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by hondo77 1807 days ago
You set out to ride 365 miles without chamois cream?

Ouchie.

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If your set up is good and you are used to regular riding shouldn't be a problem for 30 days of ~120 let alone 3. Assuming proper shorts and a good seat, of course.
Brooks B17, plain street shorts, no chamois... it is like sitting in your favorite easy chair.
For a short ride, perhaps. After a while most people will get chafing sores. A hard saddle, proper position and padded shorts "hurts" a bit on the sitting bones, but after one's adapted one can bike almost forever without any bum issues.