Shorts wearing out on inside of the leg?

[Mylolylo]

Ok, first to put this in some context. I ride a hard tail 29er, love the single track and feel most comfortable being outs the saddle for most of the track. I am not sure if anyone else has this problem and if its common or if I'm doing something wrong but I find all my shorts seem to be wearing through on the inside of the thigh. I assume it is from being out of my saddle alot. Is this common? Am I doing it wrong? I know this is going to get some rather interesting comments but here goes...

['Dale]

Baggies or lycra?

[Hairy]

• Do you have fat thighs
  
• Do you pedal with your hips turned slightly and tend to rub the inside of your leg against the saddle
  
• You have to be standing a flipping lot to have the inside of the leg wear off from riding in this manner
  

[DR ◣◢]

Sell the 29er. That's the cause.

[SwissVan]

Wear on both legs or just one side?

 

Wear on one side of the inside thigh might indicate that you are sitting skew on the saddle. Possible causes are large leg length difference, pelvic asymmetry....

 

Both sides, your saddle is to wide or legs are to fat.... :-)

[Mackie]

I also get excessive wear on my rods, on one inner thigh, but I'm fat so I know why.

[Bianchi]

Sell the 29er. That's the cause.

 

What if it's a 29er SS?

 

If(pants == lycra)

{

if(saddle==wide || thighs ==big)

{

get narrower saddle or work on dem thighs.

}

else

{

your knees might be angled inwards or your pedalstroke quirky. Look at your cleat angle perhaps?

}

}

[cowboylegs]

check the stitching on your saddle. the cover on my gobi lifted up and caused a wear. Got a new saddle solved the problem

[DR ◣◢]

What if it's a 29er SS?

 

If(pants == lycra)

{

if(saddle==wide || thighs ==big)

{

get narrower saddle or work on dem thighs.

}

else

{

your knees might be angled inwards or your pedalstroke quirky. Look at your cleat angle perhaps?

}

}

 

29er SS is fine!

[Hairy]

check the stitching on your saddle. the cover on my gobi lifted up and caused a wear. Got a new saddle solved the problem

 

Hell .... you must have had a really wide saddle cowboylegs .... you do ride your bike like this I assume?

 

http://www.marxwildwest.com/4%20cowboy%20in%204-figure%20group.jpg

[Thomo]

Aside from rubbing the saddle itself, check for other contacts eg saddle bag, velcro attachments of saddle bag etc.

Bike set-up can also contribute.

[Let's Ride]

If I ride with a saddle bag my thighs will touch the bag on every pedal stroke.

 

Could be the reason why.