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09-22-2010, 10:22 AM
Here's a question that I think I already know the answer to, but need confirmation.
I have been wearing 2 styles of PI shorts that I really like (Symphony and Symphony Cut). Even though the Cut version are simply supposed to be a shorter version of the Symphony, they fit a bit different...primarily they are looser all around.
I've lost some noticeable body fat in the past 3-4 months and am finding that I tend to get a bit of chafing in my groin where my inner thigh meets my outer labia. Nothing major, but it's chafing that wasn't there a few months back with the same shorts.
So I'm thinking that maybe my shorts are now a bit too loose and rubbing, or perhaps they are just wearing out. I have 3 pair of shorts and have logged probably 900 miles or so on each pair.
Thoughts?
Incidentally, my husband is dealing with similar issues, though on a more severe scale. He has also lost some weight, but is not convinced that this is the cause of his saddle sore (which has kept him off the bike for a few weeks and originally developed about a month ago. His sore looks very much like cracked skin that refuses to heal, rather than anything inflamed like a boil or ingrown hair), since he's lost weight in this sort of pattern every Summer of riding and this is the first time he's had any significant saddle sore issues.
I have been wearing 2 styles of PI shorts that I really like (Symphony and Symphony Cut). Even though the Cut version are simply supposed to be a shorter version of the Symphony, they fit a bit different...primarily they are looser all around.
I've lost some noticeable body fat in the past 3-4 months and am finding that I tend to get a bit of chafing in my groin where my inner thigh meets my outer labia. Nothing major, but it's chafing that wasn't there a few months back with the same shorts.
So I'm thinking that maybe my shorts are now a bit too loose and rubbing, or perhaps they are just wearing out. I have 3 pair of shorts and have logged probably 900 miles or so on each pair.
Thoughts?
Incidentally, my husband is dealing with similar issues, though on a more severe scale. He has also lost some weight, but is not convinced that this is the cause of his saddle sore (which has kept him off the bike for a few weeks and originally developed about a month ago. His sore looks very much like cracked skin that refuses to heal, rather than anything inflamed like a boil or ingrown hair), since he's lost weight in this sort of pattern every Summer of riding and this is the first time he's had any significant saddle sore issues.