Use Chamois Butt'r

I've been riding longer rides and suffering a sore butt. The soreness comes in two kinds. First is some raw or hot spots where there's some chaffing between clothing and the very tops of legs or other parts in crotch-land. The other can only be described as the beginnings of what must be like bed sores where your sit bones are.

A friend who rides a lot made a bathroom stop and had forgotten to lube/grease/butter up, so he drug a tube of this stuff out of his camel-back. I sheepishly asked if it helps. He said yes.
I held out my had expecting a tooth-paste amount, maybe as much as you'd use for hand lotion. He squirted a bunch. Not a pea, but maybe 10. He said to smear it around and not to worry, it would get absorbed. I went to the bathroom (an outhouse), pulled my shorts down and
applied the stuff. With so much there was no hope, as in hand lotion, of it absorbing soon, so I went with the flow. I rubbed that last bit on my calf, just to clean my hand of the remaining substance and pulled up my shorts. I had expected a feeling somewhat like a soiled diaper must feel like and wasn't disappointed. Making faces, I got my things together and got on with the ride. Immediately, the beginnings of small hot spots that would tolerable on a 2 hour ride disappeared. We rode for another 3 hours. The stuff made an improvement, but had
only applied it to the very tops of my legs and the side of my man parts nearby. I completely avoided the sit bones.

A few weeks later, on a much longer ride, my sit bones were suffering. I asked, sheepishly. Much experienced friend said "yes" they will help and I made use of a rest break.

It's not so huge a difference that I would grab for it on every ride, including a 45 minute lunch ride when I have good shorts available, but I use the stuff. It makes long rides a little more tolerable. The diaper feeling is still there, but the benefit out-weighs the
teen-age squeamishness.

Get some. Use it.

What I bought is the what is pictured above. Chamois Butt'r. Despite the name it's as much for synthetic as natural pads. It's not oily or greasy like a lotion, though it has a similar consistency. After a ride there's not a lot of evidence of it left. The inside of my shorts feel a little oily, but they are snot o bad that you fee like you have to get a container for them. I don't have raw hot spots, or odd dry spots near the sit bones. My *** is still tender, my legs are sore. My lungs dry, etc.