My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Daniele -- Apple Juice Ltd Chapter Arts Centre Market Road www.apple-juice.co.uk Cardiff CF5 1QE 029 2019 0140
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Move the saddle forwards a bit so that your senstitive area is not on the pummel, but more on the squashy bit towards the middle of the saddle?
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Try every other adjustment with the saddle including seatpost down if you think that wouldn't be too bad for pedalling. Handlebar adjustments next, maybe even consider a shorter stem to make you more upright. Another saddle if nothing else works.
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls.
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Daniele
And here I was thinking 'Daniele' was a female name... Sorry, no experience with balls 😉
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My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Daniele
Am laughing.... sorry!!
-- Vivian ------- "We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school". No Surrender
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My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls.
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Daniele
And here I was thinking 'Daniele' was a female name... Sorry, no experience with balls 😉
Roos
LOL!!!!!! So was I!!!
No experience with balls here, either. Well, at least not the cycling type! ;-)
-- Vivian ------- "We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school". No Surrender
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Daniele
A so-called female specific saddle that has a cut out in the nose, if the cut out area can be manoeuvred into the place where you are feeling pressure. My first one of these was a revelation in the increased comfort level, by taking the pressure off exactly the right place. It made the difference between being able to ride about 20 miles with agonising after effects, to riding a century without giving a thought to saddle and bum comfort. I don't see why it shouldn't work for a bloke, if the backward/forward positioning of the saddle produces a riding position with the right amount of reach.
There are quite a few manufacturers offering these now at reasonable prices. My latest is a Bontrager at about 20 quid. I also have a Terry liberator which was more expensive, but isn't intrinsically better, just more me shaped. -- 668: The Neighbour of the Beast Steph Peters delete invalid from [email hidden] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm>
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Daniele
A so-called female specific saddle that has a cut out in the nose, if the cut out area can be manoeuvred into the place where you are feeling pressure. My first one of these was a revelation in the increased comfort level, by taking the pressure off exactly the right place. It made the difference between being able to ride about 20 miles with agonising after effects, to riding a century without giving a thought to saddle and bum comfort. I don't see why it shouldn't work for a bloke, if the backward/forward positioning of the saddle produces a riding position with the right amount of reach.
There are quite a few manufacturers offering these now at reasonable prices. My latest is a Bontrager at about 20 quid. I also have a Terry liberator which was more expensive, but isn't intrinsically better, just more me shaped.
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
If you were being specific with your terminology when you said "next step down", I suggest a micro-adjust (AKA stepless) seat stem.
My saddle gives me a bit of a poke between the legs, which is not altogether comfortable - it feels as though it's pressing a bit too hard at a spot just behind my balls. Today I tried tilting my saddle down a bit, but the next step down made me feel as if I were about slide off forwards. Any suggestions about what to try next?
Move the saddle forwards a bit so that your senstitive area is not on the pummel, but more on the squashy bit towards the middle of the saddle?
I agree with Simon. It's almost certainly not the tilt of the saddle that's the problem. It should be level.
You might want to consider a saddle with a cutout if changing the position doesn't work. -- Michael MacClancy Random putdown - "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker www.macclancy.demon.co.uk www.macclancy.co.uk
If you were being specific with your terminology when you said "next step down", I suggest a micro-adjust (AKA stepless) seat stem.
Be careful because most seatposts described as "micro adjust" are not stepless, they just have small steps. In fact, normal bog standard cheapo one-bolt seatposts are usually called micro adjust. It's micro compared to the nasty seatposts of old with the separate saddle clamps.
I like the ITM two-bolt stepless-tilt seatposts, such as Big One and Millenium.
