saddle sores from chami stitching

[feltsl3]

The stitching is not between my skin and saddle. Where it rubs is very close to my bottom creases and I feel like it is from the stitches moving across my skin as I extend my leg downwards.

It's happened with Pearl Izumi, Voler, Suarez, and Louis Garneau shorts. The only brand that hasn't been problematic so far is Giordiana but I haven't tried to race in these ones and it tends to be triggered from racing i.e., more intense cycling for 50+ miles.

[malkin]

If the shorts feel ok everywhere else, you could try removing the offending part of the stitching.

If you go to a fabric store and get a seam ripper and some Fray Check you can pick out the bad stitches and then dot the ends of the remaining seam so the rest of it stays put.

[water_bugg]

feltsl3, did you ever find a solution to this problem? I've had the exact same issue lately with my PI shorts.

[sundial]

I have 3 different brands of shorts and after a 30 mile ride I would have a skin burn, right where the chamois meets the lycra. I bought a tube of Vaseline petroleum jelly and I squirt it right on the edge of the chamois before I ride and I haven't had any more issues.

[zoom-zoom]

I get this problem with pretty much every short, to some degree (I think I just have a weird butt, really). What I have found works is using either Brave Soldier Friction Zone or Sport Shield roll-on on the areas of my butt that get rubbed. These products have silicone-based lubricant and are super slippery.

I use regular chamois creams on the rest of my chamois. They don't seem to help much with the seam rubbing.

[alexis_the_tiny]

Don't wear those shorts ever again. And when you go shopping for new shorts, check that those don't have the same irritating seams. I have a pair of Zoot tri shorts that have seams up the back of the thighs and they gave me nasty saddle sores behind my thighs. Now they're only used for running and I refuse to buy any cycling shorts that have a seam there. No amount of lubrication is going to save you from bad seams.

[carolp]

just about every pair of my shorts, and I've got at least six different brands, has irritated me at the edge of the chamois. On last year's AIDS ride I developed horrible blisters.
Today I rode with a pair of chamois-less shorts -- a pair of sugoi compression shorts with no padding and the skin seems pretty good in that area-- a little red, but no pain.
The ride was only 20 miles and I'm not sure I'd do well on a longer ride, but I'm really not sure what to do.