Armwarmer blisters

Crapaud

A cold wind on Sunday's ride meant that I wore my arm and legwarmers for the whole day. When i took them off it seemed that the gummy bits were stuck to my skin. It stung and left red welts making it look as though my arms and legs had been severed and sewn back on. Now on my right arm I've got a row of blisters.


I've never heard of this happening before. Anyone else had it happen, or know why?

gkerr4

never seen that before - had you worn the warmers before?

DavidBelcher

Nasty - hope that clears up soon. Allergic to the detergent they'd been washed in, maybe?

David

Crapaud

gkerr4 wrote:

never seen that before - had you worn the warmers before?

Yeah, a number of times. The only difference this time was the duration. Normally I'd only wear them until the weather warms up, but it didn't. I think the longest I've previously worn them would be around 4 - 5 hours.

snakehips

OMG I thought life was dangerous enough already. Now it seems there is something else to worry about.
Nice pic btw

Siamo tutti farabutti

White Line

Looks like a nasty burn! :? Out of interest, what arm warmers are they? I'm thinking of picking up a set of Santini ones soon for my skinny arms.

Nice pit stain btw.

sonny73

Dude I chuck them if they do that to you :shock: as White Line says what make are they, that really doesn't seem right.

Crapaud

White Line wrote:

... Nice pit stain btw.

I Photoshopped it in to try and appear normal.

I don't think it's my detergent as I wash all my stuff at the same time and the blisters are only on one arm. I've had a check around t'net but can't find anything, so it seems to be a one-off.

If it happens again I'll e-mail the manufacturers and let you know what they say.

Mothyman

some sort of contact dermatitis......send a piccy if you're allergic to sella seats

shouldbeinbed

try them inside out to see of you've picked up an intolerance to the rubber. tho that may make you have Nora Batty arms as the warmers'd be less tacky.

contact dermatitis is a funny thing, I mentioned on DDD watch thread in commuting that I can wear some watches perfectly happily but others bring me out in a rash in minutes, and not in the same place each time on my wrist - its odd.

keef66

It's likely latex in the grippy bits. Prolonged exposure plus sweating would make it worse.

With watches it's usually nickel in the buckle or the watch back. Again made worse if hot and sweaty.

I've had both, but usually just a series of red weals, never actually blistering like your photo. Nasty!

As rec above, I'd bin them.

DavidBelcher

keef66 wrote:

It's likely latex in the grippy bits. Prolonged exposure plus sweating would make it worse.

With watches it's usually nickel in the buckle or the watch back. Again made worse if hot and sweaty.

I've had both, but usually just a series of red weals, never actually blistering like your photo. Nasty!

As rec above, I'd bin them.

Beat me to it. Having already ruled out my soap powder allergy theory, brainstorm no.2 was going to be a latex allergy suggestion.

David

Anonymous

Thats a speed blister, the friction of the wind passing over the ridge of your armwarmer causes a depression in pressure, the blood rises to the skins surface and can blister/chafe.

andrewjoseph

My wife had a similar but less severe reaction to the silicone in her leg warmers, this was after several hours riding.