LD Comfort Beat the Heat

[Boondox]

I've worn their shorts for years and personally found the cheaper Ex-Officio boxer briefs just as comfy. But their helmet liner with the long tail (protects my neck from sunburn) and their long-sleeved shirt function remarkably well! If I wet the shirt on a hot day it feels like the temp drops 20 degrees once I get going.

I think the difference in my experience with the shorts is that on the GSA the weather protection is so good that evaporative cooling of the boys is minimal, whereas the shirt has a lot of airflow that keeps things cool. It felt really good!

[mariowink]

Originally Posted by ssevy

I've worn the shorts for two 300mile days. Still have monkey butt, and the Boudreaux's Butt Paste isn't working at all.

Don't use pastes and powders with LDComfort Riding Shorts. Those products defeat the purpose of the riding shorts. Your skin stays dry with the dual layer fabric. Keeping skin dry is the job of the riding shorts. Pastes and powders just add garbage to your skin. Enjoy every mile.

[NWBoarder]

Originally Posted by ssevy

I've worn the shorts for two 300mile days. Still have monkey butt, and the Boudreaux's Butt Paste isn't working at all.

You should not be putting anything on under the LDComfort shorts. Just clean dry skin, you don't want anything plugging up your pores. In my experience, removing dead skin with a luffa sponge helps too.

I've never heard of that paste, but after a quick look at the web site it looks like it is designed to help AFTER you have a rash.

[ssevy]

I have been riding with clean dry skin. The paste went on at the end of the ride and was left on while I slept. Washed it off and started with a fresh pair of comfort shorts on day two. Still no joy. Switched to under armor for today and have about 100 miles on them so far. Working as well as the others so far.

[Zapkat]

On my ride home from The MOA Rally in Sedalia I wore my LD Comfort tights under my riding pants. I had an Alaska Sheepskin on top of my Corbin saddle, and by the end of day 1, some 450 miles, I had a nightmarish, itchy, hive-like rash on my seat and the tops of my thighs. Thank goodness we carry diaper rash cream when we travel! I've washed my riding pants, my LD shorts and my sheepskin, and we head out again next week for a week long trip to the southern US. I hope washing everything has been the answer, and not to have a repeat of the monkey butt...

On the PLUS side, I picked up one of the ladies' combo tops, and I can honestly say I've never worn anything more comfortable. As a 'full figured' gal, I was concerned about coverage, but I needn't have been. I told my hubby this top was so comfy I never wanted to take it off!

[JRWooden]

Originally Posted by mariowink

The LDComfort helmet liner covers the ears with no seams if you get the longer one. We have a shorter one but I don't wear it.

Also a note on cooling: Once you wet the sleeves of the LDComfort long sleeve shirt (or the separate cooling sleeves) the inside layer next to the skin will be dry and the moisture/water moves to the outside layer of fabric. This is an important feature and designed to keep you from getting that clammy feeling. When you funnel air up the sleeves for cooling allow that cold air to fill the body of your jacket and ride in a bubble of cool air. If you open your vents you will let all that precious cold air escape; kind of like opening the back windows on your car with the air conditioner running. (ô¿~) Mario

Thanks Mario!
I'm back from 2000 miles in the "sub-tropics" of the USA
Great trip - the vest from CycleGear and LDC-sleeves and shorts from you made all the difference!
Shipping costs are a bit of a burden for me with your products -- do you have any retailers in the mid-Atlantic states?

[BeachMoto]

Get a beadrider. Sheepskin doesn't work well in the heat and humidity.

I was at Sedalia too and took a detour to Denver after the rally before coming home. Crossed Kansas twice in three days wearing my LDComfort shorts and a pair of FirstGear solid pants with a beadrider on my seat. Didn't have any problems. The temps were consistently above 104.

Originally Posted by Zapkat

On my ride home from The MOA Rally in Sedalia I wore my LD Comfort tights under my riding pants. I had an Alaska Sheepskin on top of my Corbin saddle, and by the end of day 1, some 450 miles, I had a nightmarish, itchy, hive-like rash on my seat and the tops of my thighs. Thank goodness we carry diaper rash cream when we travel! I've washed my riding pants, my LD shorts and my sheepskin, and we head out again next week for a week long trip to the southern US. I hope washing everything has been the answer, and not to have a repeat of the monkey butt...

On the PLUS side, I picked up one of the ladies' combo tops, and I can honestly say I've never worn anything more comfortable. As a 'full figured' gal, I was concerned about coverage, but I needn't have been. I told my hubby this top was so comfy I never wanted to take it off!

[ssevy]

I have actually had better luck with the tights, as the shorts have that elastic band at the bottom of each leg. The tights seem to move and stretch better and they are just as cool under my Motorsport stretch Kevlar overpants.

[WhicheverAnyWayCan]

LDComfort long pant and long sleeve shirt works very well in all type of weather?

Even if it is friggin cold, it will keep you warm (assuming you are wearing textile jacket/pant with thermal linear?? That is what I wanted to know.. Am hoping to avoid having to layer up..

[Boondox]

Originally Posted by WhicheverAnyWayCan

LDComfort long pant and long sleeve shirt works very well in all type of weather?

Even if it is friggin cold, it will keep you warm (assuming you are wearing textile jacket/pant with thermal linear?? That is what I wanted to know.. Am hoping to avoid having to layer up..

It might help if you define friggin cold in Carolina. Up here in Vermont that's minus 10F or lower. Wicked cold is between ten below and ten above. Cold is ten to twenty above. Chilly is twenty to thirty. It's nippy from there to forty.

Above forty is tee-shirt weather.

[NWBoarder]

Originally Posted by Boondox

It might help if you define friggin cold in Carolina. Up here in Vermont that's minus 10F or lower. Wicked cold is between ten below and ten above. Cold is ten to twenty above. Chilly is twenty to thirty. It's nippy from there to forty.

Above forty is tee-shirt weather.

Love your description, Boondox.

Another feature of LDComfort gear:
Everyone talks about its merits in hot weather, but it's great in cold and wet weather too!

I went for a single track trail ride with some buddies last Friday after work at our local spot, Walker Valley. We had planned this ride long in advance. As we got closer to the day, the weather looked horrible, but nobody wanted to back out.. We knew what we were in for, I wore my LD shorts and LD long sleeve shirt under my regular jersey and pants, with a light rain coat. Sure we got wet, but due to the wicking nature of the LDComfort gear, I didn't feel as wet next to my skin.

I think this goes a long way to extending body comfort and therefore extending my rides!



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