“RE: RE: Ride #20: Burn Baby Burn”

On 6/9/04, Chris said:

>If it is a comfort issue, I really recommend looking at different
>saddles.

Actually, I'm pretty happy with my saddle. It's a Specialized BG Pro. The only issue was that the bike shop hadn't sold any of those new seatposts yet, and wanted me to try it out for them, so they threw it in for free. Since it broke after less than 600 miles, I'd have to say I didn't like it. :-)

>Get to know yours and how and where you have pain and then see how
>yours compares to others.  It is not an exact science. Larger men
>sometimes do well with saddles made fro Women as the 'sit bones' on
>women are on average a bit further apart than on men.

I did 48 miles yesterday, and my butt feels fine today. I was a little sore at the end of the ride, but only because that's the longest I've done this year.

The BG Pro is actually smaller than the saddle I had on the old bike, but that was a conscious decision: the bigger saddle was fine for shorter rides, but on long rides I found it 'chafing' (Ugh, I can't believe I just said that) because it was too wide. In fact, where it bothered me on the longer rides is where my cycling shorts tended to get holes.

(Before you ask: no, the old saddle wasn't big, it was just bigger than what I have now. I don't remember the brand or model off the top of my head, though.)

Seth