Re: ride wear

[rides2far@juno.com (Angela C. McGhee)]

>I've heard horror stories, though, of people doing a 50 in running 
>tights
>and having to painfully peel the seam out of their seriously-abraded 
>skin
>at the end of the ride.  Where can you find tights with no inner seams
>except in a tack catalog?  Tell me if you know, becuase I'm sure 
>they'd be
>cheaper! 
|
Don't know about them, but I buy $10 exercise tights at K-Mart and never
had a problem with the seam...even on the 100.  I do wear them out.  Go
through a pair or so per year.  The pair I have right now are patched to
death.  They don't ever get runs though, just tears.

When I did the 100 at Long Leaf was the first time I'd ever had problems
with the backs of my thighs chafing.  Of course this was after I had sat
on a wet sponge at one point.  By the 70 mile mark I had what looked like
tiny blisters on backs of my legs.  Seemed like I was getting too much
movement.  I changed into a pair I'd brought as backups that I usually
considered too tight (for you who are REALLY into name dropping...I think
they were the "Jaclyn Smith" models)  They were fine.

Angie...off to buy another cheapo pair tomorrow.

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