Originally Posted by
mattgmann
All I can add is in being proactive when one starts to develope. My daily commute is fairly short (17mi round trip). I generally wear bike shorts under pants/regular shorts when riding, and sometimes the fabric bunches up just ride and starts a hot spot. Keeping the afflicted area clean seems to be the most important thing. I'll also liberally lube it up with bag balm daily until everything is fine. The last real saddle sore I had took a good 3 weeks to completely heal up. If I had been more proactive in treating it early, I don't think it would have lasted more than a few days.
Do you wear a padded cycling liner or lycra just under shorts?
I use and love Bag Balm, it is the only thing that lasts with as much as I sweat. I go out in a pair of lycra shorts when I go for long rides but my commute is only 9 miles round trip but I sweat like Mike Tyson at a spelling bee. I don't usually wear anything other than boxer briefs and thin shorts.