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Old February 27th 08, 05:09 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tom Sherman[_2_]
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Default No hiding from chamois?

Andrew Muzi wrote:
"Squat'n Dive" wrote:
I opened a Colorado cyclist catalog of the late and discovered that
there is no single short without a chamois!
What's going on in this industry? Wooden, er, leather saddles
are taking the market by the storm and the padding is moving
into the pants???


Tom Sherman wrote:
I never understood why someone would want a wild mountain sheep in
his/her shorts.
There are some shorts marketed towards recumbent riders that lack
chamois (real or synthetic).


Why chamois? Because natural skin has no weave or direction and is quite
absorbent. The best modern synthetic liners are the equal of chamois,
yet require much less tedious care.


Here is a fine example of a synthetic chamois:
http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~hhk/kuvia/srt/Chamois%20Summer%20color.JPG.

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