High end chamois cream

rick_chasey

So my favourite chamois cream, the rapha one, is discontinued.

I’m gutted. Worked really well, never needed much and smelled great.

Any suggestions for good replacements?

Not a fan of the assos stuff. Doesn’t smell too nice and wasn’t silky enough for me, for reference.

webboo

Not silky enough. What were you using it for

photonic69

Mate, it’s meant to go on the lower end. You’ll know when you hit the spot.

imposter2.0

Just buy a tub of 'Udderly Smooth', but insist on paying three times the retail price...

photonic69

imposter2.0 said:

Just buy a tub of 'Udderly Smooth', but insist on paying three times the retail price...

That was a decent and cheap product until they made it thin and gloopy. Now using Paceline chamois butt’r in a tube. Nice thick consistency and stays put. Seems to work well for me

ugo.santalucia

haven't used in years... it makes no difference...

pblakeney

YMMV.

Charlie_Croker

rick_chasey said:

So my favourite chamois cream, the rapha one, is discontinued.

I’m gutted. Worked really well, never needed much and smelled great.

What did it smell of?
and who smelled it? (apart from you)

ugo.santalucia said:

haven't used in years... it makes no difference...

You’ve hardened up then, certainly makes a difference here (but not on the high end)

rick_chasey

imposter2.0 said:

Just buy a tub of 'Udderly Smooth', but insist on paying three times the retail price...

In all honestly I didn’t get on with that stuff

redvision

I was using the muc off luxury chamois cream but tried this stuff back in the summer and been using it ever since.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/beelite-chamois-cream-250g

pblakeney

redvision said:

I was using the muc off luxury chamois cream but tried this stuff back in the summer and been using it ever since.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/beelite-chamois-cream-250g

"Please don't share your chamois cream as this will keep contamination to a minimum, even though you might be tempted to allow your friends to use it."

Eeuuowww. 🤮

jimbohorizontal

Chamois Butt'r, don't use it often, just for 100s or if I think I'm going to get soaked.

Pretty sure it saved the nethers during this years Tour de Broads where it honked it down for the first 35miles.

handful

I've tried a few and my favorite is the muc-off. Lovely stuff

rick_chasey

redvision said:

I was using the muc off luxury chamois cream but tried this stuff back in the summer and been using it ever since.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/beelite-chamois-cream-250g

Yes I’ve seen this as an alternative- what’s the smell like?

rick_chasey

handful said:

I've tried a few and my favorite is the muc-off. Lovely stuff

What’s the smell? 👃👃

redvision

rick_chasey said:

handful said:

I've tried a few and my favorite is the muc-off. Lovely stuff

What’s the smell? 👃👃

Hard to describe really. There's definitely a menthol scent, but no where near as strong as the assos stuff.

daniel_b

Tried loads, but hit the sweet spot with the muc off stuff already mentioned. Grabbed some at a tenner a pot esrlier this year, £14 is the best I can see currently, but it lasts for ages, excellent performance and vfm.

Have noticed a consistency change in the current batch, not as solid as it used to be, but have experienced no degradation in performance, and is no longer easy to sometimes extract more than required, so a positive step imho.

https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Muc-Off/Athlete-Performance-Luxury-Chamois-Cream-250ml/DSQQ

masjer

A cycling forum must be one of the few places where it’s normal for a bunch of guys to discuss what creams they rub on their bots and how they smell.
Mind you, I've just read all about it.

Cheap, unscented but works well- QV intensive ointment.

pblakeney

masjer said:

A cycling forum must be one of the few places where it’s normal for a bunch of guys to discuss what creams they rub on their bots and how they smell.
Mind you, I've just read all about it.

Cheap, unscented but works well- QV intensive ointment.

I seriously suggest that you do not do a general Google search on that.
Especially so at work. 😉

ugo.santalucia

I suggest you try riding without, you might just be the type that is wasting money on something they don't need.
I have done long Audax rides without cream... clue is the sweaty bum... if you have a sweaty bum when you ride, you probably don't need it

daniel_b

I've had the occasional, intense and repetitive pain of saddle sores, and won't risk it for the tiny cost of a pot of cream - suspect one of those pots lasts me for a year, , even 1.5 a year at the £10 I bought them for is just over £1 a month, more than happy to pay that for some kind of insurance

ugo.santalucia

daniel_b said:

I've had the occasional, intense and repetitive pain of saddle sores, and won't risk it for the tiny cost of a pot of cream - suspect one of those pots lasts me for a year, , even 1.5 a year at the £10 I bought them for is just over £1 a month, more than happy to pay that for some kind of insurance

Saddle sores are caused by wearing the wrong shorts or using the wrong saddle or cycling in the wrong position, rather than by lack of lubrication.

MattFalle

if so why do pro riders get them?

surely in addition to the possibilities you have decreed as sole and only they can also be caused by infection, poor hygiene, being a clubbie, in growing hairs, opening partially healed injury, too much seating, too little sweating, too much lubrication, too little lubrication.....

just asking.

daniel_b

MattFalle said:

if so why do pro riders get them?

surely in addition to the possibilities you have decreed as sole and only they can also be caused by infection, poor hygiene, being a clubbie, in growing hairs, opening partially healed injury, too much seating, too little sweating, too much lubrication, too little lubrication.....

just asking.

Their team clearly don't know how to fit them for their bikes

Sean Kelly will be really miffed now, he could have doubled his GT victory count

ugo.santalucia

MattFalle said:

if so why do pro riders get them?

surely in addition to the possibilities you have decreed as sole and only they can also be caused by infection, poor hygiene, being a clubbie, in growing hairs, opening partially healed injury, too much seating, too little sweating, too much lubrication, too little lubrication.....

just asking.

MattFalle said:

if so why do pro riders get them?

surely in addition to the possibilities you have decreed as sole and only they can also be caused by infection, poor hygiene, being a clubbie, in growing hairs, opening partially healed injury, too much seating, too little sweating, too much lubrication, too little lubrication.....

just asking.

I’ve tried riding every day and not washing for a week… no saddle sore. It really boils down to a good saddle and pad fit. If you don’t have it, you can use ounces of cream but it won’t help very much

photonic69

I don’t use it on every ride but sometimes I like to rub unguent over my nether regions for fun

rick_chasey

Ah lads it really isn’t a referendum on if you want to use it or not. If ya don’t it’s not really helpful advice is it?

gsk82

Athlete Performance is good stuff

ugo.santalucia

rick_chasey said:

Ah lads it really isn’t a referendum on if you want to use it or not. If ya don’t it’s not really helpful advice is it?

Wouldn’t it solve your problem to find out you don’t need it? Unless you have a fetish for it, obviously…
It doesn’t hurt to try a dry run… hopefully…

rick_chasey

I’ve been riding long enough to know when and when I don’t need it.

rick_chasey

gsk82 said:

Athlete Performance is good stuff

What’s it like? Consistency and smell wise