I commute with my shorts here in hot swampy houston sometimes the entire week. :D At the very least two days in a row. But it's only 12 miles each way. No issues here. But I do shower immediately after each ride like you said.
On Sep 16, 12:47 pm, Drew Ellison <drewelli...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
