Quote Originally Posted by CorsairMac
If it's something that has just developed - could it be your shorts? As in are you wearing shorts that weren't designed for such long hours in the saddle?? I wore Bellweathers from March to about Aug when I started getting saddle sores!! something I had NEVER had and I wore those things for my first 1/2, my first metric and 3 of my centuries. The padding in the shorts had just worn thin coz they were cheaper shorts and weren't designed for that kind of riding. I've switched over to Performance Century Shorts and the saddle sores are all gone!

Just my .02
What's your definition of saddle sores? I did my first century last weekend and ended up with horrid practically raw areas on both sides of my outer labia. After three days, the rawness finally went about but not it almost seems to be little bumps, one on each side. Is this just from too much time in the saddle? I've never had the rawness before, but I've had the bumps after long training rides of 60 miles or so. Do I need a different saddle? Or do I just need to "harden" up my private region with more time riding? It's been five days since my century and I haven't felt like I could get back on my bike yet due to the soreness. I'm using the saddle that came with my bike, along with a gel cover on top of it. I'm wonderng if the seam along the side of the gel covering just rubbed me raw after so much time on it during the century. Is it better to skip the gel covering and just get a different saddle?