HMF

These 5 hour rides are chaffing my butt. I'm gonna get some chamois cream for the first time and want to do it right. Is there a "best brand", in the way that GP4000s are clearly the "best tire"?

ASSos certainly looks the part. DZ Nutz sounds pretty fun. And Performance has Butt'r pretty cheap. Any recommendations?

jdon

I prefer Assos Pre Ride followed by Post Ride. Works well.

gsteinb

A&D or bag balm

hammy56

subscribed.

Ive been using chamois butt'r because my lbs stocks it (deep discounts)...but Im thinking of trying something different. Ive had some "issues" lately...

I was thinking about trying bag balm. No way Id try A&D, that **** stinks.

Higher Class

Just curious -- around how many hours do you spend in the saddle to require chamois cream? I average about 10 hours a week, my longest ride ever being about 7 hours long (and 7 back two days later), and I have never needed it. Obviously everyone is different, but I'm wondering if maybe I will run into the right circumstances to create a need for it, or if maybe I just got lucky (seems unlikely with my dry skin). I'm riding a decent quality chamois right now, but my longest rides to date have been in my bottom-of-the-line LG shorts.

mattm

Saddle has a lot to do with it; back in my rando days I was doing 600k's with no chamois cream at all - that was on a Brooks b17 saddle.

Now, racing on a "race" saddle that is much smaller, I use butt'r when rides get above 4-5 hours.

As for the butt'r types, they all seem the same to me; my guess is that the differences are all in marketing.

gsteinb

ok

jsutkeepspining

i use assos and dznuts when racing or doing really heavy hours, but when im doing under 12 hour weeks i generally stay with butt'r due to how cheap it is compared to assos and dz nuts. IN the rain i only use assos and dznuts.

hammy56

youre ****in right its ok.

gsteinb

hammy56

dont make me come up there.

HMF

I just bought some Butt'r. I'll post my "review" later.

kindablue

I've gotten in the habit of using a bit of Assos before each ride over 2h (and every roller ride). I don't "need" it, but I'd rather not chance it.

king-tony

I order Chamois Butt'r a case at a time. I like DZ Nuts....there is no way to make that sound right, but it is way too expensive for me. I never got into the Assos cream, I'm not sure what it is about it but I don't like it.

shovelhd

Udderly Smooth udder cream. Not the chamois cream. The cow stuff.

rotti

Am I the only one who likes and uses vasoline? I put in 15 hour weeks in the summer and never noticed a problem. I did get sore before I began using vasoline. It works for me.

Creatre

Bag Balm ftw.

Doggus

both sold cheaply at your favorite neighborhood wrecking mart

waterrockets 

+1

Stuff's awesome. Smells like a beach in the 70s for those behind you too. Everybody wins.

hammy56

echappist

you all need to HTFU. Never used chamois butter ever

hammy56

just one more reason for me to rub myself.

MrTuner1970

Vaseline by itself works well. Cheap also. Vaseline on skin + Chamois Butt'r on the chamois works splendidly.

jwible

Enzo's Buttonhole cream is all I've used. Psimet sent a sample with some wheels I ordered.

Enzo sponsors Psimets team.

Buy Enzo's and support club racing.

https://www.enzoscyclingproducts.com/

danahs

i raced in voler last season so I was forced to look for a solution and I tried everything.

sportslick is on another level from anything else.

https://www.sportslick.com/

but the root cause of the problem is a bad chamois (or saddle/position)

in the long run its better to actually solve the problem rather than just lubing it up imo