Not for those easily offended ;-)

Do not try the short type pants! They are awful and really ride up my bottom. So beautifully put! I am a fan of g-strings or nothing at all. At least with nothing there you cannot get chaffed. Not sure about putting Vaseline down there - OH might think he's in for a surprise!!!!
 
nikCscott said:
^^^^^this^^^^^^

Thongs only for me too, my rump is far to hungry and eats up big pants.

It's ever so embarrassing when out hacking knowing a a car is coming and i'm stood up on stirrups with my hand down the back of my jeans rearranging my apple catchers! :o
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Oh the memories of when I used to ride!!!!!:D:D:D:D

What a great thread!! Brightened my day!!!
 
This thread has "cracked" me up as when I ride my friends horse who is a warmblood with a very big walk I get blisters on my bum, shall I say "in between the cheeks". Its really sore, however when another friend rides him she gets the chaffed fanny or to be more precise in her case, fanny flaps! the only thing that helps me is to use a large amount of vaseline between the cheeks before I ride - bit squidgy but it seems to be the only thing that works.....oh and ensure we don't do too much walking.:o

I don't get this on any other horse only Him could ride all day on my horse and never have a problem no matter what underwear I've got on!
 
lol this has me in stitches -youre all bonkers!!! i have to say i do suffer on certain saddles ive solved this however by using a heather moffet seat saver and then a griffen nuumed sheepskin seat saver on top! no more pain (i also have trouble cos i had back surgery and cant get comfy)- but gone are the days of g strings -give me big pants that your bum cheeks stay inside of!!! i do have a friend that suffers cos shes so skinny with no meat on her bones and she swears by an endurance saddle.:D:D:D
 
OMG I am calling for an ambulance right away as I have split my sides from laughing hysterically non stop!

Before the paramedics arrive what undies shall I wear???

:-)

Anyway as others have suggested seat bones and your saddle maybe at fault!

I suggest you go to Keysoe tack shop right away - undies choice I would do a vote on HHO, don't suggest you go naked unless wanting to give Simon and Andy a treat!

Anyway, after waxing, talcing, padding, tena ladying, always etc go and see Patsy and get a acavvalo seat saver!

AT 44.95 this should be the answer your nether regions are looking for!
 
slinkyunicorn said:
I have seamless 'shorts' knickers that i get from Tescos - brilliant for riding in:)
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Ooh I'll have to try these - I get the same problem. With me it's where knicker elastic, saddle seam and one's nethers all combine at a pressure point. I have been known to go 'commando' on occasions, to eliminate ONE of the three factors. That does work, but it's a clean pair of jods every time - a bit of a pain in the ......


edited to say - sorry, hadn't read the whole thread. I see 'nothing' has already been suggested.
 
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nikCscott said:
^^^^^this^^^^^^

Thongs only for me too, my rump is far to hungry and eats up big pants.

It's ever so embarrassing when out hacking knowing a a car is coming and i'm stood up on stirrups with my hand down the back of my jeans rearranging my apple catchers! :o
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Err yep been there!

I wear (mens) boxers, shamelessly stolen from my OH :o
 
LOL! this is a brilliant thread!!

I used to have an 'issue' with my old saddle. It was a nice saddle and comfey in all other aspects, but it had to go because i just couldn't ride in it! I was really miffed....ended up buying a new saddle and have had no problems since!

oh, and good ol' cotton M&S pants for me :)
 
This thread is hilarious!

I had this problem too and it was so bad that I would bleed and my hymen broke. Lesson learned that I needed to sit on my bum more. Bridget Jones pants are my favoured attire.

I also had the problem with blisters as a previous poster mentioned - problem was solved for me when I stopped wearing tampons when I was riding and wore pads instead.

The joys of being a woman! :-)
 
kerilli said:
your 'fork' is your, umm, front bits! basically the part of yourself that a man cannot sit on without being in agony! (i was told yonks ago by a good trainer that this is why most men have a naturally better seat on a horse than most women - men HAVE to sit with pelvis upright at least, women don't...)
your 'seat' should be balanced evenly over 3 points, i.e. your 2 seat bones and your fork. if you have all your weight on the front you'll lean forwards, be insecure and ineffective, and be more likely to get chafing!
the best image is to think of sitting on your gusset, i think...
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The best advice I ever got from an instructor was to sit "plugged in"
3 points of contact with your weight evenly distributed, 2 seat bones and 1 "front bit" lol!!
My position has never been better and NO CHAFFING

Loving the thread!!
:) :)
 
Having commented and been shocked by the number of people who ride in g strings or in the nood under their jods, i gave the g string a go. My OH found it very bizarre, and to begin with i was unsure, but it is suprisingly unnoticable! Who'd have thought.

Going to have to pack away the tents for now! Cheers guys!
 
I made the mistake of doing my first 20 miler in a thong......

After that I gave up underwear altogether (except for bra and socks).

The breeze through your jods keeps you nice and cool and you don't overheat and chafe.

I also recommend the Heather Moffett Seat Saver - well worth the cash.
 
:DHmmmm maybe I'm sitting on the wrong "bit", but never had a front chaff problem, but sometimes if I get a little hot (or use a seat saver - they get me way too hot - never again!!) and get serious chaffage either side of my bottom crack. I just try and ride through it - which tends to result in me waddling around for a few days and the OH having to bemusidly rub sudocream down there (once it even went green and puss-y :s!!!)

So, if its anything like like back crack rash, seat savers are a big no no for me, and I use cheapy primark pants that snuggly fit around my bottom, but without enough material to suck up haha!!

Wore thongs as a teenager to avoid VPL :o but never never again. And commando?????!! Seriously?? Owwwwww!!

P.S. OH has also been giggling at this thread, and since informed me I now have bum crack scarrage after the "green puss" incident

(P.P.S. really want the commando/nurse/pelvis story to have happened :D)
 
I just spat my tea back into the cup, and my OH glanced at the screen and said "women, are disgusting." LOL.

To me, sounds like the saddle, I used to exercise a horse for someone, and OH MY DAYS, I could barely drive home, I'm quite sure I drove home nude from the waste down due to chaffing leading to blood being shed (sorry, crude, yuck, but I need to get the full picture across).

The saddle, was to small in the seat for me, pushing me onto the front, saddle was for a high withered thing :eek: so you can imagine.

I also once rode in a lace thong, on a three hour hack, the last hour I spent standing in the stirrups. AHEM.

Don't wear anything that makes you sweat, synthetic pants, pads, lycra shorts. Good old cotton granny pants will do the job.

I'm pretty sure being au natural will help, as the fur is there for natural protection after all!

How fabulous at 1am in the morning!
 
I love this thread... Us horsey galls have no shame, all this talk of green puss, on your fork and blisters is quite gruesome yet I find myself still reading. I suppose it appeals to that sick sense of humour but hey! What do you expect after shoveling horse **** all day, were alllowed to get dirty but bloody hell dirty minded isnt in it :-) mind you I have never really chaffed, got a bit sore sometimes.... Funny how just the other week a fellow horsie friend and fellow livery and I were talking about the things horse people get away with after I mentioned her horses sweaty dimples and then about chuff chaffing
 
Reckon your solution is a plumptious arse. I would kill for one. Mine is skinny and rubbish and keeping me comfy in a saddle. Also rubbish at keeping up jeans.
 
Sensible question.... how much "topiary" do you do? I do think the amount of chafing relates to the amount of pruning that goes on.... the less protected the area, the more susceptible it becomes. If you let it all grow unchecked, more natural protection, less discomfort.

(yes I'm talking about shaving or waxing your hair off! :D)
 
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