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I sometimes get a tingling sensation with numbness around the crotch
(I'm male). Could this be because the front of the saddle is too high? |
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"Saxman" wrote in message
... I sometimes get a tingling sensation with numbness around the crotch (I'm male). Could this be because the front of the saddle is too high? Maybe angled up too much at the front. Also check out the specialized body geometry saddles with perineal cutout, many other makes too. Jc. |
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"Josey" wrote in message
... "Saxman" wrote in message ... I sometimes get a tingling sensation with numbness around the crotch (I'm male). Could this be because the front of the saddle is too high? Maybe angled up too much at the front. Also check out the specialized body geometry saddles with perineal cutout, many other makes too. Heh. Mate was complaining about his Specialized BG saddle - finds it awful after a while. He's a brooks man though, so obviously his arse has been moulded to fit them. |
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:46:05 +0000
Saxman wrote: I sometimes get a tingling sensation with numbness around the crotch (I'm male). Could this be because the front of the saddle is too high? Or the whole saddle is too high, or it's the wrong shape, or your bars are in the wrong place. I reckon it's probably leprosy. |
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Rob Morley wrote:
Or the whole saddle is too high, or it's the wrong shape, or your bars are in the wrong place. I reckon it's probably leprosy. According to information about feet positioning on the pedals, the seat position is correct, so it might be angled incorrectly? |
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On 20 Jan, 07:27, Saxman
wrote: Rob Morley wrote: Or the whole saddle is too high, or it's the wrong shape, or your bars are in the wrong place. *I reckon it's probably leprosy. According to information about feet positioning on the pedals, the seat position is correct, so it might be angled incorrectly? Might well be, why don't you experiment with different angles? Most advice I've read says that blokes' saddles should be horizontal, but go with what works for you. |
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Josey wrote:
"Saxman" wrote in message ... I sometimes get a tingling sensation with numbness around the crotch (I'm male). Could this be because the front of the saddle is too high? It might be... Maybe angled up too much at the front. Also check out the specialized body geometry saddles with perineal cutout, many other makes too. The thing about Spesh's "Body geometry" stuff, is that despite all their marketing bruhaha about anatomical study and design, different people have different individual geometry, so while a BG saddle/shoe/whatever might conform perfectly to their idealised computer model of a person that's no help if it doesn't conform to /you/! (case in point, the one time I treid a BG saddle for more than a few meters it practically crippled me!) Saddles need to be the right Magic Shape for a given rider, and that's down to the individual shape of your particular backside. The one way to evaluate this best is to sit on a load... Whatever Specialized tell you about their BG design, whatever sellers of leather saddles tell you about them shaping to fit you personally in time, it's all a bit of a nonsense if the basic shape isn't the same as your own. Once the model is sorted, next trick is adjust the positioning incrementally in as many ways as you can be bothered in order to get it as right as possible. There is no special formula for this, some people like saddles set in different positions to others, it's really down to personal preference. So get out the tools and fiddle and faddle until it's right, or as right as it can get. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:27:34 +0000
Saxman wrote: Rob Morley wrote: Or the whole saddle is too high, or it's the wrong shape, or your bars are in the wrong place. I reckon it's probably leprosy. According to information about feet positioning on the pedals, What information is that? Unless you've done extensive and precise anatomical measurements and the right calculations you're probably working to rule-of-thumb, which is really just a starting point. For instance different people have different pedalling action - the angle and movement of the ankle varies, and this obviously has impact on the pedal/saddle relationship. Likewise some people aren't as flexible as others in the lower back, or prefer different gears, or have larger/smaller feet ... the seat position is correct, so it might be angled incorrectly? It could be, or it could be the saddle is too hard or too soft or too narrow or too wide or ... As a rough guide the saddle should be horizontal, or angled slightly up at the front - when someone has his saddle high at the front it tends to indicate his saddle is too low, too low at the front tends to indicate the saddle is too high. As saddles aren't flat across the top you have to judge which bit should be horizontal, and as they flex (by varying amounts) you can't really tell what shape they are when you're actually riding. The key to fine tuning position is to refine your current position incrementally, but you really need to understand how what you're changing affects the other factors. |
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:58:40 +0000
Peter Clinch wrote: Saddles need to be the right Magic Shape for a given rider, and that's down to the individual shape of your particular backside. The one way to evaluate this best is to sit on a load... Whatever Specialized tell you about their BG design, whatever sellers of leather saddles tell you about them shaping to fit you personally in time, it's all a bit of a nonsense if the basic shape isn't the same as your own. I have a few saddles that I've ridden for only a few miles before deciding that they weren't right for me, and I've pondered the worth of establishing a saddle pool where people contribute all their bum bruisers so others can try them out. I suppose it would only work in population centres, because just moving a big box of saddles around might cost quite a lot otherwise. |
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Rob Morley wrote:
I have a few saddles that I've ridden for only a few miles before deciding that they weren't right for me, and I've pondered the worth of establishing a saddle pool where people contribute all their bum bruisers so others can try them out. I suppose it would only work in population centres, because just moving a big box of saddles around might cost quite a lot otherwise. That's a good idea, as bums can differ as much as fingerprints. |
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