Sick of Spandex shorts? Why not try some more attractive women’s specific cycling pants?

Sarah Barth - the groin is the area where your leg rubs against your abdomen. It contains your femoral artery too which supplies blood to your leg.

Unless you've lost a leg you have two groins.

I think you are mistaking groin for crotch.

Not sure what prevents you from using a conventional cycle short under your 'normal' clothes. This seems like pure novalty.

Also, if your journey is long enough to justify the extra padding (at least 10 miles surely) I'd imagine that proper kit and a change of clothes would be best anyway.

@jimm, what do you do if you have a longer journey to make, say a 10-15mile commute? Would you still tackle this in your suit or would the bike typically be left at home? (I know this sounds a bit sarcastic but its not intended; I'm genuinely interested).

You don't need cycling-specific kit for a Cyclehire bikes. Journies are typically short and, specifically, the saddles are enormous and soft.

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But seriously, trust an American to come up with such a dumb idea. No doubt they'll sell like hot pants in countries where 'cycling' is a thing only to be done as a 'sport' or 'recreation', and requires 'special clothes'.

First question for anything concerning 'fashion/normal' cycling apparel: Would it sell in the Netherlands or Denmark.

As was raised in the reddit/r/bicycling these are not wholly original, but do seem to be unusual in combining "sexy" sesigns with actual decent pads- existing ones appear to be either "granny pant" style with a decent chamois or "sexy" with a bit of non-specialist foam.

The tri-pad in the skimpier ones should be pretty discreet.

2 groins, not 1, look it up. You've a left one, and a right one.

Just because football commentators get it wrong doesn't mean we have to!

Given the amount they've raised there must be some kind of market for them. But Aldi had casual cycling shorts with detachable pants with a thin chamois that could be used for this purpose and we also both have some separate padded pants for those times you want to go on a bit of a ride on a racing bike but not in full cycle clothing e.g. trip to country pub, friends who live a little far away but not too much etc.

Not so trendy but a darn sight cheaper and no lace!

The demographics market for this is a woman taking short casual rides. Wouldn't they just get a better/thicker saddle instead of searching for "cycling" pants/panties? But who am I to understand women's logic?

How do they avoid the undesirable massive-arse-due-to-chamois that is normally associated with padded shorts? At least with a pair of shorts it's obviously down to the clothing, I bet with these you'll just look like you've got a bad case of Chalfonts.

Mmm chafing - lace edging in both groins, anyone? There's a reason cycling shorts continue down onto the legs.