Product Review: Bontrager Shorts

Women's Bontrager Solstice WSD Shorts 

aka Caitlin's new booty shorts

 Overall, these shorts have some awesome features that I really appreciate:

• The "cush" factor: I owned cycling shorts before. They were padded, but these new ones add another whole layer of cush.  (According to spell check, "cush" isn't a word. Spell check clearly hasn't worn these shorts).  I've thought of wearing them to class, where we have rock-hard* plastic chairs to sit on for 9 hours of class. Seriously. These shorts would save my Sitz bones** some unnecessary pain. 

*The opposite of rock-hard. Also see the first picture in this post.

• The plastic-y material on the inside of the short leg keeps it from riding up. Of course I love showing off my very short legs, but for biking comfort, it's best to keep the shorts where they belong.  My other biking shorts have extra elastic which isn't quite as effective or comfortable.

• The top. It has this nice "V" shape in front and a smooth waist band that is very comfortable. It makes it easy to to bend down (as one does to ride a bike) and not have any front-bunching or constriction around the waist. 

So there you go. These are some great cycling shorts. 

**Funny side note: until my sister corrected me a few weeks ago, I thought that "Sitz" bones were spelled "sits" bones. Because you sits on them, obviously. And yet somehow I knew that Sitz bath was spelled "Sitz"...

Change is in the Air

Change is in the air at Village Cycle Center. Over the last few years our selection and inventory of apparel and outer wear has greatly increased. Great new manufactures have been added like Gore Bike Wear, Bontrager, Craft, Mission Workshop, Swrve, and more. The problem we started to have is that the only place to try on these wonderful pieces of bike wear creative genius was in the bathroom. This was fine if you were into multitasking, but not so much if the prior occupant was, and you are not. Ewe.

Well, that was the past, and the future is now!

Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls,... I give you....

OUR NEW CHANGING ROOM!

Everything starts with a plan.

Safety first! With a dash of style.

Changing room requires some assembly.

Changing room requires lots of assembly!

Found a door.

Parts is parts.

is more parts.

Need a handle for the door, some double stick tape, screws, and 16 concrete anchors that aren't pictured.

After 4 hours of drilling through very hard concrete and going through 3 bits, an hour or so later, the walls were up.

Door has a handle, and room to close off.

Bench, mirror, and hooks added to finish it off. Boom. The future is now!