Panties under bike shorts?

[ColleenT]

ok warning TMI in my next Question..look awaya now if you don't want to see it..

ok what do you do when it's that time of the month? minipad on Chamois? i really don't know enough about all this ..I am an active type of person, i see no reason to stop riding for one week a month, so what are my choices?

[Grog]

ok warning TMI in my next Question..look awaya now if you don't want to see it..

ok what do you do when it's that time of the month? minipad on Chamois? i really don't know enough about all this ..I am an active type of person, i see no reason to stop riding for one week a month, so what are my choices?

NUMEROUS conversations on this topic on this board. Search for the keyword 'diva' to find them all!!!

[Cari]

ok what do you do when it's that time of the month? minipad on Chamois?
...what are my choices?

Hi Colleen,

You'll find lots of discussion here about something called the "diva cup". I've never seen or tried one myself, but from what I've read here, I gather it's a rubber, cup-shaped widget that you put in *there* and it sort of collects everything. Like Grog said, do a search here on "diva" (or "diva cup").

You can also just use tampons and tuck the string in so it doesn't chafe.

I personally would not recommend trying to stick a minipad on the chamois. It would probably chafe, and with all the sweating, wouldn't stay in place either. A year and a half ago, while playing tennis against a *guy*, I had an unfortunate incident involving a wandering minipad. How embarrassing! I had to walk over to the side of the court between points to put the pad in the trash can. Fortunately, I was only using it as backup... thank God for small favors! Sheesh.

Cari

[ColleenT]

i won't be using the Diva cup, they gross me out. have seen them before. i'll stick with tampons, i guess. Thanks. i am sure we can all come up with an embarrasing story about our monthly friend..i sure have a doozie..