Weather where you are?

Out of necessity I rode to work in SE Perth yesterday. We are usually 4 to 5 degrees hotter than the Perth readings and it was already 35C locally at 8:30 and over 40 by lunchtime. I had forgotten how shit it is to ride in those temps.
 
Davo said:
Out of necessity I rode to work in SE Perth yesterday. We are usually 4 to 5 degrees hotter than the Perth readings and it was already 35C locally at 8:30 and over 40 by lunchtime. I had forgotten how shit it is to ride in those temps.
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Just quietly. While no one else is listening…
What do you do to stop heat-rash on your backside..?
I’ve been trying merino longjohns, which are better than wearing nothing but leather, but is there anything else to try?
 
Andy said:
Just quietly. While no one else is listening…
What do you do to stop heat-rash on your backside..?
I’ve been trying merino longjohns, which are better than wearing nothing but leather, but is there anything else to try?
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Our arses are used to the heat, no heat rash. Only problem is having to park the bike out in the sun then getting on to ride home at luchtime and having your bum BBQ'd by a searingly hot black seat. Either take the seat inside or cover with a folded towel etc.
 
I've been using a really effective antichafe cream when I cycle in the heat (made in NZ) - tested over 11h13 minutes in the saddle on a 30+ degree day a few weeks back over the mountains of Victoria - and a bicycle saddle is a lot smaller and harder than a moto seat! I usually use pure lanolin but couldn't source any of late.
 
Many years ago I used to take part in a yearly time trial/rally in and around Liege in Belgium. A fellow Brit who used to come along went by the nick name 'shave arse'.
He contended that it was the hair follicles being pulled about on your arse that caused the irritation and so he always shaved the area prior to the rally. Never tried it myself so can't vouch for its efficacy.
 
Perry said:
Many years ago I used to take part in a yearly time trial/rally in and around Liege in Belgium. A fellow Brit who used to come along went by the nick name 'shave arse'.
He contended that it was the hair follicles being pulled about on your arse that caused the irritation and so he always shaved the area prior to the rally. Never tried it myself so can't vouch for its efficacy.
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Was that Liège - Bastogne - Liège?

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
Was that Liège - Bastogne - Liège?

Paul
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Yes Paul it was the AMCPL international Police rally which may still continue I think.
We were put up in Belgian army barracks for the weekend. Spent a couple of days getting to know the course only to find it unrecognizable on the day because the rally cars had gone first and torn it up. Great fun though.
Weekend used to end with a reception at the Palais de Congres attended by the mayor and a huge cake. Bizarre !
 
chrisk said:
When I was a kid my rich uncle put a shotgun to his head, pulled the trigger and .... dead, dead. Next time you are sitting underneath that thing, can you summon him and ask where he left the keys to the Rolls Royce?
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Sorry mate, I’m a filthy savage heathen so it’s only decorative 🤣
Although I have a phone and a directory, so maybe I could summon a locksmith…?🤔
 
Aplogies for the somewhat unsavoury topic of convo ... but fact of life that needs to be talked about!

My theory about sore arses (on bicycles at least) is that it's partly the hair begin twisted and pulled by the fabric of the chamois in the knicks. Lanollin or similar does a great job of reducing this - no need to shave yer undercarriage!! I reckon that would create stubble what would make it even worse!
 
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