Cycling Underwear

"C Keller" <[email hidden]> wrote ...

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Does anybody out there have experience with them? Are they
comfortable?

I don't have any experience with Andiamo, but when it's
extra cold out I wear a wicking brief that REI makes. It's
not padded or anything, just a regular brief. But I'll bet
it would make your dermatologist happy.

JF

"C Keller" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I know, I know. We don't wear underwear under out
cycling shorts.

BUT (or should that be BUTT?) my dermatologist is urging
me to wear some to prevent the skin infections I get on
multi-day rides.

I understand a company called Andiamo! makes briefs just
for wearing under your cycling shorts.

Does anybody out there have experience with them? Are they
comfortable?

Enquiring behinds want to know.

Casey Keller

Does your dermatologist have any experience with cycling?
Why does he think that underwear will prevent skin
infections?

I've heard lots of recommendations on preventing saddle
sores, but wearing underwear is not one of them. According
to the roadbikerider.com web site
(roadbikerider.comroadbikerider.comOpen ↗), "Most medical experts say
that saddle sores are actually boils caused by skin bacteria
that invade surface abrasions." If this is the case,
underwear won't help. This page contains a lot of
recommendations for preventing, and dealing with, saddle
sores: roadbikerider.comarticles.htmOpen ↗
0Solve%20Saddle%20Sores

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I know, I know. We don't wear underwear under out
cycling shorts.

I do wear cotton undies all the time and have never had
any problem.

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BUT (or should that be BUTT?) my dermatologist is urging
me to wear some to prevent the skin infections I get on
multi-day rides.

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Does your dermatologist have any experience with cycling?
Why does he think that underwear will prevent skin
infections?

The advantage of underwear in a multi-day ride is that
you can carry a supply of clean ones. I am no
dermatologist but I guess that clean underwear is
healthier than dirty chamois.

There may be other tricks I would be happy to learn about.

Jacques

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BUT (or should that be BUTT?) my dermatologist is
urging me to wear some to prevent the skin infections I
get on multi-day rides.

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Does your dermatologist have any experience with
cycling? Why does he think that underwear will prevent
skin infections?

The advantage of underwear in a multi-day ride is that you
can carry a supply of clean ones. I am no dermatologist
but I guess that clean underwear is healthier than dirty
chamois.

There may be other tricks I would be happy to learn about.

Jacques

Hmmmm...I don't know about that rationale. I do at least one
week-long ride each year, but have never found a need to
bring along cycling underwear. I typically bring along 2-4
pair of shorts and make do with that. When they all get
dirty, I go to the laundromat. Also, to prevent them from
"festering" before I can wash them, I turn them inside out
after the ride, and put them on top of the tent for an hour
or so...it allows them to dry out, and the sun's rays are a
pretty good at killing bacteria (especially at the higher
elevations where I ride in Colorado).

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Jacques Moser said:

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Quoted message said:

BUT (or should that be BUTT?) my dermatologist is urging
me to wear some to prevent the skin infections I get on
multi-day rides.

Quoted message said:

Does your dermatologist have any experience with cycling?
Why does he think that underwear will prevent skin
infections?

The advantage of underwear in a multi-day ride is that you
can carry a supply of clean ones. I am no dermatologist
but I guess that clean underwear is healthier than dirty
chamois.

The last sentence is probably true enough. However, you can
carry spare cycling shorts as easily as carrying cycling
underwear. A small bottle of alcohol gel (yeeoooouuuuchhh!)
to clean the groin if a shower isn't readily available can
also help.

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There may be other tricks I would be happy to learn about.

Laundry soap and a stop at a laundromat are my
favorite trick.

Thank you, Gary. I will check out that link.

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"C Keller" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I know, I know. We don't wear underwear under out
cycling shorts.

BUT (or should that be BUTT?) my dermatologist is urging
me to wear

some

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to prevent the skin infections I get on multi-day rides.

I understand a company called Andiamo! makes briefs just
for wearing

under

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your cycling shorts.

Does anybody out there have experience with them? Are
they comfortable?

Enquiring behinds want to know.

Casey Keller

Does your dermatologist have any experience with cycling?
Why does he

think

Quoted message said:

that underwear will prevent skin infections?

I've heard lots of recommendations on preventing saddle
sores, but wearing underwear is not one of them. According
to the roadbikerider.com web site
(roadbikerider.comroadbikerider.comOpen ↗), "Most medical experts say
that saddle

sores

Quoted message said:

are actually boils caused by skin bacteria that invade
surface abrasions." If this is the case, underwear won't
help. This page contains a lot of recommendations for
preventing, and dealing with, saddle sores:

roadbikerider.comarticles.htmOpen ↗
20Saddle%20Sores

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