Shorts that actually pad sitbones

[Thehairs1970]

My wife has recently switched saddles which has helped enormously with pain in ‘soft tissue’ areas but this has highlighted the fact that many pairs of shorts do not put their padding on the sit bones. A quick internet search suggests she is not alone. She isn’t sizing up in any out of the ordinary way, she uses a saddle around 160mm.

Thanks in advance

[Paulatic]

It seems odd that shorts we assume were OK and after a saddle change are no longer OK. Do we guess the new saddle has a cutout? This change in itself might need a couple of weeks to get used to the change in feeling.

Is she really sitting bolt upright and on the pointy bits and has she been adopting this position to protect her 'soft tissue'? A slight lean forward and tilt of the hips helps spread the load. It was something I had to get confident with when switching to a cutout saddle. So confident now I’ve not worn padded shorts for 6 years.

[Thehairs1970]

Sorry. I didn’t write that well. The sit bone issue was already there. It’s just that we recently realised that many shirts DO NOT put their padding on padding in the right place. Hence I am looking for recommendations for shorts with better located padding. My fault - I’d not been awake long.

[MrsHJ]

Corinne Dennis (I know, again) double comfort work for me-like most others I’ve tried and discarded quite a few brands- I prefer the old fashioned fabric chami style to modern foam padding or god forbid gel padding. It’s a very personal thing though finding what works for you.

Have just put mine on and checked so they do at least cover my sit bones (presumably anatomy varies a bit). Also it’s not one of those plasticky pads - it’s all fabric- so it works better with delicate areas.

[pjclinch]

Sorry. I didn’t write that well. The sit bone issue was already there. It’s just that we recently realised that many shirts DO NOT put their padding on padding in the right place. Hence I am looking for recommendations for shorts with better located padding. My fault - I’d not been awake long.

"Better located" will be relative to personal anatomy rather than an absolute, or everyone would have cottoned on to "better located" and put their pads there.
In other words, there's no substitute for trying on, and at least for sit-bones cover one can verify that with underwear in place which is something of a precondition for handing them back and saying "no thanks!"

Pete.

[Thehairs1970]

"Better located" will be relative to personal anatomy rather than an absolute, or everyone would have cottoned on to "better located" and put their pads there.
In other words, there's no substitute for trying on, and at least for sit-bones cover one can verify that with underwear in place which is something of a precondition for handing them back and saying "no thanks!"

Pete.

With all due respect, I’m not sure I agree. Most people’s sit bones are more or less in the same place. It is width that differs but even that is not by much, relatively speaking. My other half finds that some pads have the pad too far back so her sit bones sit in front of where they should. This article suggests it is a mistake some manufacturers make

https://www.bikeradar.com/features/bend ... ent-is-key

[pjclinch]

"Better located" will be relative to personal anatomy rather than an absolute, or everyone would have cottoned on to "better located" and put their pads there.
In other words, there's no substitute for trying on, and at least for sit-bones cover one can verify that with underwear in place which is something of a precondition for handing them back and saying "no thanks!"

With all due respect, I’m not sure I agree. Most people’s sit bones are more or less in the same place. It is width that differs but even that is not by much, relatively speaking. My other half finds that some pads have the pad too far back so her sit bones sit in front of where they should. This article suggests it is a mistake some manufacturers make

https://www.bikeradar.com/features/bend ... ent-is-key

Sounds plausible, but also...
https://bikefit.com/blogs/bikefit-blog/ ... -selection

Sit bone width does vary a bit, but what bit of your pelvis you're actually sat on does too, because saddles aren't flat.

Pete.