Paceline Chamois Butt'r

[missliz]

I find bag balm is great for feet, but seems like it would sting like the ****ens! Scary thought.
In another thread, a tri girl with an AWFUL chafing problem was trying everything anybody could think of, then joyously reported the problem solved- by a refit of the bike. This makes sense, it would shift a lot of things around and could very well solve the problem.
I like chamois butter, but haven't used it on long rides. It's good on awful spin bike seats. Used to use BodyGlide, a similar product, but for days in the country I go for the vaseline. Same consistency as bag balm but no scary stinging stuff. And it stays well, occasional reapplications but it really helped. I think the bike refit idea is valid too, I moved my seat recently and suddenly my sit bones are right in place and no chafing. I was injured and deconditioned, so am gasping my way to the 15 mile mark now but - had chafing, now I don't. Course I'm using the chamois butter. Could be both.
Tri girls are smart, huh? We'll see how I hold up when I get back to half centuries.

missliz