Girld who rides bikes every day here.
I've been doing some longer overnighters and am planning to bike the west coast at the end of the summer. I have two questions for y'all:
Q1: What do you do for bike shorts? I've been doing running shorts, no underwear, leather saddle but I've been getting saddle sores and could use a bit more padding or a softer material. I don't want to do a typical padded bike short since it will be hard to keep them clean and dry. Is there a wool option out there? What do other women who do long distance bike trips recommend?
Q2: what to wear on my feet? My every day is canvas flat things. My overnight situation is leather flat shoes (chrome industries). I use clippless on my other bike but I'm not interested in doing that for longer stuff. What should I wear that will be stiff enough for reasonable power transfer but also dry fast or not get wet?
Here's a picture from this weekend for vibes
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