Originally Posted by
aspalmat
I know this is un-cool and sacrilege in the cycling community, but, why not just wear underwear under your bike shorts. That way, you keep a clean piece of material between you and your bike shorts. I wear a pair of quick dry polyester/spandex underwear under my bike shorts. Never had a chafing/saddle sore issue. They only time I ever had a chafing issue is when I did not wear underwear. BTW, I do change out of my bike gear as soon as I get home.
Because the chamois provides padding also and if you drop the chamois a new saddle is going to be needed. I had to stop using a chamois because of a reaction to the material, I just use 100% nylon under my shorts now and I had to get a more padded saddle to make up for the chamois padding.