I’m another one who rides in jeans and chaps–pretty much any kind of either one–with no problem. But boy am I enjoying reading this thread! 
Maybe I need to get a life? 
I do it all the time, bits of hay and assorted mud patches and all.
However, I do occasionally go in my civvies to prove that I can look nice once and a while
I don’t know whether to laugh or crawl under my desk and turn lovely shades of red!
Yes! Please do let us know what Mr. Artienallie says … and I second the call for research results, HYN.
Psst … should I tell you Mr. Beezer’s biggest fear?? 
Naaaaw. Never mind. Let your imaginations run wild! Besides, I don’t want to be accused of corrupting innocent young minds!
Bulletin Board Goddess
He agreed readilly with spirited
Also used (that can be repeated here…):
athletic
vigorous
and
responsive 
Ah, no, it ain’t her “thighs”.
“If you don’t give me what I want… I will destroy your life.” - Frank Donovan
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spider:
ok…ok… I have no idea how to word this at all…I ride in jeans and chaps practically everytime I ride, are you all saying that it is harder to um…er… be satisfied?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Nope. I’d say the thread consensus went in a whole 'nuther direction…
[I]"You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty. "
- Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) *[/I]
I think it helps to have grown up riding. It is the 20-30 years worth that desensitizes certian parts. Maybe the brain no longer recognizes Jean pain as worthy of attention. 
Can’t die until Beezer spills Mr. Beezer’s fear.
For some reason, I have suffocation in my teeming imagination.
Besides, this is, as I have now learned to my personal discomfort, a VERY common and important issue for riders, which needs argument.
Duffy, you done good.
I’m with VT and DMK… riding in jeans and chaps for years… still single… hmmmmmmmmm 
it does matter what kind of jeans you wear…some are not as soft as others…fortunately my cheap a$$ can ride in Old Navy $20 jeans…
OK, OK PLEASE don’t all jump on me at once - Even for me, resurrecting a thread where the last post was over 15 YEARS AGO is pretty spectacular…But I came across this while searching for help with the very same problems. I guess it is a perennial problem! (or should that perineum problem?).
Joking aside, there are some very important points here, the first of which has to be about using talcum powder “down there”. Only this last few months has a very famous manufacturer began loosing lawsuits about talc causing cancer when used regularly on female genitals, especially where it might get inside. Riding would seem to increase the risk considerably. The incidence is still low, but court papers that have been released seem to show the makers knew of the increased risks years ago, but said nothing. Just do a search, as I know it seems incredible since we have all been using it since we were babies, but I have had to stop over the concerns.
Using anything else might also be a problem, as the movement may mean it gets introduced into you. Clean, smooth and soft cotton fabric might be the best solution for reducing friction for the time being. Time to dig out all those “grannie panties” with the 6" wide crotches…
I can offer some advice I have had to discover the hard way over the years. All the advice given early on in this thread is good, but I tried all of it and it did not help me. What has helped me has been wearing “comfy rumps” (a British make, so can be difficult to find, I have to do a search for them when I need more). Wearing Jodhpurs instead of jeans has also helped me a lot.
If you are insisting on jeans, then you need a sewing machine. Have you ever actually felt the “knot” right in the center of the crotch in jeans? That’s 8 layers of denim right there, so no wonder it can hurt some of us… The seams need to be unpicked from the front waistband, down under and back up to the waistband at the back. The inside seams of the legs also need to be unpicked as well. The seams are then remade by sewing a simple running stitch 1/4" in from the cut edges, with the right sides of the fabric together. The two cut edges are then opened out and pressed flat. This makes for a very thin, flat and comfortable seam. It is also incredibly weak and will burst the first time you try to put them on. So you need to sew over the entire seam with a 3-step zig-zag stitch, or a “honeycomb” stitch, as wide as the sewing machine can do. This will make a very strong seam, with slight stretch and MUCH more comfortable and flat. Chafing will be a lot less and is well worth it wherever clothes rub you up the wrong way.
Sorry, for digging this thread up again, but when you have had to clean blood off a saddle several times…Well, I hope I might have been able to help someone else who has had the problems I’ve had.
Ann
