Purpose of saddle "nose"?

David Wagner said:

I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike.

Yes. It keeps the saddle between your legs so when you go to sit down there is something
there (a bike).

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But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike look "racy". I am interested in hearing what
y'all think.

David Wagner

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David Wagner said:

I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike
look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

The Dr. Goldstein in the article sounds like a complete idiot. If your seat compresses your pudendal
nerves and causes numbness during rides, then you need a different seat, but most people find relief
without resorting to a cut-out seat, much less a noseless one.

Noses allow, among other things, extra seating positions.

Note the pictures in this article: alternative seat ideas. Not new:
jimlangley.netbicycleseats.htmlOpen ↗

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Seems like without a nose, it would be a lot easier to slip off the saddle during hard cornering or
rough patches. Also, the cynic in me wonders if
Dr. Mirkin has any connection to the saddle being sold linked to from his web site?

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David Wagner said:

I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made

me

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wonder, what is the purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't

want

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to sit on it. I think it might help the rider maintain lateral control

of

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the bike.

Yes. It keeps the saddle between your legs so when you go to sit down there is something there
(a bike).

Quoted message said:

But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike look "racy". I am interested in hearing what
y'all think.

David Wagner

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I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike
look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

I think Dr Mirkin is a buffoon if he's advocating across-the-board use of bizarre noseless
fad-saddles. The type of riding that he and his wife enjoy may allow the use of such a fad-saddle as
"The SEAT", but for long miles I don't care to be sitting on the muscles I'm using.

Similarly, while descending, nore often than not I'm out of the saddle with the pedals at 3/9
o'clock and I like having a saddle with a nose to hold between my thighs.

Tim.

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I recently purchased one of those new triathlon saddles with extra padding on the nose. This is by
far, the best saddle that I have ever had in my twenty, or so years of ridding. It allows for you to
actually sit on the nose. I can comfortably sit forward on the nose when I am time trialing and I
won't be uncomfortable or go numb. If I need a bit of extra power and need to add some brute quad
strength, I can slide forward on to the nose and get it. Overall, I found that I use the entire
saddle a lot more, and that the nose is useful for different purposes. the tri saddles are
deffinitely a good invention. Too bad that they are so expensive. However, I would highly recommend
them to anyone.

Andres

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I recently purchased one of those new triathlon saddles with extra padding on the nose.

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Which one is that, just 'cuz I'm curious?

David Wagner said:

wonder, what is the purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it
might help the rider maintain lateral control of the bike.

I don't know what other people use them for, but I grip it between my legs when I'm standing while
coasting at high speeds; I then have another way to control the bike.

This is much more useful on the mountain bike than on the road bike, but I've gotten so comfortable
with it, I do it on the road too, and _feel_ like I have better control.

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David Wagner <[email hidden]> wrote:
: I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

: Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
: purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
: rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike
: look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

The main purpose is to snag the rear of your bike shorts when starting from a stop sign. This pulls
the shorts down and moons the cars in back of you. Quite amusing.

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The main purpose is to snag the rear of your bike shorts when starting from a stop sign. This pulls
the shorts down and moons the cars in back of you. Quite amusing.

ROTFLMAO B

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Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it.

Actually, it is not uncommon in a race during a difficult attack or chase to sit on the nose of the
saddle for short periods; it's called "riding the rivet".

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I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike
look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

David Wagner

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Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike look
"racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

To locate the thing when you sit back down.

Tom Gibb <[email hidden]

Don't know about yours, but my nose smells :-)

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I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike
look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

David Wagner

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I recently purchased one of those new triathlon saddles with extra padding on the nose.

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Which one is that, just 'cuz I'm curious?

Selle San Marco Azoto triathlon

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Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose". This made me wonder, what is the
purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on it. I think it might help the
rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main purpose is to make the bike look
"racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

I've got three (count 'em - 3) nose-less saddles hanging on my garage wall.

What I think is that nose-less saddles are [censored] and anybody who touts them is suspect.
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It's also great if you start developing hemorroids on a really long ride....

May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris

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David Wagner said:

I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose".

Yah, "doctors" have promoted all sorts of saddles over the years. My favotire is the "hygeinic"
saddle of the late 1800's which was shaped remarbaly like a toilet seat. It was intended to
"protect" women cyclists from "nervous excitation" (read: genital stimulation).

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This made me wonder, what is the purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on
it. I think it might help the rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main
purpose is to make the bike look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

I think the good Dr. Mirkin is a quack. The nose is there to keep your boys from flopping around
when riding on bumpy surfaces. They'd get mighty sore after a while.

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David Wagner said:

I just read the article on saddles at: drmirkin.com8733.htmlOpen ↗

Dr. Mirkin advocates use of bike saddles that have no "nose".

Yah, "doctors" have promoted all sorts of saddles over the years. My favotire is the "hygeinic"
saddle of the late 1800's which was shaped remarbaly like a toilet seat. It was intended to
"protect" women cyclists from "nervous excitation" (read: genital stimulation).

Quoted message said:

This made me wonder, what is the purpose of a saddle's "nose". We certainly don't want to sit on
it. I think it might help the rider maintain lateral control of the bike. But maybe the main
purpose is to make the bike look "racy". I am interested in hearing what y'all think.

I think the good Dr. Mirkin is a quack. The nose is there to keep your boys from flopping around
when riding on bumpy surfaces. They'd get mighty sore after a while.

I happen to know Dr. Mirkin and he is not a quack, which is not to say that I agree with him
necessarily on his choice of bicycle seats. Mirkin is a life- long athelete who turned to cycling
from marathoning for a less injury prone exercise. He and his wife are strong tandem cyclists,
especially for their age group.

He *is* known for bucking the medical establishment in some areas, in particular treatment based on
the documented coincidence between bacterial infection and some types of arthritis, and other types
of infection that have been correlated with chronic disease syndromes.

I would say that the saddle he recommends is somewhat extreme, but that there might be something
to be learned from the principle involved, which would probably be that a well designed saddle
maybe should not have a nose that is the source of any significant pressure on the soft tissue of
the cyclist.

JP