First test-Homemade chamois creme

dennisn
dennisn Posts: 10,601
edited May 2009 in Road buying advice
After posting a link to Keith Bontragers version of chamois creme, I decided to mix up a batch myself and give it a try. This is my preliminary report after 2-75 mile rides.
www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/diaries ... =keith0606

For-
At least twice the quantity at half the price.
Ingredients are available just about anywhere.
Worked fine for me and my fat *ss.

Against-
You will need a stick to stir it up(not included).
Nowhere near as pretty as Assos white.
Lacks carbon fiber in any form. (I think)
Appears to weight slightly more than top shelf Assos. However, my old scales
from the "dope daze" of the 60's aren't all that reliable anymore.

Note-
Aerodynamic studies are still in progress. Prelim findings indicate no change though.

Dennis Noward

Comments

  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    I forgot to add that the jar of petroleum jelly that I bought came already mixed with Shea
    Butter. Whatever that is. My wife said it's "good". The oil of some sort of nut.

    Dennis Noward
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    edited May 2009
    Hope the trial goes well Dennis and that you don't suffer from A.R.S.E (Arsehole rejects substitute emollient), during the test phase.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    :lol::lol:

    So Dennis, let us no the conclusion of this valuable exeriment.............
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  • elPedro666
    elPedro666 Posts: 1,060
    dennisn wrote:
    it's "good". The oil of some sort of nut.

    Dennis Noward

    So your shorts are full of the oil of some sort of nut...? I suppose we've all had those sort of nights but I wouldn't broadcast it! :shock:
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Hope the trial goes well Dennis and that you don't suffer from A.R.S.E (Arsehole rejects substitute emollient), during the test phase.

    So far, no signs of rejection.
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Hope the trial goes well Dennis and that you don't suffer from A.R.S.E (Arsehole rejects substitute emollient), during the test phase.


    Dennis is american-hes got an ass not an ar.se :D
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    fast as fupp wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Hope the trial goes well Dennis and that you don't suffer from A.R.S.E (Arsehole rejects substitute emollient), during the test phase.


    Dennis is american-hes got an ass not an ar.se :D

    A minor technicality. After all, aren't all *ssholes the same no matter how you spell it.
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    dennisn wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Hope the trial goes well Dennis and that you don't suffer from A.R.S.E (Arsehole rejects substitute emollient), during the test phase.


    Dennis is american-hes got an ass not an ar.se :D

    A minor technicality. After all, aren't all *ssholes the same no matter how you spell it.


    the ones ive met have tended to be! :lol:
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Dennis, on a serious note, how have the shorts washed? Has the petroleum jelly come out ok?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Dennis, on a serious note, how have the shorts washed? Has the petroleum jelly come out ok?

    On another serious note, I haven't done my laundry yet. I can report that it seemed
    to wash off me with little effort. Gotta do my laundry soon. Running out of underwear
    and socks for work. Why do Irish wives make their husbands do their own laundry?
    She told me it's a tradition? Am I just a sucker for a redhead?
  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    edited June 2009
    Dennis, make it easy on yourself and pickup some good old american Bag Balm http://www.bagbalm.com/. Basically the same as the homemade brew, cheap and you can use it on any cows' udders that you may have in your yard. My a** has been chafe free for years. Stray bulls do seem to take an interest as I pedal by though.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    crankycrank wrote:
    Dennis, make it easy on yourself and pickup some good old american Bag Balm http://www.bagbalm.com/. Basically the same as the homemade brew, cheap and you can use it on any cows' udders that you may have in your yard. May a** has been chafe free for years. Stray bulls do seem to take an interest as I pedal by though.

    To be honest all I did was buy the stuff and my wife, for whatever reason, mixed it up for me. As I recall Bag Balm was THE stuff in the 70's. Then I guess the fancy stuff started coming out and everyone said "gee, that's what I've got to use now, no more of this cow stuff". You're right though. It's still out there.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Dennis, on a serious note, how have the shorts washed? Has the petroleum jelly come out ok?

    Laundry done. The jelly coming out doesn't seem to be an issue. The shorts are clean.
    I would note, however, that I didn't "shovel" the stuff on quite as thick as his picture showed. Washed in warm water.

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