crotch on fire in the shower

[emily_in_nc]

Yes, I don't have any other suggestions since I don't have this problem if I use a saddle with a cutout. That's not to say I don't have ANY saddle problems (I seem to be prone to saddle sores at the crease between leg and crotch), but I don't get the burning that I used to get with non-cutout saddles.

Good luck!

[marni]

another thought if the bike and the shorts fit is to remember that in hot weather, you are more likely to be slightly or not so slightly dehydrated and your pee will be more concentrated. If you are using the "green room" a squirt of water within the labia followed by a brief air dry and a relube. If you are using a real toilet, a bit of a gentle pat down followed by a relube can help. You can buy small packets of chamois butter or carry a small tube of something in your tool kit.

Make sure you alternate plain water and electrolytes and drink drink drink. Depending o the temperature, if you aren't peeing every hour-two hour period, you are not drinking enough.

Speaking from sad and painful experience.

As for showering, a wipe with a aloe wipe or a hemmaeroid wipe before hand can get the inner area clean. Make sure you dry thoroughly afterwards and put on some soothing or antibiotic cream.

[ny biker]

As for showering, a wipe with a aloe wipe or a hemmaeroid wipe before hand can get the inner area clean. Make sure you dry thoroughly afterwards and put on some soothing or antibiotic cream.

I would not use any of those products on sensitive tissue, and not just because I'm allergic to antibiotic ointment.

A few years ago I asked my gynecologist about post-ride cleanup. I told him I was using Wet-Ones on non-sensitive areas like arms and legs when I knew it would be a while before I was able to shower, but otherwise I just changed into clean dry clothes as soon as possible after the ride. He was very emphatic that I should keep doing what I was doing, and definitely not use any cleaning wipes in the crotch area.

If I had a problem with irritation in the shower, I woud grin and bear it and focus on solving the cause of the problem. There's enough blood flow in that area for any irritation to heal quickly.

With my current saddle/shorts combination I was having a bit of chafing on long rides, but applying Hoo Ha Ride Glide to the chamois has pretty much solved the problem for me.

[diamondcat]

I would not use any of those products on sensitive tissue, and not just because I'm allergic to antibiotic ointment.

A few years ago I asked my gynecologist about post-ride cleanup. I told him I was using Wet-Ones on non-sensitive areas like arms and legs when I knew it would be a while before I was able to shower, but otherwise I just changed into clean dry clothes as soon as possible after the ride. He was very emphatic that I should keep doing what I was doing, and definitely not use any cleaning wipes in the crotch area.

If I had a problem with irritation in the shower, I woud grin and bear it and focus on solving the cause of the problem. There's enough blood flow in that area for any irritation to heal quickly.

With my current saddle/shorts combination I was having a bit of chafing on long rides, but applying Hoo Ha Ride Glide to the chamois has pretty much solved the problem for me.

id rather not "grin and bear it" because it keeps me off my saddle for awhile while i let it heal. not to mention its EXCRUCIATING pain that seems to be avoidable. I seem like the only one who gets this bad of a chaffing :/

[OakLeaf]

Well, your OP did say "in the shower," which plenty of us have experienced chafing that we don't notice until the shower. That kind isn't near as bad as what you describe...

Trust me, you're not the only one who chafes that bad. All the years I raced my nether parts were indistinguishable from hamburger. But if it's that bad, IMO it's almost definitely saddle fit. It's just, in the 1980s, who knew about that stuff? And, cut-outs, which I definitely need, were only invented right around the time I burned out on racing.

There's still a lot of trial and error involved unfortunately, but reading through the saddle fit threads will let you eliminate a lot of saddles right off the bat and possibly zero in on a few that seem likely candidates.