Alleviating Male Discomfort

[wafflycat]

http://sheldonbrown.com/real-man.html

 

[fossyant]

Looks like a Flite.....

 

[Fnaar]

Bloomin' awful (boom boom!)


(a funny thing 'appened to me on the way to the pier... gor blimey, tommy trinder, blah blah )

 

[gavintc]

If you're a man, read this.

As a real test I went on a five-and-a-half hour off-road ride on Saturday without padded cycling shorts or padded underwear, just normal shorts on. ;0)

Why? You are just asking for trouble.

I have never suffered discomfort, but I always wear good bibs and a hard saddle - currently a Spec Toupe.

 

[Mr Pig]

Why? You are just asking for trouble.

But that's the whole point. I can't remember the last time I rode a bike for longer than twenty minutes and felt so unaffected at the end of it.

I reasoned that sometimes we take on board a solution to a problem only for that solution to bring problems of its own. You can end up with a raft of interdependent measures contributing lots of little issues rather than one good solution to the original problem.

Lycra and padding helps stop chafing and provides cushioning for sensitive parts but the tightness of it can cause numbness and restrict airflow. Personally, I think that a lot of riders prefer padded shorts to padded saddles simply because they don't like the look of big saddles. I genuinely think that ego has a lot to do with it. My bike came with a slim, light saddle with very little padding and I wanted to keep it on. I used it for ages. Whilst it wasn't a complete disaster the padded, stupid looking, one is a lot better. I'd like it to look cool but it's more important that it works.

 

[bikepete]

Nope, that's not it either. It still had a nose, it was just stepped down from the rest of the saddle. You need the nose to hold between your legs when standing.

This one?

http://www.rido-cyclesaddles.com/

Been using it for a while now, works for me...

 

[Mr Pig]

This one?

Nope, not that one either, but the range of comfort saddles seems amazing!

 

[Fnaar]

http://www.treehugger.com/no-nose-bicycle-saddle-found-to-improve-genital-function.jpg

 

[Fnaar]

http://www.woollyhatshop.com/view_product.php?id=2593

Not had any probs meself, but the potential medical issues are fairly well documented

 

[Fnaar]

Wow, there's loads, when you start looking...

http://www.examiner.com/www.examine...function-and-cycling-examining-the-connection

 

[Fnaar]

These ones have noses though

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Busy day Fnaar?

I like the iron/battery one best - lovely for a winter's morn!

 

[Fnaar]

Going back to Mr Pig's dropped nose seat, might be this...?
http://www.thebicycleseat.com/

 

[numbnuts]

It seems like your cutting the saddles nose off to despite your arse

sorry I'll get me coat.......

 

[fossyant]

Shorts/chamois are to stop chafing that's it really - I personally find saddles that have hard padding, but laterally flat noses comfy.