alasdairgf
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- Liverpool
So I've been at it for a couple of weeks now, and loving it. One down side is the wife...
...she's jealous!
My wife's coccyx broke during childbirth a few years back, and they won't operate to remove the floaty bit that seems to be ambling around her the bottom of her now-slightly-shorter spinal column, something about the spinal cord being apparently quite important for, you know, living.
The other day, in the park, she got on my bike and rode off a little shakily, coming back only four or five minutes later in considerable pain. She's really like to start cycling again, hasn't since university days and we could both stand to lose some weight & get a bit fitter. OK, get a lot fitter & lose thousands of kilos.
Is there anything she can try? My bike is a Richmond "Optima" trekking bike which I can find hardly any metion of online, and seems to me to have an admirably comfortable saddle - wide, mostly!
My wife saw this saddle online, and I've also seen others like it. However, I don't really want to spring for a saddle (and thereafter a whole freakin' bike!) if there's no hope of this working, and wondered if anyone here had experience with this.
Is it possible/likely that my wife will ever be able to ride comfortably?
...she's jealous!
My wife's coccyx broke during childbirth a few years back, and they won't operate to remove the floaty bit that seems to be ambling around her the bottom of her now-slightly-shorter spinal column, something about the spinal cord being apparently quite important for, you know, living.
The other day, in the park, she got on my bike and rode off a little shakily, coming back only four or five minutes later in considerable pain. She's really like to start cycling again, hasn't since university days and we could both stand to lose some weight & get a bit fitter. OK, get a lot fitter & lose thousands of kilos.
Is there anything she can try? My bike is a Richmond "Optima" trekking bike which I can find hardly any metion of online, and seems to me to have an admirably comfortable saddle - wide, mostly!
My wife saw this saddle online, and I've also seen others like it. However, I don't really want to spring for a saddle (and thereafter a whole freakin' bike!) if there's no hope of this working, and wondered if anyone here had experience with this.
Is it possible/likely that my wife will ever be able to ride comfortably?