Originally Posted by veganbikes

I assume your position has been set up with a good fitter and you have a saddle that you have ridden on for a while longer distances that you like? If not go for that for sure, it will help greatly. New shorts are nice and my butt seems to think the combination of Brooks Cambium and generally Pactimo or Primal bibs seems to work well but I did go to a fitter to get my position right and that help immensely in cutting down pain. With saddle sores I recommend a good chamois cream, my parts seem to like the Bike Glide from Body Glide but have heard great things about DZ Nuts. I like Bike Glide/Chamois Glide because it is in stick form so you can put it on like deodorant.

I like bibs because I was born with those annoying danglers and they tend to like to stay in position and bibs keep them there better than the shorts I have worn. However I did like my Gore Power? Shorts.


The 'bent riders always crack me up! I wonder if anyone makes a fixed gear recumbent that is rideable? Gearing and position mostly is what would concern me but I am not anywhere near knowledgeable about those things.