Pearl Izumi Tri Cycling Short (Black, Medium)

This was my first pair of tri shorts I owned, so I waited a while to review them. They are quite comfortable in all three disciplines. A tad expensive, but worth it.

That's my first Peral Izumi shorts and all the reputation that they have is true. It's a little bit expensive, but it is worth it.

I purchased what I thought were bicycling shorts, but received shorts for triatheletes, which do not have the chamois padding that cycling shorts have. There was nothing in the description of the shorts that said they were only for triatheletes. They did have the acronym Tri in the items name, but I had no idea that this was meant for triatheletes. They need to have a description of the item for novice cyclers like me. Now I have an expensive pair of shorts I will never use. Maybe I should enter a triathelon for men over 60 years old!!!

I just ran a Half Iron man in these shorts. Although they are fairly new with only two washings, they withstood a 1.2 mile swim, 58 mile bike and 13.1 mile run in rain, and I had absolutely no chafing or rubbing. The bike pad was just big enough to protect, but not so big to be noticable in the run. It wicked a way sweat and rain perfectly.