Whats the mimimum distance you would ride without resorting to bum cream

[Headgardener]

Just wondered.

 

[marinyork]

The extended real line at infinity.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

I don't think of it as distance. Just whether the time I am going to be riding is worth the time spent spreading the cream. If over two hours, then cream is generously applied.

 

[addictfreak]

If your asking about bum cream, should your name be UP HILL GARDENER!

 

[snorri]

I had never used any until my tour this summer when a bug got into my sleeping bag and bit my bum.

 

[TVC]

Is this a cycling related question?

 

[Fnaar]

Never used it. No chaffing round these parts.

 

[aJohnson]

Never used bum cream.

 

[ufkacbln]

Buy a recumbent!

 

[stanislaus]

make sure you rest your a** on a brookes

B17 is the way to stop the burn - once you have run it in of course; been running mine in for years and it ain't there yet.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Have been tempted, but have not tried yet. Have rode all sorts of bike seats on distances up to 100 miles with no probs, so all I can advise is keep yer undercarriage clean.

 

[MajorMantra]

I assume you meant maximum not minimum.

I don't use it for riding around town but I rarely cover more than 10 miles or so when doing that. When I'm all kitted up I always use it, but then I'm still on an apparently endless quest for the perfect saddle and I have cheap shorts.

Matthew

 

[Chuffy]

I'd have to be planning at least 150 miles before I started worrying about it.
But I do have Brooks saddles on all my bikes.

 

[gbb]

Never used it, never will. Never suffered chafing...have suffered very slight discomfort, but whats a another bit of pain when you're on the bike. (sore legs, sore back, sore neck, numb 'bits' etc etc...i think we're masochists really )
78 miles on a cheap pair of lightly padded shorts...no cream neccessary.

 

[dodgy]

I've been cycling quite a few years, not as many as some, granted. Up until now I've never even thought of using it, but recently I've got a little soreness around 'there' whenever I ride more than say 60 miles. I've put it down to losing a fair bit of weight as I've tried really hard to ride more and eat less this year, now I've got less natural padding. Well, that's my theory anyway, can't think of what else is causing it (no change in washing powders etc).
So I've got some Udderly sMOOth which I've tried on a test ride (no problems) and I plan to use it on a 110 mile ride to Grasmere (Cumbria) from Wirral tomorrow.
I'd be interested to hear of anyone else's experiences of suddenly needing ass cream