sensitive issue - saddle sores....

I'll be blunt....

When you see them form a white-head, pop them just as you would a pimple.  Then keep them clean and dry ALWAYS, with the exception of at night when you might want to keep Desetin (sp) baby cream ointment on them.  I also powder my underwear with medicated baby powder during hot days when I stay sweaty at work.

There......is that blunt enough?

ChrisM - 2006-11-08 6:15 PM Interesting suggestions, I['ll give them a shot (as soon as I get the wife to run into the mkt tobuy the vagisil )

Keep in mind that chamois butter is meant for leather or fake-leather chamois, not padded fabric chamois like Pearl Izumi (attack, ultra or micro sensor).

I've tried using chamois butter with padded fabric chamois and it doesn work.

oipolloi - 2006-11-08 6:51 PM

ChrisM - 2006-11-08 6:15 PM Interesting suggestions, I['ll give them a shot (as soon as I get the wife to run into the mkt tobuy the vagisil )

Keep in mind that chamois butter is meant for leather or fake-leather chamois, not padded fabric chamois like Pearl Izumi (attack, ultra or micro sensor).

I've tried using chamois butter with padded fabric chamois and it doesn work.

Hmmmm, I asked this question originally and everyone said the chamois cream works on teh synthetic chamoise as well. 

I have been real lucky with respect to saddle sores[i have never had one].  Here is what I do:
before the ride:
Wear Clean shorts (with synthetic pad)
Chamois Butter
use Baby wipes during rides (after nature stops)

After the ride:
get clean (shorts and self) as soon as possible
apply neosporin type ointment to any tender areas.

My saddle(s) are Brooks B-17s.  The one with the most riding time is 30+ yrs old.

ChrisM - 2006-11-09 12:09 PM

oipolloi - 2006-11-08 6:51 PM

ChrisM - 2006-11-08 6:15 PM Interesting suggestions, I['ll give them a shot (as soon as I get the wife to run into the mkt tobuy the vagisil )

Keep in mind that chamois butter is meant for leather or fake-leather chamois, not padded fabric chamois like Pearl Izumi (attack, ultra or micro sensor).

I've tried using chamois butter with padded fabric chamois and it doesn work.

Hmmmm, I asked this question originally and everyone said the chamois cream works on teh synthetic chamoise as well. 

I think people may be using different terminology for Synthetic.  There are synthetic (fake) leather chamois that work similar to old-style leather chamois. They are meant for your tender parts to slide freely as you move.  The dense padded fabric shorts opt for padding over slipperyness. 

Several people I ride with use chamois butter (mostly Assos) with their fabric padded shorts and have no problems.  Yet others, including myself, don't like the feeling of the padding when its saturated with cream.  It gets tacky and loses its spongyness.