OK I've been dying to talk to female cyclists about this so I'm just gonna go ahead and do it here.

Since riding long distances I've had several problems down there. Bumps and boils in the band of my underwear. So I made the move to cycling shorts and going underwear-less. OK! I didn't want to do it. My but is unattractive but I decided my comfort was more important than whether I felt I looked good on my bike.

Recently I had other issues. An ingrown hair and boil where my pubic hair is. So.... I just shaved everything. The boil and ingrown hair healed almost overnight. It's definitely much better. A dream compared to the trouble I was having. Now I'm just having to get use to shaving a new area every day (because it seems once you make the jump to shaving you have to be committed: re-growth is uncomfortable) and the occasional razor burn in such a sensitive area.

I've never gone so drastic as a shave before, scissors and close cuts but never shaving.

I'm curious about how common it is for female riders to shave everything.... or am I just the most odd woman on this board. Maybe I should have been smarter and started with depilatory creams

Other women I know shave their privates but it's usually for their husbands and not for biking! Just curious if shorn pubis are common in biking.

Is there a method someone uses that works without discomfort?