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Problem w/ seat position

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  1. I can bike and have tried several different seats. I just had my "sit bones" measured and got the specialized seat that "fit" them. So I ride but at the LBS that sold me the seat said that your "sit bones" should sit on the seat on the pads, then your family jewels hang above the seat. Well when I ride I can sit my sitbones on the seat, but then as I ride I slip forward and off the sit pads on the seat, how can I stop that? I have moved the seat as forward as it will go.

  2. jjiam25 said:

    I can bike and have tried several different seats. I just had my "sit bones" measured and got the specialized seat that "fit" them. So I ride but at the LBS that sold me the seat said that your "sit bones" should sit on the seat on the pads, then your family jewels hang above the seat. Well when I ride I can sit my sitbones on the seat, but then as I ride I slip forward and off the sit pads on the seat, how can I stop that? I have moved the seat as forward as it will go.

    Questions:
    Is your saddle level or tilted forward?
    Is your stem too long of bike frame too big ,streching you out too far?

  3. jhuskey said:

    Questions:
    Is your saddle level or tilted forward?
    Is your stem too long of bike frame too big ,streching you out too far?

    It's pretty level, It's kinda tilted up in the front so as I don't feel like I'm falling forward, could that be another problem? Maybe the frame is too big, how could I tell, when I use the seat I do pull forward on the saddle especially when hilling, I love to hill but man my perineum takes a beating, so again it could be too big, I never thought about it, I hope there is an easy way to tell.

  4. jjiam25 said:

    It's pretty level, It's kinda tilted up in the front so as I don't feel like I'm falling forward, could that be another problem? Maybe the frame is too big, how could I tell, when I use the seat I do pull forward on the saddle especially when hilling, I love to hill but man my perineum takes a beating, so again it could be too big, I never thought about it, I hope there is an easy way to tell.

    There are a few site that can help you decide if the bike is sized correctly.
    The best advise I can give you is go to a LBS that know what they are doing and let them size the bike to you.
    Maybe a shorter stem will help.

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