Seems like it would help keep the shorts from getting stinky.

Edit 1: friction is the answer

Edit 2: sorry for this edit – i was trying to make a new post, but Blorp for some reason took me to editing this one instead. Trying to put it back the way it was…

  • seathru@quokk.auEnglish
    7·
    15 days ago

    Ignoring possible medical conditions; that seems like a fairly easy problem to solve.

    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      Do you know something I don’t? I use a bidet, I wipe. I shower. But still my underwear smells like ass. I figured this is the point of underwear: to protect the clothes.

      • seathru@quokk.auEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        Yes, underwear will help keep you from getting poop on your bike shorts. No, underwear will not keep ass sweat and smells out of your bike shorts for more than a couple minutes. So it depends on use case. As long as you are dingle berry free, an extra layer of fabric isn’t going to help much for smells.

        • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          1·
          13 days ago

          I think I’ll have to disagree with you because underwear does make a big difference for other clothes, so why wouldn’t it help with bike shorts?

          You’re going to have some particles from the anus and urethra that leak out while you ride, making your butt smell like ass. They can either be absorbed by the (relatively cheaper and easier to wash) underwear, or the expensive padded bike shorts. The shorts will still get sweaty and get washed after every ride, but they’ll have less skin and body fluid particles in them.

          I get that most people can’t wear underwear underneath because of the added friction. Still stands to reason that if this wasn’t an issue, the underwear would help protect the padded bike shorts.