Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I'm using bike shorts & liners now so I have less discomfort during and after rides.
Does anyone have suggestions for before and after skin creams, etc?
Last year I thought I read about something for men tiger balm? and maybe someone wrote that Vaseline was just as good?
Then for afterward, after the shower, for example, anyone one any kind of skim cream?
For "before" I've just used Chamois Butt'r (with liberal re-applications if it's a really wet, or hot and sweaty ride -- it doesn't stand up to severe moisture as well as other stuff.)
For "after," if things are really bad
I go to bed sporting a liberal dose of diaper rash ointment -- I'm partial to the Desitin "creamy" variety (the regular stuff has to be sandblasted off your skin and clothing) -- and when I wake up, all is usually well.
Isn't Tiger Balm one of those tingly hot potions? I seem to recall trying it once on my legs as a "keep warm" thing under my tights in the winter -- it felt like I'd slathered my legs in battery acid.
(I do have kind of sensitive skin, though.)