Anyone elses saddle give them a sore daisy??

Holy crap this thread has gone disturbing! I'm not chopping anything off "down there" :eek3: I'd rather ride in 2 point forevermore!
 
tootsietoo said:
Well, um, no, don't fancy the idea much!! But if you google it, there are some really shocking stories about the problems some people have before having it done - it is obviously a real problem for some. I haven't got it that bad. But tucking them in...... doesn't work!
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Well quite, they are still there tucked in or otherwise! I do think that different peoples' different anatomy does cause them different problems. Having been trawling the web researching cycling saddles recently there appears to be a cacophony of issues depending on your structure! I've been very pleased to end up with one that doesn't hurt/make me go numb below- I need a gentle groove not a hole ;). Thankfully I am not considering a career in professional cycling but if I were - well it would be easier without them in the way :p. My riding saddle is ok though :D :D Other people's saddles haven't always been!
 
Haven't read too many other replies: just to say OP that I had exactly the same thing happen to me in a Thorowgood saddle. This was when synthetic saddles were first on the market (yeah, like a good few years ago now) and I'd had one fitted for my old boy.

It was quite a curved seat saddle; and I sold it in the end - blimmin useless thing!!

So feeling your pain OP, in every sense! Poor you.

Sorry: meant to add (having a quick look at other posts) that the Caldene Belgrade jods are, shall we say, not helpful for one's undercarriage comfort if riding for more than a quick forty-minute trot round the block. Do NOT repeat NOT, wear them if you're having a serious lesson and need to, em, "feel" the movement of the horse :(. You get my drift. Not the best choice of garment!! After having a lesson in a pair of these I was prepared to FGM meself!!

But let us not go there............
 
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I'm getting some very funny looks from other people in the office, what with all the muffled laughing coming from my desk.

Suffered a sore daisy once, really nasty blister, right in the front garden - on the next ride the saddle tipped up and sent me out the front door when going downhill - just the excuse I needed to get a new saddle without having to explain the truth LOL!

It was one of the early Wintecs.
 
the loan horse I had last year-saddle from hell, really was, have never had problems with anything before. could only ride in it in plain seated breeches, granny knickers and a seat saver and ever then it was uncomfortable at best. flat saddles, narrow twist-no big blocks thanks! this was a BS saddle-my Wow on the other hand, is fab.
 
pmsl this thread was brill :D

Im not sure u can tuck them in tbh! And the very action of riding would no doubt make things all move around again anyway. If you're ever bored google the labia wall thing its plaster casts of 100's of different ladies downstairs and you do sit there and go hmm bet she'd be uncomfy riding! Bike riding i struggle with - have yet to find one that doesn't make me feel like I've been kicked in the daisy with a steel toe capped boot!
 
tootsietoo said:
I've resurrected this thread after searching on some fairly random terms to find info about chafing lady bits! Entertaining thread but, lets face it, chafed daisies are not very entertaining at all! It is full of very useful information, thank you all, but I have a few more questions, and wondering if any one has any more to add!

I've looked for Kerrit jods and can only find them on ebay imported from the US (postage about £25, I guess because of the tax) or from Three Lows, and I'm not so keen on ordering from them with the poor feedback on customer service. Has anyone found any good jods widely available in the UK without a gusset seam, or with some good padding?

Secondly, no one has mentioned issues with their own "anatomy" as causing this. Has anyone considered (or had) a labiaplasty to help with this issue? I did a quick google, and it would appear to be not an uncommon procedure anymore, and riding (bikes and horses) seems to be a common reason for having them.

I'm going to wish I'd posted this under an alter!
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Kerrits and FITS which both have no seams are available in the UK at this place:
http://equiworldlimited.co.uk/tackshop/
 
lol! There's a few similar on the bontrager site and they do a 3 month comfort guarantee which at least gives you the chance to try a few too.
 
tootsietoo said:
I've resurrected this thread after searching on some fairly random terms to find info about chafing lady bits! Entertaining thread but, lets face it, chafed daisies are not very entertaining at all! It is full of very useful information, thank you all, but I have a few more questions, and wondering if any one has any more to add!

I've looked for Kerrit jods and can only find them on ebay imported from the US (postage about £25, I guess because of the tax) or from Three Lows, and I'm not so keen on ordering from them with the poor feedback on customer service. Has anyone found any good jods widely available in the UK without a gusset seam, or with some good padding?

