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So I used to ride a lot. Never really worried about discomfort, sores etc. I know bodies change, i.e., get fat.
I Wonder how much it has to do with shaving the region down under. Seems to me that shaving along with Buttr, would make sense.
Shaving is the only thing I can think of that I did differently. Just curious if I should try it out.
So I used to ride a lot. Never really worried about discomfort, sores etc. I know bodies change, i.e., get fat.
I Wonder how much it has to do with shaving the region down under. Seems to me that shaving along with Buttr, would make sense.
Shaving is the only thing I can think of that I did differently. Just curious if I should try it out.
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I trim the hair down there. Sometimes I trim it pretty short. But if you are talking about shaved clean, I don't do that.
However I've done that pretty much ever since I started back riding a lot in my early 50's. I found that it let the fabrics that are supposed to wick moisture away from you actually do their job better to let me be drier and cooler underneath my bibs/shorts and jersy.
Never have use any chamois butter or such. I don't get saddle sores. I attribute that to wearing stuff that fits me well and also to shortening my hair down under so it doesn't trap so much sweat keeping my skin moist or have the tufts of hair bunching together and rolling around between my compression shorts and skin which irritates the follicles.
However I've done that pretty much ever since I started back riding a lot in my early 50's. I found that it let the fabrics that are supposed to wick moisture away from you actually do their job better to let me be drier and cooler underneath my bibs/shorts and jersy.
Never have use any chamois butter or such. I don't get saddle sores. I attribute that to wearing stuff that fits me well and also to shortening my hair down under so it doesn't trap so much sweat keeping my skin moist or have the tufts of hair bunching together and rolling around between my compression shorts and skin which irritates the follicles.
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I never understood the benefit of chamois until I tried it. But those were the days when chamois pads were actual chamois. None of the new synthetic pads work as well (IMO) than the natural chamois they replaced. They are too thick and too padded, and put pressure on more places than necessary. With a broken-in Brooks saddle I find non-padded shorts more comfortable than padded cycling shorts. As for shaving, I haven’t seen any benefit one way or the other.
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I had ONE real chamois short, made by Ultima - I thought they would give me extra cred in the beginner criteriums.
Chamois cream helps a lot if you're riding in the rain, or otherwise get wet... but if you get the kind with menthol, you get a nice cool feeling that enhances any activity in any weather.
A friend of mine went to the doctor for a pre-op vasectomy - doctor told him to shave GOOD, or else HELGA would do it... and "you DON'T want Helga to do it."
Chamois cream helps a lot if you're riding in the rain, or otherwise get wet... but if you get the kind with menthol, you get a nice cool feeling that enhances any activity in any weather.
A friend of mine went to the doctor for a pre-op vasectomy - doctor told him to shave GOOD, or else HELGA would do it... and "you DON'T want Helga to do it."
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Trim it short but don’t shave. Shaving can lead to ingrown hairs and prickly stubble.
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And to the topic. I simply put my beard trimmer on its lowest setting. No way to I want to shave any of those hairs so close it might get turned around next ride and become ingrown. I just shave enough of those hairs that there are none that can get pulled. Easy, it works well and I don't have to do it very often. (Now if I could only get those leg hairs onto the same schedule. But I gotta please those ER nurses.)
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