Yes! Free the junk! Ditch the gooch! Have been trying (with no luck yet) to convert my riding buddies.. not sure why they are so attached to theirs... One says he likes his whole bib set-up and spent a dime on it. Says "it holds it all together, ya know" Pfft... lose 20 pounds or just get a classic wrestling singlet I say! He didn't like that suggestion much.
Ditched mine in June this year and haven't looked back. Not sure if it was pure placebo effect, but it actually felt like it improved my performance... not sure how to explain it... I just felt more loose and free... riding felt less formal? Like the gooch is now reserved for more important and significant rides... like a tuxedo vs jorts.. idk... Either way, the chamois is in the trash... longer rides, short rides, DH, XC, shuttle, park, enduro... all the rides! Loving it! I use Arc'teryx boxer briefs that I use for snowboarding and mtb'ing. Long epics (formal rides), I'll toss that fucker back on... but it's like I can hear tiny muffled screams of "NOoooo!!" as I stuff my junk down into the deep, dark, damp depths of the dagobah gooch...
Aug. 28, 2020, 3:43 p.m. - IslandLife
Yes! Free the junk! Ditch the gooch! Have been trying (with no luck yet) to convert my riding buddies.. not sure why they are so attached to theirs... One says he likes his whole bib set-up and spent a dime on it. Says "it holds it all together, ya know" Pfft... lose 20 pounds or just get a classic wrestling singlet I say! He didn't like that suggestion much. Ditched mine in June this year and haven't looked back. Not sure if it was pure placebo effect, but it actually felt like it improved my performance... not sure how to explain it... I just felt more loose and free... riding felt less formal? Like the gooch is now reserved for more important and significant rides... like a tuxedo vs jorts.. idk... Either way, the chamois is in the trash... longer rides, short rides, DH, XC, shuttle, park, enduro... all the rides! Loving it! I use Arc'teryx boxer briefs that I use for snowboarding and mtb'ing. Long epics (formal rides), I'll toss that fucker back on... but it's like I can hear tiny muffled screams of "NOoooo!!" as I stuff my junk down into the deep, dark, damp depths of the dagobah gooch...