat produced by the cyclist from the wearer's skin and thus displaced the wool used previously . Cycling shorts are available as waistband or bib shorts, whereby the bib shorts have the advantage of not pressing on the cyclist's stomach.

A special form are time trial suits or one-pieces, which have aerodynamic advantages compared to the classic combination of cycling shorts and cycling jerseys .

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