Help: recumbent butt vs lower back pain?

you're going to get a ton of Rx to fix it here, but when this happens to me, I usually need to move
my pedal distance OUT, about 1/2 or so, I like to do the total leg stretched out at the pedal at
it's furthest point away from the seat, and then still have 1/8th of an inch of gap between my heal
and the pedal. For me I tend to "settle in" or slip down in the seat a little, causing too much hip
flexation.

Jim Plaia said:

I mentioned in another thread that my wife was buying a HP Streetmachine. She'd ridden it twice
outside the shop and loved it. Monday morning she put it on the trainer and ended up with fairly
bad pain in her lower back just over her right hip. We tried putting a brick under the front tire
so that the bike isn't on a slope when she's riding on the trainer and that helped, but didn't fix
things completely. We also looked through threads here to see what was said about recumbent butt
and got the impression that this is too far up her back to be recumbent butt. Does that sound
right? It also seems to be more like a bruised area with pain that lingers rather than fades the
moment she stops.

It's important to figure out if it is the standard recumbent butt because she's also had problems
with her back and has an artificial spinal disk. We'd hoped that the streetmachine would help with
her back because she did so well riding it outside, but it may not work for her on the trainer.

Well I was having that problem until I tried a 2" filter foam pad on my friends HPV. I proceeded to
order one for my seat from Power on Cycling

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you're going to get a ton of Rx to fix it here, but when this happens to me, I usually need to
move my pedal distance OUT, about 1/2 or so, I like to do the total leg stretched out at the pedal
at it's furthest point away from the seat, and then still have 1/8th of an inch of gap between my
heal and the pedal. For me I tend to "settle in" or slip down in the seat a little, causing too
much hip flexation.

Jim Plaia said:

I mentioned in another thread that my wife was buying a HP Streetmachine. She'd ridden it twice
outside the shop and loved it. Monday morning she put it on the trainer and ended up with fairly
bad pain in her lower back just over her right hip. We tried putting a brick under the front
tire so that the bike isn't on a slope when she's riding on the trainer and that helped, but
didn't fix things completely. We also looked through threads here to see what was said about
recumbent butt and got the impression that this is too far up her back to be recumbent butt.
Does that sound right? It also seems to be more like a bruised area with pain that lingers
rather than fades the moment she stops.

It's important to figure out if it is the standard recumbent butt because she's also had
problems with her back and has an artificial spinal disk. We'd hoped that the streetmachine
would help with her back because she did so well riding it outside, but it may not work for her
on the trainer.

Quoted message said:

you're going to get a ton of Rx to fix it here, but when this happens to me, I usually need to
move my pedal distance OUT, about 1/2 or so, I

If I'm cruising (the norm) having the seat a little closer works for me. Helps delay toe
numbness, also.

Jim Plaia said:

I mentioned in another thread that my wife was buying a HP Streetmachine. She'd ridden it twice
outside the shop and loved it. Monday morning she put it on the trainer and ended up with fairly
bad pain in her lower back just over her right hip. We tried putting a brick under the front tire
so that the bike isn't on a slope when she's riding on the trainer and that helped, but didn't fix
things completely. We also looked through threads here to see what was said about recumbent butt
and got the impression that this is too far up her back to be recumbent butt. Does that sound
right? It also seems to be more like a bruised area with pain that lingers rather than fades the
moment she stops.

It's important to figure out if it is the standard recumbent butt because she's also had problems
with her back and has an artificial spinal disk. We'd hoped that the streetmachine would help with
her back because she did so well riding it outside, but it may not work for her on the trainer.

Lower back pain isn't the same thing as recumbutt. It could be caused by improper leg extension, or
it could be that the hard shell seat doesn't fit the curve of her back. Check her posture when
sitting, and if she isn't getting proper support you can add some closed cell foam to build up a
lumbar support on the hard shell.

If it's really a bruise type pain, maybe more padding would help? She (you) could add a full layer
of sleeping pad foam under the current pad...

One more idea, maybe she is trying to sit up out of the seat. But I would think this would manifest
itself in having sore abs. If this were it, she would be instinctively trying to sit more upright,
in which case adjusting the seat in that direction would help.
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