on hard rides my man parts go numb...
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greeezybear at 05.11.09 - 2:50 pm
What is the cause of this?
is my seat just angled weird and cutting off circulation?
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darwin manufactured your bike.
ill let that sink in for a bit.
ruinedbyidiots05.11.09 - 2:52 pm
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thats no good,
u should start searching for a new saddle.
something with a taint hole.
KiMS105.11.09 - 2:54 pm
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That sounds like a personal problem... and a sucky one at that!
TheRaquel05.11.09 - 2:59 pm
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Im going to angle my seat down a few degrees until i make it to a bike shop.
greeezybear05.11.09 - 3:04 pm
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New saddle, and/or adjust seat angle & fore/aft position, and possibly your handlebar height.
You need to be seated comfortably on your "sit bones" and if you don't have the seat set up right, or have your handlebars too low, you'll be putting more pressure on the nerves and tissues of your perineum and that's no good.
JB05.11.09 - 3:05 pm
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your seat should be level. angling it down isnt going to do anything. darwin.
ruinedbyidiots05.11.09 - 3:05 pm
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u know those moon shaped saddles they have infomercials for.
they look funny.
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:08 pm
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HAHAHAHA
serious? for IBS?!
its like an ass cradle almost.
ass hammock?
idk.
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:11 pm
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Wow, I have no idea what you guys are talking about, but it sounds pretty funny.
imachynna05.11.09 - 3:12 pm
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i dont know if ive ever seen the ones youre talking about.
ruinedbyidiots05.11.09 - 3:13 pm
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ah you beat me to it
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:14 pm
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That looks like a trap (tarp) of some sort.
imachynna05.11.09 - 3:15 pm
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you cant ride without hands on those saddles. and they arent uci legal.
ruinedbyidiots05.11.09 - 3:17 pm
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half the people on MR rides can't ride WITH hands what why does it matter.
and riser bars are not UCI legal either.
ooooooooooohhhhhh ssssssiiiiiiiiiccccccckkkkkkkk burn.
hotchi motchis. you feel that?!
uuuuuunnnnnnnnnnggggghhhhhhh tenanena!!!!!!!
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:19 pm
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"you cant ride without hands on those saddles"
sounds like a challenge
_iJunes05.11.09 - 3:19 pm
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"darwin manufactured your bike."
hahah.
solving the world's population problem, one rida at a time. so neo-malthusian of you rbi.
@greeezybear, this is a big problem. if you want to have kids, stop riding your setup now (whether your seat is too high, your seat is too soft or your bike is not the right length), and ask for some advice from your local bike shop or from one of the bike co-ops. otherwise, rbi is absolutely correct.
sciencefriction05.11.09 - 3:31 pm
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greezy,
remember on long rides, to shift both hand positions and seat positions...just moving 1/4" can change and ease the blood flow to your private parts...and shifting hand positions on your bars will change the amount of pressure on said parts...
keep moving around on your seat...probably every 10 minutes or so...and see how that works
adrian05.11.09 - 3:33 pm
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Get a good saddle that contacts strongly on your sit bones but as minimally as possible elsewhere. The Alias saddle works really well at at that for me. And angle it down slightly. And toss in some intervals of standing riding, particularly whenever going up a hill. Even short couple minutes sessions out of the saddle gets the blood moving around again. On hills, I alternate between sitting and standing to avoid the numb.
0gravity05.11.09 - 3:35 pm
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"if you want to have kids, stop riding your setup now "
not only if you want to have kids but if you want to have boners, get a new saddle.
my saddle was poorly set up for awhile and it ended up with me having trouble gettin my shit up.
after i readjusted the thing and gave it about 2 weeks, i started having normal 24 year old boners again.
im telling you man, thas some scary shit.
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:35 pm
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there is a crappy seat with a testicle cutout collecting dust in a box here at the CDN/RBI homestead. its yours for $10.
ruinedbyidiots05.11.09 - 3:36 pm
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my god! terrifying experience, mike kim.
coldcut05.11.09 - 3:37 pm
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yeah dude, try being stoned and realizing that u cant get a boner.
i wanted to cry.
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:38 pm
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my hands and arms have been going numb lately
i have teh thick bar wrap with padded gloves combo going right now but it aint helping.
how do i remedy that?
its driving me nutzzzzz
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:41 pm
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what?
rbi has boner troubles?
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:42 pm
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yikes KiMS1.
"Cialis Warnings: ...erections lasting more then 4 hours require immediate medical attention...Or KiMS1's bike saddle...."
sciencefriction05.11.09 - 3:43 pm
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i had the roof of my mouth cut open to drain a granuloma the size of a grape last week. that made me cry. but then i got vicodin and i forgot what pain was.
ruinedbyidiots05.11.09 - 3:43 pm
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"my saddle was poorly set up for awhile and it ended up with me having trouble gettin my shit up. "
holy shit. this actually has been a bit of a problem lately.
