MarkyP Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Cause I'm in training and my butt hurts... http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i331/ima1080/iPhonepictures280.jpg Link to comment
OoPEZoO Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 There ya go.....non-clicky version Link to comment
MarkyP Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Thanks man! I'm still learning on the posting stuff... Link to comment
David13 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Dude, you never heard of Cloud Nine? dc Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Cause I'm in training and my butt hurts... http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i331/ima1080/iPhonepictures280.jpg After how many miles? It may be an optical conclusion, but the seat does not appear level. Link to comment
MarkyP Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 I'm training around 200 miles a week right now. Long weekend rides around 100 or so. It's the long rides that cause me to reflect on my choice of hobbies... I see what you're saying, the seat is level. I actually tried to tilt it down for a period of time and that led to other "hot spots." Link to comment
sgendler Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Have you tried other saddles. There are an awful lot of saddle choices out there. I bought a bike recently which came with a saddle that is about 10 times as comfortable as any other saddle I've ever had on a bike, and it is reasonably light, too. Just some random Bontrager seat that came on a Trek bicycle. Link to comment
barryd Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Get a Brooks. Your butt will love you for it. Link to comment
MarkyP Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 I moved around a lot on equipment before this bike. It seems that the longer horned saddles give me more room to wiggle and slide front to back depending on the pace. I'm starting to wonder if this isn't an issue of a mismatch between my saddle and my riding gear also. I wear tri shorts rather than bibs or bike shorts most of the time. Link to comment
barryd Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Probably more of a mismatch between your rear and the shape and construction of the saddle. If the saddle isn't right for you, the shorts won't matter much. Given your Tri set up, tilting the saddle forward very slightly may help. The nice thing about the Brooks saddles is that the leather molds to your shape, and it also isolates the vibration, and provides some give to isolate you from bumps. Some of the carbon fiber shell saddles work similarly, not so much with the typical nylon shell saddles. Link to comment
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