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In all seriousness I do know vaseline works as does Bag Balm. When I had my road bike I had chaffing in that area of my chest and prefered Bag Balm, but if I was out vaseline worked in a pinch. These days there are also products from Burt's Bee's that would probably work. Their Miracle Salve and Hand Salve would likely work fine. The 2 have virtually identicle ingredients. I'm willing to bet even any type of chamois cream would work too.

Think about it all you really need to do is use something as a barrier between your skin and your shirt or jersey. Chamois cream is exactly designed to act as a barrier between your skin and clothing. Any of the products I mentioned above will work as such too.

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Originally Posted by HtheCommuter (Post 10085134)

You should be enjoying what you're doing. If you are annoyed by your chesticles then you are not going to be enjoying yourself and will probably ride less. That's no good, so I'm going to go with: stop wearing Lycra. Seriously, lots of us who are biking for practical reasons or just for the fun of it wear normal clothes. Unless you want to bike around pretending that you're Lance Armstrong then this shouldn't be a problem. Most of the time I get on my bike I'm wearing All-Stars, khakis with the legs rolled up a bit, and a T-shirt or even a dress shirt. If you ride harder and want to wear something that breaths, but isn't so tight that it squeezes you, then pick up a few soccer jerseys. You don't have to go all crazy with special clothes just to ride a bike. Enjoying what you're doing is way more important. I would not enjoy an activity that required me to put tape on my nips.

I appreciate your post and your intentions. However, I'm not decked out in team jerseys and stuff - I'm just wearing stuff like this:
http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_d...=1259574986202
which is hardly, IMO, Lance-like (although i do have a Trek USPS jersey that I wear occasionally.. but my nips are concealed with that one).

I prefer wearing this sort of material though, as I hate the feeling of cotton sticking to my skin from sweat.

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Originally Posted by MNBikeguy (Post 10086609)

What a confusing multi-topic thread.
What exactly is your nipple problem? Is it 'show' or is it 'chafe'?
And what does this have to do with cycling? (Presumably you're not jumping up and down on your bicycle, simulating a runners nipple chafing issue)

I dont' see how it's confusing. I just posted about how I was self-conscious about my nipples showing underneath my "performance" shirts, and was wondering if anyone else is as self-conscious as me and take measures to reduce the nipple-age.

It has to do w/ cycling because I ride my bike a lot and I feel embarrassed walking to/from class and talking to my classmates with my nipples hard and erect as stalagmites after said cycling.

I should let this thread die, but with "nipples" in the title, I highly doubt it

I want to ride my bike to school.
Are you looking at my nipples?
Please don't.
Yes, this is a monchrome MEC jersey.
Do you like it?
Hey! Don't look at my nipples!
Anyways, I like how it wicks better than cotton. Feels sooo good against my bare, glistening...
Hey! Stop it!
(tee hee)

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Originally Posted by pedalpedalpedal (Post 10089626)

I think what was confusing was whether the problem was the fact that they showed or more that it was causing physical discomfort. Then there were the rants about lycra, that commuters shouldn't be working so hard, and for that matter joggers should smile instead of grimacing, and well, it got a little off track.

If you're a runner you may have had the experience of nipple pain from them rubbing against a shirt. It happened to me during a race where it was cold and raining. I was wearing a cotton T-shirt. Learned my lesson. If you watch the finish of a marathon or two you'll see some guys even bleeding from their nipples. So that's what folks were confused about.

Anyway, if it's not causing physical discomfort, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

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Originally Posted by pedalpedalpedal (Post 10089626)

Holy Schmenge! I just noticed you're from Vancouver. Tell me that's not Vancouver, Canuckistan. I felt sure we weren't party to puritan body shame.

I bought some of the same shirts, and noticed one day that it did make them more obvious. it made me think about doing something to conceal them, then i considered switching the shirt. After a few seconds, I thought, "Why am I worrying? They already give me grief at work about the shorts"

<shrug>

Not my problem.

Ah, speaking of Seinfeld...have you considered a mansier?