All these people talking about chamois cream and I bet none actually ride with a chamois leather. Willing to bet most have never had a pair of shorts with chamois leather that apparently hardens after washing thus required softening. Healthline has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical associations. We avoid using tertiary references. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. For a real leather chamois, you used to need chamois butter to condition it. It’s like how you have to oil a leather baseball mitt to break it in and keep it pliable. You would apply the cream to the chamois itself, or else it would stiffen up after it was washed and dried. For example, on shorter rides (anything around an hour or so) you most likely will be fine without dipping into a pot. Alternatively, if you are heading out for a day long exploration then it’d be recommended to apply some in any troublesome areas.

I'd suggest using something like Savlon if required on those intimate areas, and chamois cream for the rest? If you're a fan of long hours in the saddle then you've probably got a favourite chamois cream already. Even if you swear by one particular unguent or another, you should give this Sportique Century Riding Cream a go. Because it's brilliant. A great chamois cream can help prevent and relieve the pains of cycling. Moisturizing your skin—especially near the groin and thighs—with a hydrating chamois cream is a vital step to take with lengthy rides, where repetitive motion and friction can cause saddle soreness, hot spots, and aches. As far as possible that means recommending equipment that we have actually reviewed, but we also include products that are popular, highly-regarded benchmarks in their categories. Paceline Products Chamois Butt'r Her' is the women's version of the original Chamois Butt'r skin lubricant, which has been soothing and softening men's bits and bottoms since 1993. The Her' cream shares some of the key ingredients – aloe vera to soothe irritated skin, vitamins A and E – but is pH balanced specifically for ladies, so you can put it 'everywhere' and there's no tingling sensation (which you may see as a good or bad thing).

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Runners tend to experience underarm or chest chafing when tight clothing rubs against their sweaty skin. And, of course, there’s the all too familiar inner thigh rub that happens to so many of us, regardless of thigh size.

Elite Ozone Endurance Protect Cream is a chamois cream which does its job well, although you'd hope so, sitting as it does at the top end of the price scale.I genuinely enjoy reviewing and comparing products and helping people orient themselves in cycling. Road cycling is closest to me, but I also have a good grasp of other disciplines, such as mountain and gravel biking or commuting. Bikemonger's Happy Bottom Bum Butter is a distinctly different unguent for down below, more a wax than a cream, but it nevertheless lubes your bits really well and lasts a long time. You should be looking for shorts tight enough that you get a bit of compression, adds Dyba, plus a chamois that doesn’t feel like a diaper.