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Toothless posted 1 year ago.
It is usually caused by cutting off blood flow to the important bits. Eventually it can cause permanent problems like erectile disfunction. My father-in-law is a urologist and he frequently sees older men who are having "issues" and who are avid cyclists. While it is hard to blame these issues on cycling alone, he says it can certainly add to the problem.
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skyrone posted 1 year ago.
The same thing has happened to me twice this summer, both times during short rides (olympic distance tri's). I am pretty sure the problem for me comes from the cheap tri seat that came with my Kuota K-Factor. I really need to get a new seat to help combat the problem. Does anyone have any suggestions as to seats to eliminate numbness in the junk?
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J.Michael posted 1 year ago.
Whats crazy is I'd never had this happen before and I ride 2-400 mi/week...
Maybe it's just the amount of uninterupted time I spent in the saddle that caused the problem to surface?
Skyrone, I too have yet to replace the OEM seat on my tribike. Look's like I'm in the market for one now.
Although, from past training rides, I could likely finish the full IM distance with little discomfort.
(You can never be too safe when it comes to "the boys.")
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Toothless posted 1 year ago.
Some brands I've used are Specialized, Selle SMP, and ISM Adamo. Lots of forum info if you do a search. Some of these saddles are expensive, but my wife and I never complain about the $$ when it comes to the negative consequences.
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jnrice posted 1 year ago.
Ouch...
also before you buy a new seat make sure the seat you have is adjusted right and there is no substitute for standing up every now and then and doing a half dozen cranks out of saddle. I used to have this problem, thought I broke myself. I adjusted the saddle and all was right with the world.
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tsilcyc posted 1 year ago.
I'm assuming this is a road bike. When you ride a road bike, you will most likely sit center on the saddle. When you move over to a tri bike, you cannot maintain this position without going blind from the pain. You quickly learn to sit off-center on the saddle. I now ride both bikes this way. On the road bike I switch around more. You will initially learn to ride on one side but after a while, you can ride both sides. I call that bilateral taint riding. :)
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J.Michael posted 1 year ago.
tsilcyc wrote:
I'm assuming this is a road bike. When you ride a road bike, you will most likely sit center on the saddle. When you move over to a tri bike, you cannot maintain this position without going blind from the pain. You quickly learn to sit off-center on the saddle. I now ride both bikes this way. On the road bike I switch around more. You will initially learn to ride on one side but after a while, you can ride both sides. I call that bilateral taint riding. :)
I rode the whole ride on my P2C.
I've tried to do the off center shuffle, but it really affects my pedaling efficiency and I seem to get tired faster. I usually just use the tri/cycling shorts to my advantage and lift the fellas up and out of the way for when I'm leaned forward in the aeros. You'd think there would be some sort of scientific way for the saddle to "relieve pressure" not create it.
On my touring bike I don't have this issue, but its built for comfort not speed. I would feel really dumb with a brooks flyer on my tribike, but there's got to be an answer.
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tsilcyc posted 1 year ago.
J.Michael wrote:
I rode the whole ride on my P2C. I've tried to do the off center shuffle, but it really affects my pedaling efficiency and I seem to get tired faster. I usually just use the tri/cycling shorts to my advantage and lift the fellas up and out of the way for when I'm leaned forward in the aeros. You'd think there would be some sort of scientific way for the saddle to "relieve pressure" not create it.
What saddle are you riding on the P2C?
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J.Michael posted 1 year ago.
tsilcyc wrote:
J.Michael wrote:I rode the whole ride on my P2C. I've tried to do the off center shuffle, but it really affects my pedaling efficiency and I seem to get tired faster. I usually just use the tri/cycling shorts to my advantage and lift the fellas up and out of the way for when I'm leaned forward in the aeros. You'd think there would be some sort of scientific way for the saddle to "relieve pressure" not create it.What saddle are you riding on the P2C?
When I got numb it was a San Selle Marco Trilon
http://www.trisports.com/selle-san-marco-ponza-trilon-saddle.html
I've also tried the one that came with my felt (Felt 3.2 Carbon)
They are both cheap saddles and I've been looking to upgrade.
I've been looking at the Fizik Arione or Selle Italia SLR T1.
I'd love to try out an Adamo just to see what thats like. I'm just a little sketchy on saddles with shortened noses as I tend to control the bike with my hips.
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tsilcyc posted 1 year ago.
You might also look at this line as well:
http://www.all3sports.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=111&sort=2a&filter_id=22
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Well, it finally happened....I was riding for charity a couple weeks ago and I went numb (in a way that didn't please my significant other if you catch my drift).
I typically ride several times a week with various distances and intensities. 30mi high intensity being the shortest. 100+ med intensity being the longest.
During this multi day ride I rode 50+ miles to the St Aug airport from my house at about 3 am. Got to the event registration about an hour before eveything started. Then rode the 112 miles back to hotel in Daytona. The next day up at 7am, ride back to St Aug with the group. Eat a quick lunch at the finish line party, then ride back home.
All in all it was 300+ mile ride in 2 days. With somewhere near 13+ hours in the saddle.
When I got home sun evening. I noticed a desentization while cleaning up.
This seemed to get worse overnight and lasted through a date on mon evening. So, nothing more than snuggles for me.
This has since subisded and all is well.
I just was wondering, since I've never encountered this before, is this due to the pressure on a nerve or lack of circulation? I tried to standup every so often (abot every 15-20mi) to get some blood flow going.
Oh, and on a side note, we raised almost 750,000 for charity that weekend so, a little numbness is nothing compared to living wth MS.....
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