Please pardon the indelicacy; but this is part of being a cyclist.

If we\’re only tooling around the neighborhood at walking pace, we probably don\’t need this stuff. For long rides, it makes things far more comfortable.

Exactly where to apply it is, I suspect, highly individual. For riding the road bike, I need it in the groin pockets. When I was doing long rides on the trike and the hybrid, I needed it over the glutes.

Despite the application of Chamois Butt\’r, I seem rather prone to … well … jock itch. Or I think that\’s what it is; the skin feels like it\’s become rubbed raw. That\’s when it\’s time to turn to clotrimazole. Using it for a day or two clears up the problem.

I also use it between my toes a couple of times per week. I never had problems with \”foot fungus\” (as my brother calls it) until long after I was grown; and I don\’t know why it cropped up then.

When I\’m getting ready to do a long ride, I pack my own bathroom tissue. The place where I usually make a pit stop doesn\’t always have it; so I want to be prepared.

It would be so nice if it were possible to pull out a handkerchief while riding; but I don\’t have enough hands to both do that and control the bicycle. That brings up another indelicate matter about cycling: the snot rocket. But what else can we do, aside from using gloves and sleeves to wipe our noses?

Gosh. Aren\’t we cyclists a crude lot? Please pardon the indelicacy.