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Post by moriarty on Feb 18, 2006 17:34:34 GMT
Think general covers this.
Have many years touring experience and love it with a passion...but theres one thing that has always bugged me. On distance rides(50-90 miles) ,my butt always goes numb,and sometimes painful at around about 45-50 miles >:And before anyone chirps up..I do have a gel-tech saddle ! Standing up on the pedals is the only way to alleviate this affliction.
Am sat here enjoying an excellent cabernet sauvignon and planning my spring/summer trips,and was wondering when anyone else hits this 'numb butt' barrier. Am not looking for a cure but was just curious ........Cheers ;D
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Post by pedaldog on Feb 18, 2006 17:39:29 GMT
Get a recumbent?
I hardly ever ride uprights for the pain problems in Butt, neck, wrists etc.
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Post by gary on Feb 18, 2006 18:03:02 GMT
I think we all suffer from time to time I did once buy a cushion from a local market while touring and bungee strapped it to my saddle this worked. Sometimes tipping the saddle slightly forward helps also.( or you could borrow Bridget Jones big pants.  ) |
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Post by moriarty on Feb 20, 2006 17:34:43 GMT
Thanks folks....Have tried a recumbent but did'nt really take to it....probably too stuck in my ways.
Tipping the saddle forward does help a bit...but the big knickers aint going to happen.
Its more of an irritation than a huge problem...was riding home from Hawes last August and felt fantastic... until I felt that slow buttnumbing(is that a word?) set in with about ten miles to go.If anything it spurs me on to get home quicker.
Oh well....cest la vie !
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Post by epa611 on Feb 21, 2006 22:13:53 GMT
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Post by moriarty on Feb 22, 2006 18:06:18 GMT
Put a Brooks saddle on my postie bike a few years ago and it was excellent...and lasted longer than the bike did
;D
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Post by gary on Feb 23, 2006 8:21:14 GMT
I agree I use a brookes on the Galaxy they eventually mold to the contours of your bum and after a while are comfy as they are leather they breath.
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Post by mlj on Feb 28, 2006 10:51:21 GMT
I find the softer the saddle, the more it hurts! A hard leather Brooks saddle, suitably broken in, is the most comfortable for all-day riding, as far as I am concerned.
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Post by postiebrian on Mar 12, 2006 17:04:07 GMT
Hi Moriarty,
Go Brooks as epa611 said tia is the best,I went over to a brooks last year after trying a new
gel every year the best thing I ever done,the trouble with gel is they are covered in plastic
the gel nore the plastic soak up sweat where as leather breaths.
Brian.
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Post by moriarty on Mar 12, 2006 19:14:05 GMT
Hi Brian... Brooks it is...As I have said...Put one on my postie bike a few years ago and it performed superbly. Are you actually a postie or is it some sort of deranged fantasy ;D...If you are...are you on 5 day week or rotation weeks...I took rotation weeks and it is simply the best thing to happen in the job ever...13 weeks a year off...Roll on the summer  |
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Post by postiebrian on Mar 13, 2006 16:41:08 GMT
Hi Moriarty,
Yes i am a postman or to be PC a postperson like you I went for the rotation weeks as you say the best thing thats happend.
Brian. ;D
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Post by moriarty on Mar 13, 2006 17:50:18 GMT
Brian...Don't go down the PC road ...it's the bane of modern life  Rotation week next week and off to Wales(Pembrokeshire)...Taking the bike ...and the winter gear ! My summer? season has started |
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Post by finartmike on Mar 14, 2006 14:27:14 GMT
Hi all,
I have lately got a Brooks 73 - with the 3 coil springs. The seat is hard but the bounce may be enough to cushion the perineum, but a 40 miler yesterday not only left me with the usual perineum bruising but also cracked my nuts - and I pulled my right achilles tendon. I had badly adjusted the saddle so the 'nose' was up, and did I pay. Alright I had a pack on my back at a mere 6 kg but If I am going to tour I've got to make a start. I am a newbie to cycling age 49.
Perhaps the bouncing movement wrenched the heel tendon?
Prior to this I tried the Thudbuster seat post with an Intake gel saddle - Much the same rowing seat rocking and the gel saddle still unforgiving. The previous gel seat on rubbler ball dampers is ok - but as you say the sweat will surely become a problem.
Thinking of a Trice what with some of you enthusiastic about them, but I've just spent £1600 on this new bike and the modifications and I've just had to scrap my car. I don't really need the car except to carry a bike. So what will it be, car or Trice, and if Trice, T or QNT to fit through the door?
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Post by postiebrian on Mar 15, 2006 17:07:37 GMT
Ar Moriarty was it spike milligan who said this?
Agree about PC ban it I say,glade to hear your year has started I have started early this
year been out most Sundays to get fit for a charity bike ride to Paris with ten Royal Mail staff
we are ridding fot the Harlington Hospice and RM leaving on 23/3 for 5 days.
And in the summer 3 weeks hols+rest week 4 weeks and 3 days through France can't wait.
Brian.
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Post by moriarty on Mar 15, 2006 18:17:54 GMT
Good luck with the charity ride Brian...How about doing it on postie bikes...The front tray can take a hell of a lot of gear ;D Am concentrating on Britain this year. Lakes, Dales, Howgills,Forest of Bowland, Wales and Scottish Highlands... to name but a few. Am still mentally scarred by last March's trip to Andalucia with the torrential rain and blizzards ...I'll take our weather instead ! |
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