Saddle Sores Cycling

How to prevent and treat them.

Saddle sores cycling. A comfy cycling saddle can make the difference between a dream ride and a nightmare. Even a tiny zit can begin to feel like youre perched on a golf ball. This is so helpful.

Saddle sores and other issues down there are common among female cyclists and yet are seldom talked about. Saddle sores are usually raised irritated sections of skin or pimple-like bacteria-filled pores. Saddle sores are also more common after long easy rides.

You want your contact with the saddle to be on the ischial tuberosities the sitting. To some extent they are inevitable and cant be avoided. Here we run through what to look for to find the best bike.

Saddle sores can be an uncomfortable by-product of cycling - but with care and proper treatment they dont need to get in the way of a good ride Michelle Arthurs-Brennan June 11 2020 1232 pm Most. On this edition of the Ride With Coach Parry Podcast we chat to our cycling coach Devlin Eyden about how to firstly prevent saddle sores but secondly how to treat saddle sores should you get them. Predictably saddle sore incidence increases with increasing volume.

Here are some tips. When you first start cycling its perhaps one of the most common issues. If you are reading this post it may be that you are a new cyclist.

The best way to deal with saddle sores is to prevent them from occurring in the first place. If you get saddle sores always on the side you may have one leg shorter maybe 1cm than the other one left. Plus Victoria Pendleton had struggled so much to find the right saddle in the run-up to 2012 that British Cyclings so-called secret squirrel club of techies designed her a bespoke model.