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Apr 2020
8:49am, 30 Apr 2020
30,021 posts
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LazyDaisy
Use it or lose it for sure. Last year I clocked up hundreds of miles on my bike and I certainly toughened up. Going out last week for the first time on my road bike for months - nightmare!
I do use butt butter but even that didn't seem to help last week 
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Apr 2020
8:50am, 30 Apr 2020
31,091 posts
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Old Croc
you can get what appear casual shorts with a padded insert and / or a removable padded cycle short liner. Best of both worlds. I got a pair from Halfords Boardman range last year - v useful for casual pootling beyond the trip to shops and rides when course measuring as have pockets for pens and notebooks
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Apr 2020
8:52am, 30 Apr 2020
23,897 posts
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fetcheveryone
I've got some Gore padded shorts - I think I just need to do a bit more of it
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Apr 2020
8:56am, 30 Apr 2020
10,930 posts
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larkim
By all accounts the "right" seat properly fitting your sit bones (they're a thing apparently) makes a big difference.
I swapped the stock seat for a Charge Spoon saddle, noticeably much less discomfort in the undercarriage area after a long ride.
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Apr 2020
8:57am, 30 Apr 2020
17,836 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
Padded Shorts good
Chamois cream also good
Doing lots more of it = better
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Apr 2020
9:12am, 30 Apr 2020
1,517 posts
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MsG
Ouch Rich!
Fetch, padded shorts are probably better than a padded saddle. It does take a bit of wearing in (of your undercarriage!). Try to make sure you're resting on your sitbones rather than your bottom. It helps to make sure you're not leaning on your shoulders and arms. That's the next thing that aches
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Apr 2020
9:34am, 30 Apr 2020
31,094 posts
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Old Croc
also a bit of tinkering with saddle height, angle and adjust forward and backward on seat rails to get it into that "just right" feel
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Apr 2020
9:39am, 30 Apr 2020
23,898 posts
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fetcheveryone
MsG - I did find that my hands, elbows and shoulders were aching a bit towards the end, but I'd done a YouTube Body Pump class (also first in a long time) the previous morning, so it was hard to separate the potential causes
I'm thinking I might try some cheap toe cages as a next step towards being clipped on. I found that my feet would often slide forward on the peddles during a gear change, and that would sometimes make for a real loss of momentum - so it'd be nice to at least control that. And if I get to make even a little bit more use of the whole pedal rotation (is there a fancy name for that?), then it can only be a win.
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Apr 2020
9:42am, 30 Apr 2020
1,883 posts
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MudMeanderer
A bit tricky at the moment, but a lot of bike shops will do trial saddles, or exchange policies, so you can try different ones to see what suits. Saddles can be very personal, and it can be worth the time to find one you like.
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Apr 2020
9:49am, 30 Apr 2020
13,952 posts
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richmac
In the saddle front, 1) don't confuse a bad set up with a bad saddle. Before changing get some advice. 2) saddles are very personal but why do pro's all go full razor blade? 3) some already said it, no substitute for time on the bike. 4) chamois cream can only do so much.
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