When you are riding your bicycle pay attention to the nose of your saddle and the forces you apply to it with your inner thighs. If you can peddle with your hands off the bars, pay attention then also. Also pay attention when you are at a traffic stop.
Does anyone angle their saddle down slightly. I do this because I find it is more comfortable and I'm almost certain there is space between the crotch and the saddle and it does not come into contact with the saddle. Only the sit bones seem to contact.
yeah. i'm 6'4" on a standard sports tourer. to get an acceptabell top tube length, i installed the longest affordable back reach seat post and a specialized minkow prostate saddle-comp road-with adequate rails. otherwise the knees would jam doing more pushing forward than spinning downward. to get the angle so only the sit bones sit-thus lengthening the "top tube" length further i drilled a hole into the seat post rail support and placed a #6 bolt tih half the head sawed off. sadddle rail holder then jams into the bolt stop and stays at max tilt. specialized offered a T shaped seat in the year prior to my buying one-all sit bones, less nose i inquired about the design's disappearance and was told no one bought it,off course.
Does anyone angle their saddle down slightly. I do this because I find it is more comfortable and I'm almost certain there is space between the crotch and the saddle and it does not come into contact with the saddle. Only the sit bones seem to contact.
I work the angle down until I feel the load on my wrists - then I move it back just enough to unload the wrists... and yes, it does make a diff in how much abuse is inflicted on the plumbing. -- PeteCresswell
Does anyone angle their saddle down slightly. I do this because I find it is more comfortable and I'm almost certain there is space between the crotch and the saddle and it does not come into contact with the saddle. Only the sit bones seem to contact.
This is one way to address the problem. It works for some...both "some saddles" and "some people", but not all of either. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.