Re: Saddle sore, how to prepare for century?

Tom Sherman

A random cyclist wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> I've registered for an upcoming century and have two weeks to go. I was
> about to start increasing my daily mileage (from ~30), but as my luck
> would have it I recently developed a raised sore spot where the padding
> in my cycling shorts ends. I've stayed off of the bike for four days
> now and it's not going away. The skin isn't broken, but I'm still
> afraid to ride any more and potentially inflame it. I've tried
> neosporin, bag balm, and just plain keeping it clean and dry. Any other
> approaches/advice? Ride through it?

<http://www.ransbikes.com/F508.htm>.

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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

stratrider

> A random cyclist wrote:
> > X-No-Archive: Yes
>
> > I've registered for an upcoming century and have two weeks to go. *I was
> > about to start increasing my daily mileage (from ~30), but as my luck
> > would have it I recently developed a raised sore spot where the padding
> > in my cycling shorts ends. *I've stayed off of the bike for four days
> > now and it's not going away. *The skin isn't broken, but I'm still
> > afraid to ride any more and potentially inflame it. *I've tried
> > neosporin, bag balm, and just plain keeping it clean and dry. *Any other
> > approaches/advice? * Ride through it?

Amazing! I climbed on a brand new custom Cannondale Upright (16lbs)
owned by the son of a friend just two weeks. It was black with gold
highlighs. I looked awesome. Yet I could not believe the seat or the
riding position. The seat was a virtually unpadded RAIL and
significanty higher than the drop steering! Hello! I thought this is
F!@#$4 nuts! Why would anyone who wants to cycle for fun, fitness,
and/or transportation want to endure that seat and riding position for
5 miles let alone 100!

Jim Reilly
Reading, PA

Peter Clinch

stratrider wrote:

> Amazing! I climbed on a brand new custom Cannondale Upright (16lbs)
> owned by the son of a friend just two weeks. It was black with gold
> highlighs. I looked awesome. Yet I could not believe the seat or the
> riding position. The seat was a virtually unpadded RAIL and
> significanty higher than the drop steering! Hello! I thought this is
> F!@#$4 nuts! Why would anyone who wants to cycle for fun, fitness,
> and/or transportation want to endure that seat and riding position for
> 5 miles let alone 100!

Image, speed, possibly both.

Look at the clothes and shoes lots of folk endure on a daily basis just
to project a certain image, and that's all day, day in, day out, not
just on bike rides.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Bill Sornson

stratrider wrote:
>> A random cyclist wrote:
>>> X-No-Archive: Yes
>>
>>> I've registered for an upcoming century and have two weeks to go. I
>>> was about to start increasing my daily mileage (from ~30), but as
>>> my luck would have it I recently developed a raised sore spot where
>>> the padding in my cycling shorts ends. I've stayed off of the bike
>>> for four days now and it's not going away. The skin isn't broken,
>>> but I'm still afraid to ride any more and potentially inflame it.
>>> I've tried neosporin, bag balm, and just plain keeping it clean and
>>> dry. Any other approaches/advice? Ride through it?
>
> Amazing! I climbed on a brand new custom Cannondale Upright (16lbs)
> owned by the son of a friend just two weeks. It was black with gold
> highlighs. I looked awesome. Yet I could not believe the seat or the
> riding position. The seat was a virtually unpadded RAIL and
> significanty higher than the drop steering! Hello! I thought this is
> F!@#$4 nuts! Why would anyone who wants to cycle for fun, fitness,
> and/or transportation want to endure that seat and riding position for
> 5 miles let alone 100!

Any bike can be a torture device if it's not set up for a given rider.
Jumping on someone else's ride will feel very strange 9 times out of 10.