Tricks for keeping the 'bits' happy

[SpinSpinSugar]

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Wow.. I'm utterly shocked by the level of intensity of the responses received from this post. Generally speaking I have very few female friends because of situations just like this thread. I simply don't get it.

It's a F*(^&^**G Urinary tract numbing pill!! Get a grip! We're not talking laxative abuse here. I'm not suggesting anything more extreme than taking a few ibuprofin before a long ride to help with aches and pains. (Which I'm sure more than a few on this forum do without a second thought.)

My diet is excellent. I am a healthy, fit, 35 yr old woman, 145lbs 5'5" tall - size 8 pants. For 7 of the last 8 years I never even went to the DR. - I had no health insurance. Common sense use of self treatment kept me well and functioning properly. Amazing how little actually goes wrong with a person if you can't run to the Dr for every little sniffle or ache.

Yes, I have tried so many saddles that my riding group joke about it. I've learned that FLAT saddles with a large cutout usually feel great up front, but KILL my sitbones or give me lower back pain within 20 miles or so. Saddles with a cutout and a curve to them (specialized sonoma) and a full/wide back feel the best on my sitbones and lower back but usually the nose is too wide and the sides of the cutout bruise my labia.

So far the brooks B17 Imperial (mens) has been the most comfortable - great on the backside, passable on the front after loosening the tension so it has more give. But after an hour or two, no matter what the tissue gets sweaty, things slip around and then the pinching chafing begins and shortly after the burning.

If I take the AZO, nothing gets inflamed despite the sliding and pinching and in a few hours it runs it's course and is out of my system. No residual pain or inflammation, no harm done. PERIOD.

Don't make a mountain out of a molehill ladies. Seriously. [/END RANT]