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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 October 2024I do a lot of long distance cycling, sometimes well over 100 miles in a day, maybe even nearer 200. I used to suffer more from chafing on my rear end than I do now, & that on shorter distances ridden. Back in the early 2000s, I used to be in the habit of taking several different saddles in my baggage if on multi-day rides on my steel-framed road bike, so that I could change my saddle each night to vary the points of contact Then, in 2007, I bought a 2nd-hand carbon-framed bike from a member of a road racing team which was changing sponsor & had therefore to change to their new sponsor’s bikes; my ‘new’ bike had a make & model of saddle I had not experienced before & I found it much more comfortable, despite its small surface area. Up until about 2015, I had never ridden more than about 70 miles in a day.
In 2015, when I started cycling 100 miles or more a day, I again suffered from ‘ass chafe’, so began using what cyclists refer to as Chamois cream (cycling shorts/longs used to be lined with Chamois leather to try to limit chafe of the nether regions, now they have shaped foam-filled liners with air channels). To date, I have continued to use Chamois cream to avoid chafe on long rides, & will probably continue to do so. Nevertheless, by the latter stages of a long ride, I may begin to feel a bit raw!
When I saw this ASS MAGIC Anti Chafe Cream Stick advertised, I decided to give it a try. So far, I have only used it as a method of relieving the discomfort of chafe if I feel it starting (quick ‘toilet’ stop to apply it), & have found it helps at that stage. Possibly, applying more Chamois cream at that stage might have similar effect. In fact, on reflection, I might improve matters if routinely, for instance during occasional refreshment stops on a long ride, I reapplied some sort of anti-chafe cream, before I start to feel chafe becoming a problem.
As recovery agent, once a degree of chafe had become apparent, I found the ASS MAGIC Anti-Chafe Cream Stick moderately effective. It also probably reduced the amount of chafing I suffered in the remainder of that day’s ride.
I have yet to test using the ASS MAGIC Anti-Chafe Cream Stick instead of Chamois Cream, or a combination of the 2, before setting out on a ride. I will update this review if I have anything useful to add as a result of my further experiments with the product. The ASS MAGIC Anti Chafe Cream Stick appears to be much more expensive than Chamois cream (in terms of volume per £1), but I have yet to assess the ASS MAGIC stick’s rate of usage. I have therefore scored the ASS MAGIC Anti Chafe Cream Stick at 3 stars for the time being.
