Hi fellow cyclists. I'm also a motorcyclist and I hear that the favorite gear of touring motorcyclists these days are cycling shorts worn under the normal motocycling trousers, to reduce the *aching bum* effect which sets in after 100 - 150 miles (depending on the motorcycle seat shape/quality).
I've seen one reference to cycle shorts with *gel* pad inserts as being even better than foam inserts, but can't find any in my local bike shops or on the w-w-web.
Any help from the knowledgeable here would be appreciated so I can pass the info on :~)
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Hi fellow cyclists. I'm also a motorcyclist and I hear that the favorite gear of touring motorcyclists these days are cycling shorts worn under the normal motocycling trousers, to reduce the *aching bum* effect which sets
in
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after 100 - 150 miles (depending on the motorcycle seat shape/quality).
I've seen one reference to cycle shorts with *gel* pad inserts as being
even
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better than foam inserts, but can't find any in my local bike shops or on the w-w-web.
Any help from the knowledgeable here would be appreciated so I can pass
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Hi fellow cyclists. I'm also a motorcyclist and I hear that the favorite gear of touring motorcyclists these days are cycling shorts worn under the normal motocycling trousers, to reduce the *aching bum* effect which sets
in
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after 100 - 150 miles (depending on the motorcycle seat shape/quality).
Tried it, didn't work on a 400 mile round trip, my bum ached achingly.
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Tried it, didn't work on a 400 mile round trip, my bum ached achingly. Then tried a sheepskin. No aches or discomfort.
Just a sheepskin? No extra foam beneath?
Nope. Just the sheepskin. Don't ask me how it works. Perhaps it allows air to circulate. Got the idea from my wife who uses one one her wheelchair. We used to use them for bedridden patients to prevent pressure sores, in the good old days when we had a health service that concerned itself with such things.
Yup, I'd agree with that. I bought one many moons back in the former Yugoslavia (it was a right raggedy-arsed looking sheep too, that looked like it had met its end by shotgun blast, and which fell in price by 50% when the vendor realised I was british rather than german). The return half of my round-Europe wanderings (on a Honda CB250RS single - woohoo) was MUCH more comfy than the outward leg. Mind you it did get kinda smelly and went into some advanced decomposition sort of thing after a few years.
I think the problem (as a biker and cyclist) is that cycling short inserts are designed to relieve pressure around the perineum (sp?), sit bones and thereabouts, whereas the biker's pain in the [censored] often comes from the outer reaches of the seat pressuring the very top of the thighs or the outer reaches of the cheeks.
But again, maybe it all depends on the shape of yer bot.
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Hi fellow cyclists. I'm also a motorcyclist and I hear that the favorite gear of touring motorcyclists these days are cycling shorts worn under the normal motocycling trousers, to reduce the *aching bum* effect which sets
in
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after 100 - 150 miles (depending on the motorcycle seat shape/quality).
I've seen one reference to cycle shorts with *gel* pad inserts as being
even
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better than foam inserts, but can't find any in my local bike shops or on the w-w-web.
I read this and the reply posts with interest because I ride both types of bike. However; I find that 100 miles on a motorcycle can give me aches in April. By July it takes well over 150 miles before I am thinking of my bottom. By the time I put the motorbike away in October I can pretty much ignore bum ache.
It's all about regular practice and muscle tone - just like a pedal bike.
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Just a sheepskin? No extra foam beneath?
Yup, I'd agree with that. I bought one many moons back in the former Yugoslavia (it was a right raggedy-arsed looking sheep too, that looked like it had met its end by shotgun blast, and which fell in price by 50% when the vendor realised I was british rather than german). The return half of my round-Europe wanderings (on a Honda CB250RS single - woohoo) was MUCH more comfy than the outward leg. Mind you it did get kinda smelly and went into some advanced decomposition sort of thing after a few years.
im just imagining getting a nice full fluffy sheepskin seat cover for me bike ... it'd probably cause accidents as motorists pulled away at lights still lookin at the unusual bike seat!
I read this and the reply posts with interest because I ride both types of bike.
I find it interesting that quite a few of you here also ride motorcycles as well.
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However; I find that 100 miles on a motorcycle can give me aches in April. By July it takes well over 150 miles before I am thinking of my bottom. By the time I put the motorbike away in October I can pretty much ignore bum ache.
I guess that I ought to change my computer chair for a replica of my motorcycle seat and get my backside into endurance training all-year-round.
Thanks to everyone who replied ... happy cycling ... safe motorcycling,
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> Just a sheepskin? No extra foam beneath? >
Yup, I'd agree with that. I bought one many moons back in the former Yugoslavia (it was a right raggedy-arsed looking sheep too, that looked
like
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it had met its end by shotgun blast, and which fell in price by 50% when
the
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vendor realised I was british rather than german). The return half of my round-Europe wanderings (on a Honda CB250RS single - woohoo) was MUCH
more
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comfy than the outward leg. Mind you it did get kinda smelly and went
into
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some advanced decomposition sort of thing after a few years.
im just imagining getting a nice full fluffy sheepskin seat cover for me bike ... it'd probably cause accidents as motorists pulled away at lights still lookin at the unusual bike seat!
I think you take the sheep out of the skin first 😉
