Three-minute-length, colorful skinny shorts with a loose T-shirt or cycling top for a hip-length selfie in the mirror.
With the arrival of summer, such photos have become traffic passwords on social media, and cycling pants have become a fashion item for outdoor men and women.
tight
Compared with yoga pants, cycling pants are shorter in length, generally three minutes or five minutes long; Tighter fit, visually more fullness of the buttocks. The popularity of cycling pants in China originally originated from the popularity of cycling, many people found that after a long period of riding, the limited size of the saddle of a road bike makes the hips easy to sore, and the skinny shorts with crotch padding can reduce the friction caused by cycling, so they have become a must-have item for cycling enthusiasts.
For men who often soak in the gym, the cuffs of the three- to five-minute long cycling pants are stuck right on the upper thighs, which can not only fix the leg muscles during exercise, but also highlight the muscle lines of the lower body when taking photos. Because a pair of thick legs under the background of cycling pants is the best medal for their daily hard training.
fashionable
It's nothing new for cycling pants to become a fashion item. As early as the last century, Princess Diana used to wear cycling tight shorts to the gym; Since 2018, many supermodels and fashion KOLs have also added cycling pants as a matching element to their daily street wear; Off-White even made his own cycling pants on the catwalk and became a model wear item on the catwalk.
Cycling pants are not only suitable for commuting, but also allow urbanites to seamlessly enter the gym after work, taking into account both fashion and practicality, which coincides with the current popular sports and fitness lifestyle.
Hips
Urban women are also an important consumer group of cycling pants, one of the reasons is their visual hip effect. Skinny shorts made of highly elastic material perfectly wrap around and support the buttocks, complemented by a variety of beautiful colors and stitching at the hip flaps, which will unconsciously focus on the full buttocks.
If you choose black cycling pants, you can also achieve a visually thin effect under the contrast of the buttocks, and the tolerance of the figure is very high.
Professional cyclists will consider the elasticity of the fabric, the fit of the padding, whether the cut will show awkward lines, and whether the hem will be curled when choosing cycling pants, but for fashionistas, whether the shape of the hips under the cycling pants is perfect is the most important point for them. After all, strength training in the gym is training, and who wouldn't want to easily get the hips of their dreams with a pair of shorts.
Women wear thin legs, and men wear thick legs. It's no surprise that these amazing cycling pants have gone viral on the internet.
specialized
In March this year, the well-known British cycling clothing brand Rapha entered the Chinese market, the brand that has been losing money overseas for a long time has triggered a frenzy of pursuit in the cycling circle as soon as it entered China.
But long before that, many cycling pants brands have relied on the eye-catching colors, excellent cut and comfortable materials of the gym shorts from the British niche gym brand Alphalete to attract a large number of fans.
Aphalete's skinny shorts not only have an excellent visual effect of showing off the hips, but also make consumers want to stop because they have launched dozens of color styles; Gymshark's gym shorts are full of support, continuing the brand's consistent hardcore style, with a better buttocks shaping effect.
With the popularity of cycling pants, sports brands such as Lululemon and Decathlon have also launched similar styles of skinny shorts. Unlike pants traditionally made for cycling, many fitness brands offer cycling pants that are similar in appearance and have their buttocks padded removed. For example, Lorna Jane's bike shorts or Lululemon's Wunder Train High-Rise collection, which is most like cycling pants, are padded and therefore difficult to use for professional cycling, especially for everyday fitness wear.
liner
A pair of professional cycling pants often requires silicone or cotton padding, with recessed stitching and a three-dimensional cut to reduce friction and make the rider more comfortable during exercise.
In addition, there is no need to wear additional underwear in cycling pants, the elastic fiber material can be highly compliant with the body, which will not hinder the pedaling action, help reduce wind resistance, and the quick-drying material can also keep the skin dry for a long time.
Padding is very important for both men and women. Surveys have shown that 60% of female cyclists have experienced problems such as vaginal numbness, skin infection, and chronic swelling. In middle- and long-distance riding, without pants and padding, the saddle will compress the male intimate area, resulting in the phenomenon of "numb" eggs.
Although professional cycling pants may be a bit hardcore in everyday wear, "scheming men and women" who are critical of their body quickly discovered the advantages of hip padding: even if their hip shape is not perfect, with the help of padding, they can have a proud hip lift.
Traffic password
The strap on the upper body of the jumpsuit also allows the padding to stay well under the hips during riding, increasing riding efficiency and adding a visual sensory stimulus.
Of course, there are thousands of pads, and there are not a few who overturn. If the thickness of cycling pants is too thin, the underwear and padding will be exposed while riding, especially in the hardest-hit areas. If the padding is too thick and shapely, it can easily shift due to a lack of fit, creating a strange bulge on the hips, which is why many brands have also introduced seamless cycling pants to avoid embarrassing moments.
Cycling pants are good, but not everyone can handle them perfectly. On the one hand, tight cycling pants can highlight the graceful curves of fitness men and women, but on the other hand, they also invisibly create body anxiety because they are too close-fitting.
For urbanites who are not in perfect shape, wearing tight cycling pants means exposing their flaws in front of the public.
Many people put on cycling clothes and cycling pants and look at themselves in the mirror to expose their figures, jokingly called "tights perverts". However, after a long time, this originally self-deprecating title has also become a form of Versailles show off the body of fitness men and women on Xiaohongshu. said that he was a "pervert in tights", but he was not shy at all when he showed off his figure.
撰文:Echo, Jonas
编辑：Sebastian
Illustration: Pan Yuzhe