Widgeon
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I'm tempted to try the lady-jockstrap too but it looks a bit....solid....I think BB's pants are more subtle - critical for those mid-ride pub stops....
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Barton Bounty
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Yayy! Thats good! Also depends on the shape of your bike saddle , I found that the smaller the saddle the more comfy it was x
Barton Bounty
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Yeah i couldnt wear that jock strap it would end up giving me a wedgie ? the front bit looks like a postage stamp ???
Widgeon
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Yes, they're not exactly designed for riding a horse but for £11 I was extremely pleased
Interesting what you say about bike saddles, that seems counter intuitive to me but for a person who has a pelvis (haha) I know horribly little about how they're actually constructed!
Barton Bounty
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Well i learned the hard way, I have joint hyper mobility and osteoarthritis, but I have always had a tilted pelvis. Had to have c sections because I couldnt deliver normally so me in my wisdom thought ‘ i will buy s nice big comfy seat for my bike!’ It’s actually the other way round.Yes, they're not exactly designed for riding a horse but for £11 I was extremely pleased
Interesting what you say about bike saddles, that seems counter intuitive to me but for a person who has a pelvis (haha) I know horribly little about how they're actually constructed!
my carerra has a memory foam standard seat and the dawes road bike has just a thinner seat, they seem to be as comfy as each other . I like both ?
Barton Bounty
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I have the shorts, tops and the bib shorts and bib leggings and I love them all, even on the spin bike
sbloom
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These guys have pushed bike saddle design forwards, the new developments in horse rider fit have taken some insights from them https://www.cyclingweekly.com/cycling-weekly/selle-royals-scien
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thefarsideofthefield
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I've always been prone to suffering from rubbing/ friction burns on my lady parts ( as opposed to seat bones ) when riding both horses and bikes , and as someone who worked with horses as a career I could be riding up to 6 hours a day and with no say over what saddle the horse would be wearling - some were absolutely excruciating ! Over the years I tried all sorts of padded pants combos but nothing really helped satisfactorily . I think most products are geared towards cushioning your seat rather than preventing friction , and I quickly realised that the bulkier thickly padded cycle type shorts actually made things even worse . Plus it's not something you really discuss with other riders is it , so I just suffered in silence ( and stood in my stirrups a lot ! ) . But then I got a job at an eventing yard and , staying away at a competition one time , me and the rider were bunking together in the horse box . She was getting changed to ride and was wearing great big thick tight spanx pants despite the fact that she was really slim . She caught me looking and to cover my suprise I joked " They look comfy ! "
And then she told me that she too suffered terrible problems with sore lady bits until , on the recommendation of her coach , she had started wearing spanx , the trick being she said , to make sure they were really big , really thick and really tight ( lady jock strap ? ) , and sometimes she even wore two pairs if she was riding for a long time .
Well I tried it - and it was an absolute bl**dy game changer for me . No more rubbing , you pull those big mothers on , tuck everything in and hoik them up tight !
And when I'm cycling I follow the same principle and wear a tight fitting onesie with a slim pad which does pretty much the same thing , rather than bulky padded shorts which just make things worse .The tighter the better to keep everything tucked in , as it were !
And then she told me that she too suffered terrible problems with sore lady bits until , on the recommendation of her coach , she had started wearing spanx , the trick being she said , to make sure they were really big , really thick and really tight ( lady jock strap ? ) , and sometimes she even wore two pairs if she was riding for a long time .
Well I tried it - and it was an absolute bl**dy game changer for me . No more rubbing , you pull those big mothers on , tuck everything in and hoik them up tight !
And when I'm cycling I follow the same principle and wear a tight fitting onesie with a slim pad which does pretty much the same thing , rather than bulky padded shorts which just make things worse .The tighter the better to keep everything tucked in , as it were !