Paceline Chamois Butt'r Skin Lubricant Cream

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I'd suggest using something like Savlon if required on those intimate areas, and chamois cream for the rest?

Almost as mysterious and magical as shaved legs is this substance known as chamois cream or chamois butter (or even “butt butter”). A scab is your body’s natural way of healing from an injury that broke your skin. If not handled properly, a scab can become infected. Here’s how to… READ MORE It has a firm texture and pleasant scent from its vegan-friendly ingredients, such as sweet orange and bergamot oils, and shea butter. Your chamois, or seat pad, comes between you and your saddle. It helps to cushion you from the road, but on longer rides rubbing between your rear end or your groin and the saddle, particularly from pedalling, can become uncomfortable. At worst, it can cause saddle sores or abscesses and the only sure-fire way to sort these is time off the bike. Yes indeed. There are a number of cheap substitutes that work just fine. Some popular choices are Queen Helene’s Cocoa Butter Creme, Udderly Smooth, and Noxzema Cream.The simple answer is that if the cycling shorts are new enough that you are still wearing them today, the chamois is probably synthetic. If it looks anything like the one pictured to the right, it’s synthetic. Then why should I use chamois butter? Chamois creams can vary quite a lot in their consistency. This one has a pretty firm, waxy feel and the ingredients list is mostly a bunch of different waxes and emulsifiers. It also contains calendula extract (a type of marigold) that has natural anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. The same can be said for those who race: if you are competing in a stage race, it’s a good idea to protect yourself early doors against any friction that may occur. This is because, once the skin is damaged it’s hard to recover and heal without taking a day off the bike. This chamois cream does provide a mild cooling function - but we found it's not in any way jarring and certainly didn't make our tester feel chilly, in the way the Assos cream did. It is antibacterial, to keep infections at bay.

While this isn’t technically a cream, BodyGlide’s Cycle Glide balm still moisturizes and helps prevent chafing on rides. Just pop its cap off, swipe around your hot spots and sweaty areas, and you’ll be good to ride. The other downside is the pot style. This does encourage the 'double dip', but this isn't a big issue as long as you use one scoop at a time, and don't share it with your friends! Cambridge Chamois Cream is effective – if slightly expensive – and does things slightly differently to many other creams. It will especially appeal to those who prefer smaller applications and a non-greasy formula.

Chamois Butt’r is one of the market leaders in chamois creams. It was founded in 1988 and has since launched several popular products – including the legendary Chamois Butt’r Original.

Knowing how much product to use can make a huge difference for your comfort levels and overall experience while cycling. Therefore, ensuring that you get this right based around your own personal needs is really important. What it doesn't boast is any sort of menthol or cooling aid - but some of our testers found that this was a preference. Chamois cream will usually also have anti-bacterial properties which may help prevent saddle sores developing or getting severe. Should you always use chamois cream? Incidentally, colloidal silver can cause some nasty side effects, see https://nccih.nih.gov/health/silver This is important because chafing can lead to very sore and swollen skin. In some cases, this can even escalate into abscesses and saddle sores. Unfortunately, when it gets to this point, you will need time off of the bike and potential medical assistance.

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This should help them reduce friction between your bib shorts, skin and saddle for longer before washing away. Men’s vs women’s chamois cream 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. I found out the hard way that applying only to the pad doesn't work. (Look away now if squeamish). I get sores along the crease between cheek and thigh. It needs direct application well beyond the width of the pad. Those are all worth a shot. Queen Helene’s Cocoa Butter Creme is a great value and it’s hard to tell it’s not an actual chamois cream. Then there’s the Noxzema Original Cream which contains neat ingredients – camphor, menthol, and eucalyptus – like Assos does. Dip your fingers into the chamois cream and scoop out about three fingers worth of cream (about a quarter-sized amount).

Fear not, because these are the best chamois creams for cyclists, as rated and reviewed by the BikeRadar team.

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This pleasant-smelling anti-bacterial cream contains aloe vera, witch hazel, shea butter and sunflower oil. We found this as good as any cream at keeping chafing at bay, even during a day-long ride. Keith Bontrager on chamois creme from about a decade ago (still worth a read): http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/diaries/keith/?id=keith0606