Short ‘rubbage’!
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I will try not to be too graphic here. For the last couple of years, when I do pretty much any ride of 3+ hours, I get a sore graze-type patch in the area just above my (male) privates. I certainly feel it in the shower after a ride! It is usually fine after a day or so. If I do a longer ride, like Ride London this year, the soreness is worse. In fact, after that ride the grazing also affected my private part itself, and that was particularly uncomfortable!
From what I can make out, it is the stitching of the cycle shorts / bib shorts I wear which is causing this, as the marks are where the stitching would be located. I have decent £60-80 shorts, so cheap shorts shouldn’t be the reason. I do wear a pair of MTB-type shorts over the top though as I’m not a fan of the Lycra look. I wonder if this is causing additional rubbing and leading to the grazing/soreness?
I do apply chamois cream before each ride but it’s not helping in this area, only the undercarriage.
Has anyone had similar issues and can suggest any solutions, other than ‘don’t wear the MTB shorts’?
Cheers.
From what I can make out, it is the stitching of the cycle shorts / bib shorts I wear which is causing this, as the marks are where the stitching would be located. I have decent £60-80 shorts, so cheap shorts shouldn’t be the reason. I do wear a pair of MTB-type shorts over the top though as I’m not a fan of the Lycra look. I wonder if this is causing additional rubbing and leading to the grazing/soreness?
I do apply chamois cream before each ride but it’s not helping in this area, only the undercarriage.
Has anyone had similar issues and can suggest any solutions, other than ‘don’t wear the MTB shorts’?
Cheers.
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Also in my shorts the stitching is no where near anything important.
errr what?
someone has definitlybelieved the marketing or been mugged.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Spot on
#howstrange
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Could prevent anything from rubbing "down there".
And people with £200 shorts have never had sore bits? Price is no guarantee of suitability
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Do you actually read any posts other than your own
nah. where is the fun in that?
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
But compared to £20 shorts £60 shorts are not...
The point is, price is no guide to suitability. Also one should not judge what another person has to consider as expensive. None of us know the financial circumstances of others
How does that help when they're saying the rubbing is the area above the genitals ie between where the top of the bibshorts is and their genitals? How many folds of lower abdomen fat are there?
What ? I've been riding 35 years plus. I think apart from one pair of Assos that may have been over the limit and went the way of all assos back then - transparent - I've never paid more than £60 for a pair and often a lot less.
Chafing is pretty rare. Gritty wet weather may not help but chamois cream should.
I did trim my pubes one year but it didn't seem to make much difference, other than making the old chap look bigger.
So yeah, stop wearing two pairs of shorts and trim your pubes would be my advice.
And make sure you wash before and after long rides.
Exactly my thoughts. I found some Canesten anti fungal cream sorted it.
Wearing MTB shorts over bibshorts doesn't sound like a good idea to me
utter rubbish. something soft that Richard would do.
wire brush and paraffin is what you need.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
I'm not sure this is what's happening (but I might be wrong). It is always in exactly the same place, and a very small area, more like a grazing as if someone has had a go with some sandpaper. It seems to be right on the point where the stitching starts just above the padding, this stitching then goes right up to the top of the shorts. This stitching exists in all of my various shorts of different brands and quality so I assume this is nothing unusual. Maybe I'm just a bit sensitive in that area and the extra layer of shorts is exacerbating it.
Both, and I've had problems with both, which is what makes me think it's the stitching that's rubbing, as that's a common feature on all of my shorts. As most have said, it might simply be the MTB shorts, but I was hoping there might be a solution which didn't involve not wearing them any more.