I wore shorts one time years ago and rubbed a blister on my leg. Never again. Of course I didn't have a towel on my saddle, maybe that would help, but I'm not risking it, I'd rather be hot. We talked about it, I dont' think having shorts on helps all that much. But if she rides in long pants she wears sweat pants...yuk.... She say's she has trouble with the seam of her jeans rubbing. I've never had that happen. She tried to tell me it was because I didn't ride for long enough periods of time:). ....I know I ride more then she does, but you don't argue with her.
Becky
Heh...
I usually ride in cotton stretch pants, like stirrup pants. English stirrup leathers start at the top and can pinch like the dickens, that's why people wear those tall hunt boots. I'd be most worried about that, if not getting scratched on brush.
I have that trouble myself, I don't know why. The inside leg seams and especially the one in the crotch just literally chap my butt. I ride in sweats in the winter and t-shirt type pants in the summer. This sounds awful, but I can't even stand to wear underwear under them. The elastic rubs me wrong. I don't know if it's just my anatomy or my saddle or if I'm just a wimp or what, but I just can't stand to ride in jeans.