[pct-l] Bike shorts and seams

[brick@fastpack.com (Brick Robbins)]

At 03:58 PM 7/11/01, Mara Factor wrote:
>I just wear bike shorts (get the cheapest ones you can find for hiking).

I prefer bike shorts with flat feld seams - like the on the inseam of a 
pair of jeans, instead of a serged seam like on the outseam of jeans.

The flat feld seam is fairly flush with the fabric, while the serged seam 
has a ridge that chaffes me.

Usually, the "cheapest" ones have a serged seam because it is cheaper to 
make and uses less fabric.

References:
Serged seams
http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa071798.htm

Feld Seams
http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa010698.htm
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