This has happened once before(nuts losing feeling), like 8 months ago; but i've had it happen twice in the past 2 weeks. :(
greeezybear05.11.09 - 3:45 pm
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"my hands and arms have been going numb lately, i have teh thick bar wrap with padded gloves combo going right now but it aint helping.
how do i remedy that? its driving me nutzzzzz"
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/handsup.html
JB05.11.09 - 3:45 pm
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funny story
i had a friend awhile back who was about to get laid but couldnt get a hard bc he was too drunk.
he went to his apartment neighbor and got a few viagra tablets.
he ended up crushing them bc he thought they would work faster that way.
he gets back to teh room and the girl is gone.
the pills work.
work too well.
work into the next morning.
he had to go to lecture and he had his bookbag hanging infront of his crotch till 3pm when it finally started to go down.
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:45 pm
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@greezy
dude, get that saddle adjusted quick bc boner troubles are irreversible after some amount of time.
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:47 pm
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Yeah, just fuck with seat height and seat position until it feels better. At least for the meantime until you can get a new saddle!
imachynna05.11.09 - 3:49 pm
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i think a lot of times all you need to do is mess with teh adjustments.
i dont think its common to need a brand new saddle
unless of course ur saddle is all worn thin
also
ive ditched teh jeans and cut off shorts and i only ride in padded lycra now.
and let me tell you
its feels pretty damn nice
KiMS105.11.09 - 3:53 pm
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i have been wanting to get lycra for a while. i guess this is a good excuse to go for it.
greeezybear05.11.09 - 4:04 pm
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dude, lycra is awesome!
its kinda mentally weird bc people can see your dick but who cares?!
its feels so nice. it feels like ur riding naked!
oh and u can show off ur awesome calves and shit.
KiMS105.11.09 - 4:08 pm
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get a saddle without too much padding. My bike came with a saddle that was too padded and it fucking hurt to ride. That + lyrca and chamois
Gav05.11.09 - 4:17 pm
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KiMS1
regarding your arms/hands going numb...are you one a bar that has drops and other positions? or are you on a fixie with only one hand position?
adrian05.11.09 - 4:19 pm
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Wait are you guys thinking you need to ditch your Dickies shorts cause you're going to lycra? Just wear the lycra underneath fo!
User105.11.09 - 4:19 pm
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"ive ditched teh jeans and cut off shorts and i only ride in padded lycra now." kims
I also rock these padded lycras. I wear them under my jeans or shorts. They've made my long rides so much more comfertable..
Debut21305.11.09 - 4:20 pm
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@adrian
i had drop bars and recently got some bullhorns.
@user1
when i wear any kinda shorts or jeans at all, i feel like its restricting movement, so i just wear the lycra.
KiMS105.11.09 - 4:46 pm
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KiMS1
I was afraida that...with bullhorns, you have about 2 or 3 positions, and unfortunately those are lateral... you really only have about 2 positions front and back
with the drops, you actually had a lot of positions that you can shift your weight and hands around...
I'd recommend that you shift your hands as much as possible and shift your weight forward and backward both on the seat and on the bars as much as you can... you know, change positions every 5 minutes or so...
if you're in the same position for a long time and you're really leaning forward you can be cutting off circulation
are your gloves really thick type? sometimes over thick can cause hotspots on your palms
just for your knowledge, on my fancy schmancy bike with drops I go barehanded and for 5 or 6 hour rides and I'm comfortable the whole time...but with my "urban" bike with drops I have to wear gloves, even though it's a steel bike and absorbs more of the road....if I don't wear gloves with my urban bike my palms get numb! I do notice that I do not go into as many different positions on my "urban" bike as I do with my fancy one
I think it's a little bit of everything in your case...probably a little adjustment can be made with your positioning...and utilizing more seating and hand positions as you ride
adrian05.11.09 - 5:49 pm
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oh yeah, in reference to jeans...
jeans are usually uncomfortable because of the giant cross sections of thick seams that meet up right at your crotch... which equates to a lot of friction and lumps that you don't want to put your crotch on
adrian05.11.09 - 5:51 pm
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yeah, keep shifting your weight around to find that sweet spot.
i recently went from using drops all the time to some risers and i was mad sore at first.
coldcut05.11.09 - 5:54 pm
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i think you just have really big balls.
_iJunes05.11.09 - 5:54 pm
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i was talking 'bout my hands, but thank you!
coldcut05.11.09 - 6:01 pm
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