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@CrazyJames
Erm ok.... so most of you guys/girls know I am a bloke of the "larger variety".
I've been getting a bit fed up lately with wearing jeans when cycling, the whole getting soggy and sticking to you when wet thing, no waterproofing or wind resistance etc etc, and they just ripped through the crotch yesterday, second pair in 4 months, its getting annoying, I wear base layers for my upper body and they work a treat, i'm beginning to think my lower body deserves the same kinda treatment as soggy legwear is really starting to put a dampener on my riding (pun intended).
Anyways I am thinking of picking up some kind of half decent replacement for my jeans thats more along the lines of proper cycling clothing, but i'm not 100% on the whole tights/leggings thing.
To be honest i've never owned a pair and the prospect of clothing myself in Lycra isn't exactly appealing, do you guys wear shorts over the top of them or what, basically i'm looking for some kind of recommendations here, what tights, what shorts, what kind of half decent technical clothing should I wear thats gonna be more comfortable when riding?