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The padding is a must.


Not so, I ride thousands of miles a year with nary a stitch of lycra, nor crotch padding, 'course, most folks find my style odd....

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...and to answer the obvious, many motorists don't like bicyclists because many pi$$y morons in lycra impede the flow of traffic and create a hazard.

Birdwatcher

"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744