Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I met a guy selling a bike who told me he developed a heart condition - a serious bacterial infection of a valve - that was caused by a bad saddle sore. I've heard of mouth infections making their way to the heart but never from a saddle sore. I'm reluctant to use a liner that wasn't laundered.
Hospitals are full of people who developed sepsis or endocarditis from saddle sores.............
That's why I ride a recumbent with the RANS Comfy Chair. Plus, I launder my cycling stuff sometimes.