question for guys who bike a lot

jdm0804

Heres the deal. I love riding my bike, and I want to be able to ride in a century ride by next year. The trouble is that by the tine I hit 5 miles, I've got saddle soreness and my dangly bits are sore and itchy!

I wear padded bike shorts, but they don't seem to help any! It's incredibly frustrating, because I want to keep going, but I don't exactly want to do so at the cost of spending the rest of the day with a sore butt and an itchy coin-purse...

Suggestions?

dan323

Ouch ! I know that feeling. My buddy uses the Bike shorts and he rides like 60 miles in a day. I purchased a bigger seat for my bike and my wife's. That helped but didn't fix the issue. Good Luck.

ninjahonor

I was always told that you will get used to it. Not comforting I know, but it is true after a while. Sometimes it could be the bike shorts you have too. Perhaps they just aren't right for you..

nicothepotato

My bf doesn't bike but he did get chaffing from boxing and running so he does a heavy dusting of baby powder down there.

TDSeest

Go to a bike shop, and purchase something similar to butt butter. It's cream that you put in the bike shorts, and it prevents this from happening. Well worth the purchase.

TDSeest

Here is a company that makes the stuff; there are others out there:

http://circlecitybicycles.com/cbutter.htm

jmatthews75

just go to walmart and buy the fat *kitten* seat. It might look a bit dorky but it is so much more comfortable than the stock seat... no shame in my game, and the southern boys don't ache at all...

janet_pratt

Chamois butt'r and a bike seat with a groove where your dangly bits go. We do century rides and my husband also tilts his seat downward a bit. A good bike shop will let you try loaner seats to find out which one fits you and the boys best.

Success41

LMAO @ Dangle bits!!

pauljsolie

Go to the bike shop and get a SPLIT SEAT. It is essentially a bike seat split in half with nothing in the middle. I used to get "tingly naughty bits" cuz of either a pinched nerve or cut off blood flow. It doesn't look like it would be any different but I assure you, once you get used to it, you'll love it.

CDGolden

I ride a far bit, the sore bottom may be because you just aren't used to being on the saddle and you need to toughen up the sits bones area, that area is not used to the pressure you area applying to it. More time on the bike will help as will quality cycling shorts. A bigger, fatter seat may not be what your looking for.

As for the tingly bits, it may be that you need to get a different saddle, or get the big fit to YOU, so that the seat height is right, the fore and aft of saddle is correct, the tilt is correct for YOUR body style. It should also help your reach to the bars and breaks/shifters.

jdm0804

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm going to go to the shop where I bought my bike sometime soon, and look into new shorts and a new seat. It's been driving me crazy, because my body is raring to go further, but I just can't! But I won't let that stop me!