Hello there guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me with the above. All of the sudden im experiencing some saddlesore after bikeriding - i havent been riding more than im used to - and it comes after every bikeride. It looks like a little red bum/soils, and usually it goes away after 1-2 day…

[image] Craig_G: I put up with what this article describes for 15 years before realizing what it was and the problem is not due to friction but pressure. My issues were mostly solved with fit changes. Yeah, definitely worth investigating. I had had consistent saddle sores for the last 12 mont…

Bibs and chamois cream are just window dressing - it will almost certainly be bike fit that’s the underlying cause. Excessive saddle height is often a good place to start. Lot’s of temporary fixes for sores/boils/skin irritation, but two natural remedies that I found very effective when I used to h…

I’m not doubting onions worked for you but this was the first thing that came to mind: [image]

How to tell the different? I mean - i can see the red bumps - it feels and look like a bump you could have in the face - however - its from those little hairseeds that gets irritated i think.

There’s a reason you see pictures of traditional Frenchmen riding bikes with onions around their necks.

Is it exactly the same place on your bum that is developing the sore? Are you allowing it enough time to heal, could the under the surface damage still be there? It’s worth trying a different make / model set of bibs to see if it’s the bibs causing the problem or something else. In ultra enduranc…

I rode two and a half hour yesterday, and the sore turned red, with a little swell on the bump/boil. It was almost itself again earlier this afternoon, but a hour and a half today, got it turning red and swelling a bit again… earlier last week I did two days completely of the bike, and it went away …

Saddle sore on one side only is another classic sign of not sitting evenly on the saddle - either a fit issue and/or physiological issue as others mention above.

Isichial bursitis would be like hard, fluid filled bumps or almost nodules that are deep under the skin and there might not be any surface abrasions or indications of trauma other than swelling and redness. If it is more like an ingrown hair or surface only issue, it wouldn’t be what I linked. I j…

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Did both (saddle sores and knee pain) start at about the same time? Your hips could be misaligned and manifesting itself in (grossly) asymmetric pedaling, leading to both. There’s a related post here.

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