Please Read My Update Below:
Original Review: I'm an overweight bigger guy, 6'2, 240 lbs., 49 years old. I recently started riding again. First ride around the neighborhood, without padded shorts -miserable. It kept me off the bike for months. I bought these shorts and decided to try it again and was able to ride 6.6 miles, twice in a day (that's a half running marathon folks!). Honestly, there's still a bit of tenderness afterwards, but vastly improved so that I actually really enjoyed the ride and continued with it. I plan to also purchase a padded seat cover to help more too. I wear a size 38-40 waist in pants and shorts. I ordered the XL size and it's just right for me. After a few uses and runs through the washing machine, they're still holding up really well with no signs of wear yet. I'll be purchasing more of these.
Civic/Consumer Duty Updated Review: Because I liked my original purchase of these riding underwear so much, I left a very favorable review when I purchased a second pair from the same seller and listing based off of my prior purchase. I expected to get the same product. No! The current purchase only slightly resembled the original purchase. The material and padding seems to be the same, but the differences with the recently received package are a very small waist band, elastics leg bands added, and no side support stretch stitching.There's enough of a difference in my comfort and ride now that I will look elsewhere when I need to purchase a new pair. I'll attach photos that I'm sure will be helpful. Know that the original pair I like better is the one with the large waist band and grey side stitching. If you look closely at the photos, you can see the stitching on the newer pair is of much higher quality too. Also, the photo may make the padding look like it's concave, but it is actually convex on both pairs. Please also know that the older pair has been used several times (held up very well) and the newer pair has only been used once. If I could be guaranteed to receive the original pair, I would quickly purchase it again.

I never thought I'd end up writing a review for what are essentially padded underwear, but here we are. I recently (within the past 3-4 months) started cycling for exercise. Initially I had trouble getting used to the rather unforgiving seat on my new bike, so I replaced the seat with a more padded model. This worked for a while, but on longer rides (20 miles+) I noticed that the padding was too firm and actually caused some pretty major pain. As an experiment I bought these and one other (cheaper) pair to see if they'd make a difference. Boy did they ever make a difference, and because I had another pair to compare them with, I found that these are vastly superior. They stay up and wear pretty much like a normal pair of boxer briefs. They're so comfortable that I often forget that the padding is even there. Best of all, no more pain while riding. These things are great.

One note is that although the sizing numbers are accurate, the letter sizes are way different than normal American men's underwear sizes. I wear normal Hanes boxer briefs in XL and had to buy these XXXL to achieve a similar fit. So be careful when you pick your size.

Good overall but the padding is much too thick and unnecessarily complex in ergonomic shape. The thick padding absorbs and holds too much perspiration and aggravates chafing, especially along the sides between the thighs and scrotum. The padding may be comfortable for some riders with hard saddles, and might be better in cooler weather. But it's wrong for me with a padded saddle this summer, with heat and humidity combining for felt temperature in the 90s-100s F. I'll save them for the winter and try again. Meanwhile I've bought some more comfortable AeroTech Pro cycling shorts.

On the plus side, the shorts fit well, the workmanship appears very good for the money, the thigh grippers hold without discomfort or chafing, and the poly/nylon/Spandex shorts material breathes and wicks moisture well.

With thinner padding, without the unnecessarily complicated ergonomic shapes, these would rate a 4 out of 5 stars.

I am not much of a cyclist. I just recently added spinning to the days I don't run. 20 minutes and I was done! The seat was just unbearable. After receiving Baleaf Men's 3D Padded Bicycle Cycling Underwear Shorts I jumped on the spinning bike again and I did the entire class and I felt great. A friend tells me "wow, you're spinning really improved" I replied "not my spinning it's my comfort that improve" I don't know how they compare to other shorts but for me the fit was just right and the comfort is awesome. Not only would I recommend this to anyone else but I will also be getting myself another pair.

Ok, I wanted to wait long enough to have sufficient time to be sure these worked well. Now after a couple of months and several 20 mile mountain bike rides they get a thumbs up. The shorts sized out correctly which is nice for cycling shorts and provide comfort while riding. I generally don't wear riding shorts on the mountain bike so these have proved to be great liners for normal shorts. Recommend the product and the fit is comfortable. The cushion is fair and not over sized to make riding or wearing under shorts uncomfortable.