A right pain in the arriss...
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What seat do you have?
If you're commuting, then fashion and 'raci-ness' don't enter into the equation...I bought a monster, Gel padded seat with springs under it for my mountain bike.
I don't get a sore arse at all.
It's also important to have decent cycling shorts with integral leather and padding too.
If you're commuting, then fashion and 'raci-ness' don't enter into the equation...I bought a monster, Gel padded seat with springs under it for my mountain bike.
I don't get a sore arse at all.
It's also important to have decent cycling shorts with integral leather and padding too.
Massive and padded does not equate to comfort. It's all down to the shape of your arse, or more specifically your sit bones. It is VERY common to get arse pain when starting to cycle. You should stick with it for a couple of weeks. If it is still causing pain then you might want to look at getting a better fitting saddle.
nammynake said:
Massive and padded does not equate to comfort. It's all down to the shape of your arse, or more specifically your sit bones. It is VERY common to get arse pain when starting to cycle. You should stick with it for a couple of weeks. If it is still causing pain then you might want to look at getting a better fitting saddle.
It is a bit of a cheese slicer, I'll give it another week or so and then see where we are after that, a couple of days off now as I gym on a wed and thurs morning, back on it on Friday!This is something that is fresh in my mind at the moment.
I went out on my MTB on Sunday to the local trails and was in so much pain by the end of it it was almost unbearable. Partly because of the saddle, mostly because I am lactose intolerant and someone inadvertently gave me a dairy product on Saturday night, leading to the mother-of-all explosions out my arse. I have now learnt to never combine diarrhea with MTBing. Ever.
I went out on my MTB on Sunday to the local trails and was in so much pain by the end of it it was almost unbearable. Partly because of the saddle, mostly because I am lactose intolerant and someone inadvertently gave me a dairy product on Saturday night, leading to the mother-of-all explosions out my arse. I have now learnt to never combine diarrhea with MTBing. Ever.
I used to pain my self for years with looking fast and racy on silly saddles like flites. Now use SDG Belair saddles on everything with decent shorts and never suffer at all with butt pain. My aunt took up biking with a road bike and was also suffering. She changed the saddle and got some different shorts and its cured it. Reason being is we are all different , so differeing things will find the solution. As said before, bigger isnt always better with padding and I do laugh when you see those big fat mother saddles with covvers also on some peoples bikes
I have done over 150 miles in the saddle of my new Giant road bike over the last 12 days. I had been on a fairly substantial gel saddle on a mountain bike for a couple of months prior so my butt arrived at the Giant innocent and unscarred. I will freely admit the two things that have got me through it are a pair of Gore Contest shorts with great padding and last but not least, liberal coverings of Sudacrem to the impact areas.
A special thanks to all those across many forums who suggested Sudacrem, butt-saver!!
A special thanks to all those across many forums who suggested Sudacrem, butt-saver!!
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