
Having been a longtime fan of no-pad tights coupled with shorts for winter riding, I've become a recent convert to padded tights – with a fair bit of help from Endura.
I liked the flexibility of the mix and match shorts / no-pad combo and the fact that after a short dry ride, you could pull out a clean pair of shorts and use the tights again. And of course the fact that no-pad tights cost a fair bit less.