On Hair and Food and Saddles

[DeniseGoldberg]

.....However, I *was* wearing a pair of men's bib knickers with a seam straight up the middle of the chamois. Hard to tell how much of a factor that was.

While it could be a saddle issue - I'd get rid of the seamed-chamois shorts first! I haven't worn anything but women's shorts for years, and I'm pretty picky about the fit...

[alison_in_oh]

While it could be a saddle issue - I'd get rid of the seamed-chamois shorts first! I haven't worn anything but women's shorts for years, and I'm pretty picky about the fit...

Before this winter I only wore women's shorts, and didn't understand why my hubby, a former bikestore salesman, kept telling me that he was trained to steer women away from shorts with a seam. How can even men put up with a seam up the middle? But these knickers are handmedowns, men's mediums that have thighs so slender they wouldn't come close to fitting on most male cyclists' legs. They fit me fine from calves to waist and since I'm not much of a cold weather rider, it seemed reasonable to take 'em instead of investing in new fleecelined knickers of my own. But...ow!

[Dogmama]

Ditch 'em. You don't want to rub yourself raw or get a boil, ingrown hair or other nasty that will keep you off the bike.