underware or no underware?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Riding with underwear works just fine for some people (like me).

Try both ways and then decide for yourself.

[Tokie]

One big reason to not wear underwear with your padded cycling shorts is to avoid chafing and pressure from the seams and elastic around the legs, not to mention if the underwear ends up folded or wrinkled between the chamois (bike shorts padding) and your tender bottom. Chamois cream or chamois butter is a product used to put directly on your bottom or your chamois (or both) depending on your preference. It is nice. This type of product reduces friction between your bottom and the chamois, reducing irritation.I think using chamois cream with underwear would be yuckky. Get those soggy bike shorts off as soon as you can after a ride to avoid developing "saddle sores" or other discomforts which thrive in a warm moist environment. Tokie

[kelownagirl]

None for me and can I add something new I learned yesterday. NEVER ride with your swim suit under your bike shorts! Owie! (Next time I'll just carry it to the pool. )

[Trekhawk]

None for me and can I add something new I learned yesterday. NEVER ride with your swim suit under your bike shorts! Owie! (Next time I'll just carry it to the pool. )

Thanks for the tip kelownagirl. I have been thinking about riding to the local pool for a swim sometime soon and Im sure I would have done the same thing as you.

Oh nearly forgot the original post - no undies when riding for me either.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It is nice. This type of product reduces friction between your bottom and the chamois, reducing irritation.I think using chamois cream with underwear would be yuckky.

I don't like oil-based stuff. I just use a little non-scented hypoallergenic hand cream. Cheap, washes out easily, and works great. Nothing yucky about it.

Interestingly, chamois were originally just a patch of soft leather in the biking pants to help prevent chafing. No foam, no padding at all. After much wear and washing, the leather patch would become stiff and thus 'chamois butter' or 'chamois cream' was invented as a leather softening product intended to keep the real leather chamois soft and pliable.
Now, we buy gel filled saddles, and big foam chamois made of space age anti-microbial materials and we still get raw and chafed and then buy expensive lube products to ease our raw bits!

[bounceswoosh]

I don't like oil-based stuff. I just use a little non-scented hypoallergenic hand cream. Cheap, washes out easily, and works great. Nothing yucky about it.

Interestingly, chamois were originally just a patch of soft leather in the biking pants to help prevent chafing. No foam, no padding at all. After much wear and washing, the leather patch would become stiff and thus 'chamois butter' or 'chamois cream' was invented as a leather softening product intended to keep the real leather chamois soft and pliable.
Now, we buy gel filled saddles, and big foam chamois made of space age anti-microbial materials and we still get raw and chafed and then buy expensive lube products to ease our raw bits!

Neat idea.

I'm starting to develop the notion that I do better with a thin chamois than the big thick type. Maybe it bunches up. My issue is definitely chafing. But then, not surprising, even wearing a skirt I can sometimes end up chafing ... or pants that are too loose ...

[Natural Beauty]

So general opinion is no underwear but yes chamois cream of some kind? I wash shorts everytime but am still having problems...increased my cranberry extract intake but that could be neither here nor there.