Comments on: Chamois, Schmammy

By: Rid of Sores

Rid of Sores — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:05:42 +0000

Appreciate the info guys, thanks

By: cyclegoddess

cyclegoddess — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:42:22 +0000

I only have two words to say why us chix wear em ‘ bruised bits.’ Lord love ya,You men folk have no idea of what sort of wierd ,bad and unspeakable things that compression does to mucous membranes.
Considering the sorts of trail you guys ride, Im not surprised you deny chamois.By the time you get out of traction you’ll have forgotten those saddle sores!
Also, dislocating your shoulder( fatty) and having it pulled back into shape and going ON WITH THE RIDE( later blog) pretty much overules a sore bottom!!
But stii, chamois make me feel less likely to be impaled on my seat post, a la Vlad tempes Dracul style.

By: Tramadol.

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By: roni, israel

roni, israel — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:47:42 +0000

i’m a girl. 18.5 half ironman.

and i have too training “thingis” for down there. my only pair of cycling pants that i use for a year and a half, and my triathlon suit. so i guess you can say i’m riding “free”. and it hurts, really hurts.

don’t do that. really, don’t.

By: ScruffySpokes

ScruffySpokes — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:43:40 +0000

Fatty, your very right about the bacteria alien race issue that crops up when we sweat for more than 5 minutes into our shorts, my padded shorts are probably the one item of laundry I’m commited to washing even when it doesn’t look dirty.
I think a cammy with the “thickness of a plump, down pillow” that is also sweat proof should be the next on a bike inventors list. Yes I look like I’m wearing Depends, but it really does beat the otherwise all inclusive overly detailed view that tight lycra creates.

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:25:35 +0000

Tammy Thomas? Contraception used by someone with a 5 o’clock shadow should not cause testing problems, I’m just saying.

By: DP Cowboy

DP Cowboy — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:59:56 +0000

this is a late reply, because I have weekend responsibilities with the holidays, visitors, family, and all…sorry.

Chamois is deerskin, isn’t it..the real leather stuff, like that stuff used in old wool shorts and even the later lycra versions back in the 60’s through 80’s. Then ‘pad inserts’ were developed and are getting better every couple of years…as in NO PAIN AT ALL better. I simply can’t believe how much easier shorts and their care are now, as opposed to in yesteryear. I just wash them and dry them and wear them, and keep the ‘ahem’ ‘area’ clean…a little powder once a week…no problem. In the old days we washed the shorts, air dried them, wiped the chamois down on EVERY ride with Desitin, or some cream, or A & D (don’t ask), or something. Whenever we did some event that was two stages in a day, it was difficult. Having 10 pairs of shorts was like, required, because of all the washing and treatment and nonsense. Now, it is easier.

That said, finding the shorts with the pad insert that fits YOU is the most important thing. When that happens, but thre or four pairs of those shorts or knickers, and stay with that good thing. Same goes with seats.

Is Al Maviva going to do the B5 weight contest again this year…huh Al?
Cowboy

By: Born4Lycra

Born4Lycra — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:59:34 +0000

Katie unfortunately you have posted a request for information that actually needs an informed sensible and technically correct response which I fear none of us are confident enough to have a crack at. I could say the chamois is the liner in the crotch region of the bike pants design to fit between us and the bike saddle as an aid in comfort but it seems woefully inadequate a description. Originally as others have said it was leather but has now been superseded by various synthetic forms with gel inserts and antibacterial layers etc. I believe the shape varies between mens and ladies knix but the girl riders I know here in Oz argue the mens shape is more comfortable for them. I’m not touching the incontinence bit because that is just scary. Cheers and hoping others will hop in with more technical help.

By: walter

walter — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:06:32 +0000

what Al M said. I couldn’t say it any better.

Fatty, please, PLEASE tell me your next post won’t be about the wonders of Brooks saddles, or why toeclips are really superior to clipless… Just because you like to torture yourself doesn’t mean the rest of us need to suffer… does it?

By: KatieA978

KatieA978 — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:24:10 +0000

*raises hand tentatively*

I fully expect to be majorly heckled for the following question, so please feel free.

As a newbie to “proper” cycling (i.e. not playing around in my street or riding to a friend’s house, but actually cycling an event), what the hell is a chamois? And the word “pad” sounds like you have an incontinence problem… please tell me that’s not a side effect of too much cycling??!!

*let the ridiculing begin*