Secondly, no one has mentioned issues with their own "anatomy" as causing this. Has anyone considered (or had) a labiaplasty to help with this issue? I did a quick google, and it would appear to be not an uncommon procedure anymore, and riding (bikes and horses) seems to be a common reason for having them.

I'm going to wish I'd posted this under an alter!
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Re Three Lows Farm - I have ordered from them a couple of times, and they have been fab - no problems at all. Don't forget that you will likely get charged VAT & import duties if you ship them from the US.

I have experienced similar problems in the past, and have found the saddle to be at fault - and not me (thank gawd!!). I had a thorowgood GP saddle, and it was AWFUL. I cannot express just how hideous this saddle was for me. It was slightly better when it was built up with padding in front (padding under the saddle I mean), so that it altered the angle of the saddle, but still not great.

I now have a HM FlexEE saddle, and it is utter bliss. I still have moments, but nothing like I used to have. I also find that now, if I am going to suffer, that it will be when I am out hacking, probably indicating that I am slouching / not sitting so well when we are hacking, compared to schooling.
 
Re. Kerrits. I can heartily recommend them!!! Never thought I'd be a convert, but here I am!!

Re. importing them from the US: be VERY VERY careful. I bought a set of three on e-bay: and won the auction. My seller was wonderfully helpful, bless him, and paid for half the postage. BUT I had to pay THIRTY FOUR POUNDS in import/customs duty, which included an eight pounds "handling fee" from Royal Mail:( for the package of three Kerrits jods!!! I'd intended to be clever and keep one and sell two on-line, but I am now in the position of having to ask a much higher price than I'd envisaged!!! Which probably won't have made the venture economic at all. A hellish expensive little adventure in fact.

So be warned. If you're going to buy Kerrits, and yes they ARE much cheaper to buy from the US direct, then look for companies that will deal with all the import technicalities for you, and the final price should be what you pay. Find out first BEFORE you bid!!! OR if you have any friends/relatives in the US, they apparently can send you something "as a gift" (but I think there are restrictions on this even so). So there may well be ways round it.

But they ARE lovely jods. I will get stung for advertising if I say that I have a pair which I'm seeking to move to a new owner...........:) - take a look on Preloved peeps!!! That's all I better say!!

(sorry, PS - edited) - "16 Plus Rider" also do Kerrits. I ordered a pair and they arrived promptly without any problems.
 
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ah, lovely, thanks sem9999 and myjods. I learned that lesson myjods when I bought a pair of boots from the US years ago - was so not worth the hassle and the tax (they're not size M by any chance??)

SWD, it is probably quite funny if you don't have chafed lady bits. harder to laugh at it when you are sitting knicker-less with sudocrem all over your foof........ ;) God I wish I had my old saddle back.
 
One of the horses I ride at the RDA has a God-awful saddle. I always make sure I take a thick sanitary towel in case I get there and find I've been put on him! :)
 
Nope! They're size XL, bootcut style, slate. Woops, have just "advertised" - will go away and flagge myself with a wet lettuce leaf now :)


tootsietoo said:
ah, lovely, thanks sem9999 and myjods. I learned that lesson myjods when I bought a pair of boots from the US years ago - was so not worth the hassle and the tax (they're not size M by any chance??)

SWD, it is probably quite funny if you don't have chafed lady bits. harder to laugh at it when you are sitting knicker-less with sudocrem all over your foof........ ;) God I wish I had my old saddle back.
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Misty05 said:
The female pelvis is wider than the male pelvis, so if the saddle is too narrow you end up sitting on bits not designed to be sat on. Females need a wider seat than a male does.
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This is what I was thinking, are saddles more geared for males causing Daisy trouble ??
 
Holding said:
I feel a little bit left out - I ride big moving warmbloods, have never used a seatsaver or pair of padded knickers in my life, and I've never had a problem with my Lady Mary. :confused: She's a tough old broad though, maybe your daisies just need to man up?
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Man up ?? Holding you're terrible :D LMBO !
 
sandi_84 said:
Just read the whole thing and am so glad I put my coffee down! :D

Luckily the only problem I ever have when riding is achey bum bones after a long ride but I've not got a lot of meat on my derierre (sp?) :o

Tallyho - the middle is a "Gooch" that bit of skin that lies between your daisy/foof/frufru/ladybits/flower (delete as appropriate ;)) and your *ehem* bum ;):D
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Gooch is for men...for women its called the perineum!!
 
Sometimes jodhs that are a bit on the loose side (bought when I had a few pounds to lose) combined with the wrong undies can lead to chuff chafe, better to opt for snug but not tight.
 
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