Well, it's the first one I've ever had with the same ol' setup, so I don't think it's bike fit unless my butt's gotten bigger (which is entirely possible given the amount of almond butter I eat!).

I can see the hair in there, so I'm not thinking it's a saddle sore. It's not a "wound", and looks and behaves like an ingrown hair. It doesn't seem to get any worse with riding, but I know that the riding is probably keeping it at a constant state of irritation. I'm sure it could turn INTO a saddle sore if I were to really lance the heck out of it, which is why I haven't. Still keeping the antibiotic ointment on it and clean and all that. The good thing is that it's no worse after riding 54 miles yesterday and 20 today.

Oh I always, always wear a clean pair of shorts. I never wear them 2x in a row without a full wash!

OK, still watching it and antibiotic-ing it and all that. If I disappear from the board it'll be because either (1) I stop riding and get incredibly depressed and lose all motivation to do anything but sit around and watch the "Life of Birds" DVDs over and over or (2) I keel over . Heck, I lived with giardia for over a year without realizing what it was, so a nasty little ingrown hair should be nothing, right?!