Thread resurrection but any tips on how to treat a saddle sore once you have one? Without wanting to be too graphic, I have a doozie of a painful lump at the moment right on the tendon where leg meets undercarriage. Skin is not broken and there is no sign of infection but gawd, it hurts - I'm not riding anywhere this weekend!
Disgusting mental image alert!! Stop reading if you're squeamish.
In almost 9 years of riding everywhere, I got this once, only the once.
I think it had something to do with clothing, because the saddle and bikes I was using had not changed in years.
I solved the problem by sterilizing a needle from the sawing box (heat up till red on the gas burner), then I burst the sore.
Post care was washing after every toilet visit, dry with a clean towel, then a liberal dousing of sudocreme.
I did this before I was due two days off, on the third day I was commuting again with no problems.
The sore, as I said, never came back.
After that episode, I make sure that I don't wax too near that area, just in case it was an ingrown hair, not a saddle sore.
Bloomin' painful, and I had to go commando for a few days. All I did was keep the area clean and dry and it healed fairly quickly. FWIW, I don't go anywhere near there with a razor. 
