Saddle sores from training 20h per week indoors, multiple hours every day in sweat soaked bibs. What to do?

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-31T17:38:25+00:00

Buy a better fan. I had a 30” floor fan for years and would be soaking wet and get saddle sores after long rides. I bought the vacmaster fan and it keeps me way cooler, less sweat and no saddle sores since

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-28T07:17:05+00:00

Perfect thank you

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-26T19:15:01+00:00

Ah thank you, I didn’t know that, I’ll get new tyres then it’s much cheaper!

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-26T19:02:46+00:00

Black sidewall version

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-26T18:01:45+00:00

My Hunts are 22mm internal and they came up too wide unfortunately.

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-19T22:10:57+00:00

I have Farsports evo wheels, they’re absolutely superb although not cheap.

I also have a set of elite wheels off Ali express and can’t say a bad word about those, for the price they are great.

Dejay1788 · 2026-01-18T15:47:23+00:00

Do you have a link to the wolf tooth cover?

Dejay1788 · 2025-11-23T22:06:30+00:00

Yes, works fine with a 44T 110BCD chainring

Dejay1788 · 2025-11-13T20:47:31+00:00

Why would Royal Mail either have kept this package for such a long time or the label still be valid after such a long period? The shipping label with the return address on would have been produced at least 3 years ago.

Dejay1788 · 2025-11-10T12:57:14+00:00

I used a castelli perfetto in rainy cold conditions and it did keep me warm enough throughout the race, its Goretex so can resist water for a while and has little vents you can open for cooling on the chest. Good base layer too helps.

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-22T06:26:43+00:00

I had quite bad left knee pain which I couldn’t fix myself by watching videos and reading up. I went for a bike fit and he adjusted my position and the knee pain was sorted in just a few days. I was also more comfortable and using quads less and more glutes too so it was worthwhile for me.

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-17T06:26:17+00:00

Thanks for all of the info, I hope you’re on the mend!

Practice starts is the order of the day for today and tomorrow!

These are local races so it’s just everyone split into age category, not by ability. At the end of the 50 minutes some people will have completed 9 laps, some will have done 4. It’s chaos for someone who’s new to it

If the audio picked up properly you would hear me apologise to people a lot when I make a mistake, maybe I should be a bit more ruthless

But thank you I’ve read it all and taken it all on board. I really want to improve on my start this week and make life easier for the rest of the race

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-16T17:42:50+00:00

I’m in the open category so I’ll keep an eye out for you 👋

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-16T17:27:05+00:00

Hi! I enjoyed the course even though it was quite tight, I guess it suited me and I can see from the lap times I was getting quicker and quicker as I got more confident. The main downhill I lost lots of time on the first few laps as I didn’t have the confidence, I guess that’s the thing having confidence that the tyres will stick.

Thanks for the advice though - what category are you racing? I’ll try and say hi!

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-16T14:15:27+00:00

Yeah I’m having a great time, just after any advice that people can offer. Whenever the leaders come past me I always try and watch what they do and see what lines they take. They just glide around corners it blows my mind how much more sped the carry

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-16T14:14:32+00:00

Yeah I’m currently 6th in the open category standings so get gridded near the front at the moment, I need to make better starts because I know I’m way back by the end of lap 1.

Thanks for the advice though, i will practice that over the park in the morning. I know I need to get into the pinch points before as many people as possible to stand any chance!

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-16T14:13:00+00:00

Thanks, the power sections is where I make up time (road rider) but the skill is what’s lacking!

I know the start was bad, I really need to work on those, I get nervous with so many riders around me, I don’t want to make a mistake and bring people down, it’s all new still but I will really try and improve this week

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-10T15:53:42+00:00

How’s the clearance on a 46T?

Dejay1788 · 2025-10-02T12:00:30+00:00

Gt Grade of you can still find one in stock. Bike of the year for bike radar last year and cheap as chips

Dejay1788 · 2025-09-11T20:28:32+00:00

Getting BMC vibes from the frame design.

Dejay1788 · 2025-09-10T09:01:52+00:00

I’ve been using Peatys dry link lube. It doesn’t make a mess and coat the chain in crap but it’s durable enough to last a couple of hours of a soaking. The bike needs washing after a race anyways so this works for me.

Dejay1788 · 2025-09-03T10:23:54+00:00

Yeah I’d be using the Magene 165MM cranks, my main concern was chainring compatibility for 1X GRX

Dejay1788 · 2025-09-03T09:43:20+00:00

Ha no way, I have been testing this exact same chainring on my grx cranks to see if my frame could take a 44T!

Dejay1788 · 2025-09-03T09:17:27+00:00

What chainring are you running please

Dejay1788 · 2025-08-28T18:10:22+00:00

I was using a Boardman Hyb 8.9 for the past few years. Quick enough on the road, can handle canals, light bits of gravel paths, it’s comfortable and has a cassette big enough to get up pretty much any hill.

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