Hello, Don't know if this'll help, but haven't seen anyone else mention this. Cleanliness is key to maintaining good health in the nether regions. I have adult onset saddle sores I deal with, every year now. Never a problem until about 5 years ago. Your description sounds similar.
Here's what I've done to keep saddle sores in check. 1) Always wear clean shorts for every ride. This sounds obvious, but not all cyclists put a clean pair of cycling shorts on. This means you gotta have a bunch of shorts and keep up on the washing. 2) Never stand around in your shorts after a ride. Shower immediately after riding. 3) If a shower is not available, clean up with a sanitary wipe, like Germ-X antibacterial wipes. You can easily carry a couple in your saddle bag. 4) I also occasionally douse myself with Ammens medicated powder (with zinc-something or other) after showering. It keeps things nice and dry. After much trial and error, this regimen has worked for me. YMMV. Drew On Sep 15, 2009, at 1:35 PM, avillage wrote: > > Howdy. This is a bit embarassing and here goes anyway. I cycle commute > to work each day on my Bleriot with a Brooks B-17. The saddle was > reasonably comfortable and I thought it would break in and do the job. > Previously, I'd ridden an Avocet O2 for years, a wonderful saddle, > nearly as wide as the B-17, comfy, just right. They are no more, I > think, after a long search. Anyway, I rode throughout this year > noticing that the B-17 just wasn't that comfortable for me. Then, > recently, I get this small "knot" on my butt right just in front of > the sits bones that is not terribly painful against the saddle. Red in > color, etc. I just returned from a hiking trip in the West and the > knot is much smaller. Upon returning, I make a trip to the doc (not > just for the know, but a 20,000 mile tune-up), she looks at the knot > and believes it nothing, probably caused by the hard saddle. > > Ok, so now what to do...the B-17 has not been totally comfortable and > not that bad, either and it may be causing me a physical problem. > Maybe not. And, I don't really like saddle shopping because the > finding the "right" saddle is a function of "how does it compare to > the Avocet. I'd love to hear some thoughts on this and get some other > saddle ideas. > > Thanks all. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
