Originally Posted by
MichaelW
Give this man a Darwin award NOW.
1. Stop riding until your raw and abused scrotum heals up.
2. take a look at your
riding position, esp saddle layback, height and angle.
3. Check your saddle, does it fit you. If not, try another.
4. Dont ride in jeans.
5. Dont ride long distance until you have conditioned yourself. You need to extend the distance very gradually.
1. First off I will say whenever I get the problem I just use the saran wrap for a couple of days and it heals right up.
2. This could be some of the problem. I'll have to do some testing to see if it is or not.
3. It's the same saddle I've used for years. When I used to ride a lot back in the 90's I never had the problem...using the same saddle.
4. It doesn't matter if I'm in jeans, cycling shorts or a wetsuit.
5. I've ridden around 9000 miles so far this year. Including 3 200 milers and I've had at least one 100 mile day each of the past 14 weeks now. Some weeks I've had as many as 3 100+ mile days.
About the only I do is biking that or I'm sitting in from of the computer.
It's not on the clothing(cycling shorts/jeans/wetsuit) side of the body where the problem happens. It's on the side that faces the body. The only thing I can figure that I might be rubbing against is hair. I can't figure out why that would create a rubbing situation like this though. I've never had the problem until this year and yes in 1994 I rode 7-7,500 miles that year including several 100+ milers.
Runner's nipple...if this is what I think you are talking about...I got it several times this summer as well. It seemed like if I was ever stupid enough to put a shirt on and go riding for any kind of distance when it hot and a bit humid out I would end up getting sore nipples that would last about 2-3 times as long as the sore nuts. Most of the time I was just smart enough to ride without a shirt on at all. I don't think I ever got the problem without shirt but I might be wrong. If so it would have been toward the end of the summer.