Episode 21: Chamois Butt'r Founder Steve Mathews on butts

For a group of folks who wear skin-tight clothing in public, cyclists sure can be weird about anatomy. Talk saddle sores, butts, vaginas, and anything else that gets a tad rugged on a ride and giggles and pearl clutching is sure to follow. Chamois Butt'r founder Steve Mathews is over it, though. He's been making butt products long enough that the topic feels natural.

Mathews joins host Dan Cavallari on the Slow Guy on the Fast Ride Podcast to shed some light on what Chamois Butt'r is and why you may want to use it. Or why you might not want to use it. It's all up to the specific butt crammed in a chamois.

Chamois Butt'r gets applied to your chamois and helps reduce friction that leads to chafing. But not every rider needs it or wants it. That's just fine, says Mathews. But for those butts that do need it, Chamois Butt'r can be indispensable.

Mathews knows this first-hand. (First butt? Sorry, I'll show myself out.)

He developed Chamois Butt'r after seeking out a product that would help him avoid chafing on his own rides. He discovered that there just wasn't anything out there that met his needs. Well, without destroying his clothes along the way. So he started making butt creams in his garage. (His words, not mine! Okay, I'll still show myself out.)

Find out why Mathews thinks his product vastly outshines the tried-and-true tin of bag balm. Mathews also clues us into what separates each of his products from another; as it turns out, different bottoms need different creams.

Mathews's story takes us from his garage and a few buckets, to a manufacturing facility and a lot of happy chamois. Give this episode of the Slow Guy on the Fast Ride Podcast to learn about a vital, but perhaps unglamorous, product that can make or break your ride.

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