Guidelines for purchasing the right shorts.
These easy steps will help you to find the right shorts, which will
become your faithful training and racing companion:
- Wear the shorts and adjust the bibs and leg bottom so as
to eliminate any folds; the shorts must feel tight once on.
- Leave on the shorts for a few minutes, bending your legs
and assuming the bike position, then pinch the fabric in the
thigh area and make sure that once you release the fabric,
the Lycra returns to its original position: this means that you
are wearing the right size.
- If you experience an unpleasant sensation of friction or
restriction, or if the stitches and bibs are pulling, try a
bigger size.
- Alé shammies do not foresee the use of creams because
they are soft and comfortable and studied to be worn.
Many issues that arise when using the shorts are not due to
the shorts themselves, but to the wrong choice of the size or model, or improper washing of the articles (see above), indeed:
- The bibs, the elastics, the leg bottom tend to curl up when
wearing the article, but they can easily return to their original
position with a few simple gestures.
- The Lycra must confer a massage-effect to the muscles and
a light compression, and it can only perform this function if
it is fitted to the body.
