painful hoo-ha needs help

[Crankin]

Besides the saddle issue, you might want to get fit/measured to make sure you don't have a leg length discrepency. When I got my new bike last year, the new geometry started giving me severe "hoo-ha" issues. I had been riding the same saddle for 3 years, with no problems. After a lot of painful rides for almost the whole season, and buying 2 different saddles, I went back to the lbs and found out the leg discrepency was causing the pain on one side. I don't know why he didn't pick this up before, since I had a 2 hour computer/laser fitting, but he was upset I didn't come back right away. The lbs owner built a shim to go under my cleat and when I rode home the pain was gone.
I use butt'r liberally. Body Glide feels sticky to me. Rides with a lot of climbing still irritate me a bit, but it's under control. Some of my issues were related to menopause and I got that solved, too with a visit to the gyno. I settled on a Terry Firefly for my road bike. I have the cheap Serfa saddle on my commuter/erand bike (I ride my road bike to commute to work) and my mtb. I never ride more than 10 miles on those, so as long as there's a cut out, I'm OK.

[MyLitespeed]

I'm using a combination of Queen Helene's Cocoa Butter Creme and Chamois Butt'r and putting it on my shorts a few hours ahead of time so it can soak in. Then I put some on myself just before the ride. So far it's worked out pretty well, but sometimes on a hot or really long ride, I have to reapply. Good Luck finding your right combination of creme and saddle.

[lacyliz]

I thank you all and my hoo-ha thanks you all. I'm going to try the creams and get a meauring for a saddle. I also moved the saddle forward a bit (not enough to throw off my knees over my feet) so that I'm sitting on the wider part of the saddle...I will let you know. What a great forum! I didn't want to ask this to my LBS since they're all guys...