I have had very good luck with Carousel Tights. I think I've at least half a dozen pairs over the years and only one of those pairs felt like the diaper effect. I usually asked for the "coolmax" version. Maybe that was the key.
Mary
Arlington, Wa.
From: dsimas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] padding in riding pants Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:16:00 -0700
With this discussion recently about female abrasion issues, I thought I would put this out there for input. I am testing a riding pant for a company that is working with the people that make Thinline Saddle Pads. They want to insert this material in a riding pant for endurance riders to reduce concussion, since so many of us use sheepskin, etc. The material is not fluffy though, it's more like a thin neoprene. I used to have a pair of Carousel Tights that had padding that I loved until they wore out. But the padding in the crotch (it served it's purpose) took some getting used to, it was a bit like a diaper between my legs when I wasn't in the saddle.
They have tried a few ideas with this Thinline pant. It was originally for a cancer patient that had lost a lot of weight and it was used for her seat bones primarily. But the material is too non-flexible for an entire half-seat lining of it. So, they also have tried to make them slide in as inserts where needed. Maybe the inside of the knee/calf also.
I am not "thin", just average built and have my own padding built in, so it's hard for me to help them with suggestions. I must say that I took my sheepskin off my saddle,which has a hard seat, and this material in the pant was awesome. Just not comfortable to walk around in because it's a bit stiff.
