fallstoclimb
09-08-2014, 05:33 AM
OK guys, there's no easy way to gloss over this stuff so I'm just gonna come right out and be direct about it!
I usually only use chammy cream where I typically get saddle sores, which is the bikini line area. It actually never seems to prevent the saddle sores but I assume they would be even worse without the cream? I recently switched to using Bag Balm, which seems more resistant to sweating off so I do like that. I don't go TOO heavy with it though because I hate the feeling of when the stuff gets in your uh...lady parts.
BUTT (lol) on Saturday I rode a century and had a problem I've only had once before (and that was after a long day on a gravel trail so at the time I blamed the gravel). I was sweating profusely during the first half of the ride because it was ten degrees hotter than any other ride I'd done this year. The sweat slipped down into my buttcheek area and I had some chafing issues. Both on the cheeks and a little bit in the uh -- "between" area. That's never happened to me before on a ride but it was also just SO hot with no shade and such a long day in the saddle. Drying off that area at rest stops helped a bit but by the end of the (incredibly long) day the chafing was a major issue -- so much so that I had to shift my seat position but whenever I stood to lift weight off the area I shuddered in pain for a moment. The worst was when we got rained on at the end and my shorts soaked through, it burned like a motha.
I'm sure the long day was a factor here -- I had trained up to an 80 mile ride, but that day we were only out for maybe 7.5 hours total. The century we were out for a total of 11 hours due to a multitude of factors.
But I still feel like this should have been preventable? I got my saddle as part of a bike fit and its mostly worked well for me, other than some occasional ladypart squashing (I do have a cut out but don't think I always sit right to utilize it properly). Butt chafing has never been an issue.
So, my question is.....do y'all put chammy cream like ON the butt cheeks? And....what about the between area? That seems like it would be gross-feeling, but I'd prefer that over the chafing I guess!
I usually only use chammy cream where I typically get saddle sores, which is the bikini line area. It actually never seems to prevent the saddle sores but I assume they would be even worse without the cream? I recently switched to using Bag Balm, which seems more resistant to sweating off so I do like that. I don't go TOO heavy with it though because I hate the feeling of when the stuff gets in your uh...lady parts.
BUTT (lol) on Saturday I rode a century and had a problem I've only had once before (and that was after a long day on a gravel trail so at the time I blamed the gravel). I was sweating profusely during the first half of the ride because it was ten degrees hotter than any other ride I'd done this year. The sweat slipped down into my buttcheek area and I had some chafing issues. Both on the cheeks and a little bit in the uh -- "between" area. That's never happened to me before on a ride but it was also just SO hot with no shade and such a long day in the saddle. Drying off that area at rest stops helped a bit but by the end of the (incredibly long) day the chafing was a major issue -- so much so that I had to shift my seat position but whenever I stood to lift weight off the area I shuddered in pain for a moment. The worst was when we got rained on at the end and my shorts soaked through, it burned like a motha.
I'm sure the long day was a factor here -- I had trained up to an 80 mile ride, but that day we were only out for maybe 7.5 hours total. The century we were out for a total of 11 hours due to a multitude of factors.
But I still feel like this should have been preventable? I got my saddle as part of a bike fit and its mostly worked well for me, other than some occasional ladypart squashing (I do have a cut out but don't think I always sit right to utilize it properly). Butt chafing has never been an issue.
So, my question is.....do y'all put chammy cream like ON the butt cheeks? And....what about the between area? That seems like it would be gross-feeling, but I'd prefer that over the chafing I guess!