Annerol- I'm doing the AIDS ride too! That makes 3 of us on this forum that I know are going. Great!

I wear pant liners under my shorts all the time. I have to use chamois butter, but its better than washing shorts every day.

Re menstrual- listen to the others for what to do- I'm past that (thank goodness )

Where are you located? NCAL, SCAL or someplace else?
I ask because we are setting up an AIDS training ride in the Napa Valley on May 8th