Men Cycling underwear

Functional cycling underwear for men: great climate directly on the skin

Functional and, above all, breathable underwear offers many advantages during training and sporting competitions. In cycling, cycling pants for men are particularly important. The ideal model can vary depending on the intended use.

When does my thermal underwear for cycling need a seat pad?

The answer to this depends on various factors: If your cycling trousers don't have an integrated seat pad, for example, then you should wear functional bike underwear with a seat pad. For mountain biking, padded inner shorts are a good idea under the more casual, wide-cut mountain bike trousers. Such bike briefs with integrated seat pads are supplied with the casual bike trousers. They can be worn not only under the mountain bike trousers, but also on their own as tights. Freeride, downhill and all-mountain bikers are convinced by this layered look.

However, the tight-fitting look is more suitable for racing bikes. For hygiene reasons at most, thin bike briefs without padding are worn under the slim tights with integrated seat pads. However, briefs are often not worn in order to avoid unnecessary seam friction points.

The cycling vest for men: what do bikers wear next to their skin?

The cycling vest should also be part of any cycling wardrobe. In summer, a tank top or short-sleeved vest will do. In winter, however, a warm long-sleeved vest is a good choice. Not only the vest, but also functional bike underwear for men in general should generally have the following functionality:

• Biking underwear should be breathable.
• It should also offer you good moisture transport. Moisture is then quickly wicked away from the body and can dry on the outside of the functional underwear.
• Velo underwear should fit snugly, i.e. close to the body. It can also be described as a second skin. This is the only way the material can perform to its full potential.

It's all about the material

Synthetic fibres such as polyester are generally used in the manufacture of thermal underwear for men. This material is breathable, quick-drying, hard-wearing and easy to care for. It is therefore ideal for activities involving intensive physical exertion. Natural merino fibres are also becoming increasingly important in the field of thermal underwear for biking.

Merino wool is naturally equipped with all the properties that synthetic fibres also possess. Merino wool is also anti-odour, warms in the cold and cools in the heat, is soft and easy to care for. Functional underwear made from merino wool or with merino wool content is therefore particularly suitable for multi-day tours where the washing machine is not always available. Merino wool is also very light, so it hardly weighs anything in your backpack.

Bike thermal underwear at Transa

Transa offers a wide range of thermal underwear for men, from short, tight-fitting and padded tights to windstopper briefs for cold days. There is also a wide variety of base layers for the upper body, ranging from fresh and functional summer tank tops to warming long-sleeved undershirts with anti-odour merino wool content.