on the inside of the thumb from riding ? Mostly around the joint which can then split and be painful needing copious amounts of sudacrem 🙁

Back of the knees for me.

I use Hydromol in the shower.

Bar-ends are the obvious solution. 🙂 I don’t get this, but I’m constantly shifting my deathgrip to different positions.

Why not use a skin file on it before it starts splitting?

Climbskin Double-Sided Hand and Finger File

If you want to be flash, or just a bit of emery board from Boots.

Gloves?

yes

For some reason skin files/taking off dry skin gives me the boke.

For the sake of all that’s holy, please just use a wet pumice stone in the bath.

Hadn’t noticed before, but yes! Just slightly Drier and harder, nothing close to splitting. I like ESI grips and bars with a fair bit of sweep, so that probably helps.

I’ve got horrible skin on my hands and feet, my heel’s crack and peel off, the balls off my feed crack and bleed, ewwww. And my hands aren’t much better (my knuckles crack and bleed in the winter). Probably down to doing lots of wet stuff outdoors (sailing, cycling).

For hands:
Body shop hemp hand protector, it’s greasy but it absorbs eventually (don’t go near your keyboard or smartphone for a while!) and once the cracks heal you only need it a couple of times a week to keep them soft.

For Feet:
My OH’s diabetic and got some palm (carnuba) wax foot cream. Which is great, although not cheap. I’m not entirely convinced it’s any better than vaseline but it does work.

As others have said, use an abrasive to lessen the thick skin, and use an intensive moisturiser (such as cracked heal cream) to keep the skin supple.

Personally I like Filberts of Dorset ‘Farm Hand’ moisturiser, as it’s made of natural stuff from Britain, innit.

Yes, I use Miltons Nappy Rash cream.

Only happens when its really wet though, like now and only when using dry gloves. Get it probs twice a year max and nappy rash cream clears all the nasty sweaty bacteria out and it heals within about a week..

bag balm or Udder cream is a winner for helping heal skin and stopping splitting. Cheap as chips as its for cow boobies as well so no extra “hippy tax” for organic mungo bean wax made in the light of a silvery moon, by virgin otters and so on

Bear in mind that everyone has slightly different skin so what works for someone else to keep skin supple might not work for you.

I like neutrogena hand cream, but don’t really get on with beeswaxy things like Climb On. Best I’ve tried is Rhino Skin Solutions stuff, but hard to get outside the US.

I have calluses on my thumbs and palms of my hands but they’re not flaky or dry. I like it, it brings out the Belgian in me. I generally don’t wear gloves on the bike unless its to keep warm or I’m doing a long ride.

#officeboyhands

on the inside of the thumb from riding ?

Riding? Honestly?