Seat Post Flipping
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jerallen posted 1 year ago.
Have you tried a shorter stem? Maybe a longer seat such as the fizik arione or some other tri specific seat.
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jmruns430 posted 1 year ago.
You should be able to angle the seat more downward, which will probably help immensly. It takes some fiddeling with where the rails attatch to the post, but give it a try. A shorter stem may also be helpful.
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Triguy98 posted 1 year ago.
jmruns430;59631 wrote:
You should be able to angle the seat more downward, which will probably help immensly. It takes some fiddeling with where the rails attatch to the post, but give it a try. A shorter stem may also be helpful.
Actually, in most cases, pointing the seat downward puts MORE pressure on those regions, cause in order to prevent yourself from sliding off, you push back more on the seat.
I would try the shorter stem.
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Star posted 1 year ago.
How about a new saddle? I tried all those things mentioned above and nothing workd til I bought the Selle SMP saddle. No more painful rides for me....it relieves pressure in all the right places. Also, a professional bike fitting might help get you riding more comfortably.
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rb85cj7 posted 1 year ago.
the stem is already a shortened but i could look for a shorter one. we don't really live close to a place that does fittings. we had to drive an 1:30 to get the bikes in the first place, so i am trying to fix this myself. I already pointed the seat down as much as i could without falling off.
I am just running out of options to try.
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PJT posted 1 year ago.
The advice you're getting here is sound--I would be inclined to try a new stem/saddle combo first. Find a very short stem and try that (just be sure that, when you turn the wheel, your wife's toe doesn't hit the tire). Also, look into a more comfortable saddle--stock saddles on a lot of bikes really suck, especially if you're using aerobars. It may be worth it to make 1 more trip to the bike store to have your wife try several different saddles.
To answer your first question, some seatposts are flippable, some aren't. Call Specialized to see what they say. There are zero offset seatposts out there that may help thing a little if yours cannot be turned. Also, you have to be careful if someone is sitting way far forward of the seat tube b/c bike handling might be compromised by the front-heavy weight distribution. Take care and good luck.
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jmruns430 posted 1 year ago.
rb85cj7;59629 wrote:
Oh yeah she is riding a Specialized Dolce
I just noticed this, from personal experience the stock saddle on the Dolce is one of the most painful experiences I have ever had. If that's what she got, I would recommend buying a new saddle.
I know that the Terry Butterfly Ti is an extremely well liked saddle among lots of the female I ride with, who come in a wide variety of body types and sizes, so I would suggest that. Terry makes several different saddles as well, which also could be worth trying.
A new saddle may be slightly $$, but I am of the opinion that comfort in that area is well worth it, otherwise you'll just hate riding.
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rb85cj7 posted 1 year ago.
Thanks everyone. I guess we will just have to wait till we go back to Austin to be able to get her fixed up.
For now I won't flip the post.
So can any seat post be flipped around? After about a year of owning our bikes we realized that they didn't fit my wife very well, and certain areas suffer more than they should. I am trying to move the seat forward to put more weight on her sit bones. Right now I have the seat pushed as far forward as I can but i still have to cock her handle bars way up to make it comfortable.
Any other thoughts would be welcomed.
We tried changing the seat and that didn't help.
Thanks Guys
Oh yeah she is riding a Specialized Dolce