How to make chamois cream like a bikepacker

With an angry saddle sore mid-season, preventing me from racing one of my “A” races, I looked for anything I could do to prevent another one.

I wondered if I could upgrade my chamois cream. Chamois cream is a cream used by cyclists on their crotch and rear end to protect their skin while riding their bike. Saddle sores are bumps found in the same area that can be small or large. Some are pain-free and some are painful. Chamois cream helps prevent saddle sores — sometimes.

I’d been researching bikepacking for a client and in an article I read, one of the bikepackers said he made his own chamois cream out of a mixture of Clotrimazole Antifungal Cream, Bag Balm, and Benzoyl Peroxide. All the other homemade chamois cream recipes I found required several ingredients. I wanted to keep it minimal, easy, cheap, and strong enough to wipe out any saddle sores.

Disclaimer: I’m not a dermatologist or anyone with “Dr.” or “MD” preceding or following their name. This is based off what I found by other amateurs. Everyone’s skin is different and just like any skin cream recommends testing on a portion of your skin, I think you should try the same thing. Your skin may hate this while mine was cool with it.

INGREDIENTS

1. Clotrimazole Antifungal Cream — 2 ounces