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I might squirt in a good dollop of Colgate... 😀
I might squirt in a good dollop of Colgate...
Never mind the smell, look how it gleams. 😯
Generally I've used sudocrem, but that's because I'm too lazy to buy the proper stuff and baulked at the cost of the Elite Ozone I was using.
I disagree with TJ, and I've done plenty of miles. Sore spots for me are not pressure induced, but caused by friction. Using a cream just adds a little lubricaiton to limit the effect of that rubbing.
I must say, though, that the most effective guard against chafing is decent shorts. Do not underestimate how good they can be.
I wish I knew about this sort of thing before the weekend. I've always used decent shorts but by the 4th lap of the mayhem I was hurting bad. Managed to sooth myself out with baby wipes and do a fith. Would these creams helped that much?
Would these creams helped that much?
Yep. Smear on chammy and round yer nethers.
Update, tried a healthy dollop of Vas/Sudo mixture (4 parts to 1) last night on a wet and muddy ride of around 2hrs.
Seemed to work as well as Assos, though without the lovely menthol breeze. Letting Sudocrem down with Vaseline makes it far less sticky - I'd probably use even less Sudo in future, maybe 6-1 ratio.
I might try adding lanolin, as I'm riding most days and I'm told that regular use of lanolin improves skin elasticity which may help.
Bag Balm is good stuff - it's a petroleum / lanolin based product with antisepctic in it from the US designed for soothing sore udders. It's also good as a healing aid for scrapes, chapped lips, etc.
You can get it on Ebay or if you kow someone going to the US it's sold in a lot of chemists etc.
For those who like live life on the edge I reckon the original recipe would be somewhat enlivened by the addition of a small tin of tiger balm*.
*If you were hanging around Brighton and the Zap in the early 90s you may well have met this girl 😉
Add witch hazel, works a treat.