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Originally Posted by Pongo
As an aside, here's something not many people know, and it's to do with diet. Persons who have a high red meat content in their diet have higher acid sweat discharge which is usually detected by noticeable B.O. No conclusive proof here, but skin sores would appear to develop quicker with higher acidity levels. I'm not vegetarian, but only eat red meat once in a blue moon. I use a sheepskin. In the last 3 years I've ridden over 50,000 kms and never once had a sore backside, but a slightly tingly bum once after a 450km not stop run!
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I've never had skin sores from bike riding. I've had a few bikes where had I replaced the seat with the edge of a knife the comfort level would have been much the same but that's all its ever been - uncomfortable. I've always assumed that when I've read about people's posterior problems on trips that that's what we're talking about; sore in the sense of aching rather than sores in the sense of skin breakage. Do many people here get sores like that?
Maybe there is something in the diet hypothesis after all. I'm for all intents and purposes vegetarian - not for ethical reasons but following a bout of food poisoning many years ago I have problems enjoying red meat so I've stopped eating it. On the other hand I have a red meat enthusiast friend who also rides long distances and he doesn't have comfort issues either.
So that's two veggies to one meat eater. If we get a few more contributions we could knock the data into shape and write it up for the IJMS. "Do vegetarians make better travellers?" sounds right up their street.
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