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Letter: Letters: Bum's rush

Published 12 October 1991

From C. QUINN

It was recently reported that a correspondent to a cycling magazine
has recommended placing a peeled banana between the cheeks of one’s buttocks
as a way of reducing saddle-soreness. Apparently, the banana mushes up during
the ride and lubricates the affected parts. Have the Dutch tried this?

C. Quinn Liverpool

Issue no. 1790 published 12 October 1991

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