Quote Originally Posted by albe View Post
Hi!

Yes I certainly am. Good old QLD Australia..
Hi albe

I am also in Qld. And I have also had the joy of rolling forward on my seat and rubbing the front bit raw. And for some reason on certain saddles or certain nicks, the side bit raw too! Hate that shower afterwards - it really stings!

Firstly, I can recommend Curash Cream (yep - the one from the baby aisle at the supermarket) to both heal up the nasty raw bit quick smart, and also as an "anti-chafe" cream. Comes in a nice handy little tube. The only down side is that it is white and sticky! But it fixes us as quick as it fixes nappy rash - and that's quick!

Secondly, I had a bike fitting for my nice new mountain bike at my "not quite so local bike shop" at Jindalee. The old guy who does the fittings there is a genius I reckon and set it up beautifully. Of all my bikes it is the only one that does not cause me any angst in the sore tush department, so I am thinking of going back to him to talk about seats for my roadie and my other mountain bike. So definitely go back and say the fit is causing pain and see what they can do.

One thing that he did look at was just a little "nose down" on the seat instead of setting it up dead horizontal (no more than 1degree though) to take the pressure off the pubic bone when you roll forward a bit. But too much means you slide down the seat and put too much weight on your arms so this is something for subtlety.

Thirdly, you shouldn't be at all embarassed talking to the fitting guy about soreness in the girl parts. They are so used to it and they study a fair bit about the geometry of the girl anatomy, so can be very helpful if you can be specific about where it hurts.

Fourthly, for what it is worth, the fitter I used is a huge advocate of PawPaw ointment as both a preventative and a cure for saddle soreness. You know the stuff that is made by Lucas in the red tub (and in a tube now)? Cures everything??? He likes that it is natural and seems to work well for the girls he trains out of the shop. I have tried it and it seems fine. And it certainly is not expensive!

Also, I take your point about the nicks. Have you a different pair you can try? I do have certain nicks that don't go well with my roadie seat so I can only wear them on my mountain bike. And other nicks that are ok on the roadie seat but absolutely crap on my other mountain bike seat. So it would be worth the experiment to try different nicks.

Hope it all works out
PB