Hard skin as a result of cycling
03-03-21, 10:25 AM
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This thread has real potential.
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After a few weeks of early season riding, any skin that is constantly rubbed on the saddle will toughen up. Including taint, ballsack, butt cheeks/arsehole region, and inner thighs. If the saddle fit or adjustment is not optimized for the individual, there can be pressure points that are rubbed too hard to be toughened and will get raw or irritated.
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Good lord! There are terrible things happening out there.
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This is a fairly common issue among pro cyclists. Luckily, it's easily treatable with a one hour ice water dunk every night.
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Hi
As I can be anonymous in this forum, I Allowing myself to ask awkward question : any of you find that his balls skin become harder? I'm taking about the buttom skin of the balls, which touches the saddle.I found it became harder, as like the legs skin which also become hard and tough sometimes.(for me it happened because of wrong saddle fit, but this is for another thread).
As I can be anonymous in this forum, I Allowing myself to ask awkward question : any of you find that his balls skin become harder? I'm taking about the buttom skin of the balls, which touches the saddle.I found it became harder, as like the legs skin which also become hard and tough sometimes.(for me it happened because of wrong saddle fit, but this is for another thread).
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OP: until you can HTFU, try Bag Balm liberally. Works marvels so your sensitive parts are not looking like bacon.
Hi
As I can be anonymous in this forum, I Allowing myself to ask awkward question : any of you find that his balls skin become harder? I'm taking about the buttom skin of the balls, which touches the saddle.I found it became harder, as like the legs skin which also become hard and tough sometimes.(for me it happened because of wrong saddle fit, but this is for another thread).
As I can be anonymous in this forum, I Allowing myself to ask awkward question : any of you find that his balls skin become harder? I'm taking about the buttom skin of the balls, which touches the saddle.I found it became harder, as like the legs skin which also become hard and tough sometimes.(for me it happened because of wrong saddle fit, but this is for another thread).
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I would generally recommend against bibs with a horsehair chamois.
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I never checked. Also, until today, I never thought about this.
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Sounds like there's friction and rubbing where there shouldn't really be any weight to begin with. You want the weight further back on the sit bones, and the skin can definitely toughen up around there. If you use bike shorts you can pull uhm, your boy parts, up and out of the way.
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03-04-21, 07:45 AM
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Sergal wool shirts with real leather chamois. If you didnt start out riding with these you have no clue. The shorts when new were exquisite to wear and ride in. Washed only by hand in Woolite and hung to dry. After several washings the chamois would start to toughen. After a few months of washing and wearing the chamois turned to a cripy hard shell taco. Chamois cream didnt exist or at least not in the states. Compounding the condition was the quick dry method employed by most cyclists. Wash in Woolite and put the shorts out in the hot summer sun to dry. At that point in the riding season your butt was toughened like an old baseball mitt. That taco shell chamois was easily siftened by butt sweat produced by wearing wool in 90 degree heat. Those were the good old days.
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Sergal wool shirts with real leather chamois. If you didnt start out riding with these you have no clue. The shorts when new were exquisite to wear and ride in. Washed only by hand in Woolite and hung to dry. After several washings the chamois would start to toughen. After a few months of washing and wearing the chamois turned to a cripy hard shell taco. Chamois cream didnt exist or at least not in the states. Compounding the condition was the quick dry method employed by most cyclists. Wash in Woolite and put the shorts out in the hot summer sun to dry. At that point in the riding season your butt was toughened like an old baseball mitt. That taco shell chamois was easily siftened by butt sweat produced by wearing wool in 90 degree heat. Those were the good old days.
