Embarrassing Topic

[pes]

On the last few rides I have been experiencing some chaffing between my ahem and my ahem’s (I’m a bloke

). This has resulted in me being chapped ‘down there’ and today I have noticed some blood in my shorts.
I wear Aldi longs over padded lycra shorts and ride the same route every time (about 25 miles).
I have examined the padding in my shorts and it appears to be in good condition.

Does anyone have have any advice please.

 

[ianrauk]

Vaseline dear boy....

 

[ChrisKH]

Nappy cream.

 

[bonj2]

On the last few rides I have been experiencing some chaffing between my ahem and my ahem’s (I’m a bloke

). This has resulted in me being chapped ‘down there’ and today I have noticed some blood in my shorts.
I wear Aldi longs over padded lycra shorts and ride the same route every time (about 25 miles).
I have examined the padding in my shorts and it appears to be in good condition.

Does anyone have have any advice please.

there's your problem.

 

[montage]

Try the longs under the shorts? Test with different underwear? And lube up

 

[jimboalee]

Check your seat height. Too high puts pressure on Perineum.

ps. DON'T use Ralgex.

 

[MacB]

there's your problem.

yeah buy some Rapha or Assos that'll help

I've invested in some Udderley Smooth chamois cream, if it's good enough for heffers it should do me

 

[Ravenz]

there's your problem.

whoa you'll have the Aldi legals on your tail!!!

 

[tyred]

ps. DON'T use Ralgex.

Whyever not

 

[johnnyh]

use some deep heat and be a man about it!

 

[Auntie Helen]

Now I'm going to show my naïveté here but I had no idea men had to vaseline themselves before cycling. Is this before any ride or just long-distance? Doesn't it all go squishy and mucky in your pants?

 

[Night Train]

There's got to be something wrong with the design of bikes if this is a common enough problem. Maybe I don't spend long enough in the saddle in one go to have experienced this but the engineer in me reckons there must be something wrong here.

 

[MacB]

for me it's only if I go over 10 miles and it's a sweat irritation thing.

 

[rob7222]

for me it's only if I go over 10 miles and it's a sweat irritation thing.

You wearing lycra?

 

[MacB]

You wearing lycra?

yep, padded shorts underneath jogging bottoms, it's just sheer size and lack of fitness causing the sweat thing. I'm leaking like a sieve before most of you even get warmed up. It's not bad and was only becoming an issue on my commute home.