Post-ride shrinkage

Secteur
Secteur Posts: 1,971
edited August 2011 in Road beginners
Why?

(you'll know what I mean if it happens to you!)

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  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    Because it's cold. Simple as.
  • griffsters
    griffsters Posts: 490
    Seeking refuge - and frankly I dont blame it!
  • Paul057
    Paul057 Posts: 167
    As above, and i think it's possibly something to do with decreased blood flow to the area due to pressure from the saddle. My Mrs finds it very funny! :oops:
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    anto164 wrote:
    Because it's cold. Simple as.
    It's more to do with what parts of your body need the blood and which don't, I think. Exercise in general will lead to temporary shrinkage, whether it's cold or not. It's your body's way of using you blood most efficiently. Clever, eh?
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  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    i know that one time i went out on the MTB. Was -4deg when we set off, -6 when we got back to the car 2 hours later. Enough to say that my 'he' looked like a 'she'.
  • Duffer65
    Duffer65 Posts: 341
    Oh, I thought it was the pressure of the chamois pad pushing it in!
    Where would you be if you fell down a hole?.. Stuck down a hole... in the fog... Stuck down a hole, in the fog, at night... WITH AN OWL!
  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    I bought a trisuit as a visual motivator(weight loss/fitness) a few weeks back, tried it on earlier and if anything, was rather happy it was cold lol!

    mantoe :!:
  • nickyhoward55
    nickyhoward55 Posts: 148
    Its to bring you down a peg or 2. You feel like a fitness god when you get back off a 50 mile ride only to look down and realise that your not that impressive after all.

    Doh.
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 1,155
    It happens, returns to normal soon after even though the bibs do squash. Chiefly a blood flow re-routing but the cold enhances it.
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Seat plays a large role in it. I had shrinkage, and numbness quite a lot before I found the right saddle. Now I am still good to go directly after a ride.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    A quick Google brought this up:

    http://math.arizona.edu/~maw1999/blood/exercise.html
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  • FCE2007
    FCE2007 Posts: 962
    I'm the exact opposite. Not full on wood but certainly no shrinkage.

    I love cycling but not that much :oops:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It's all relative.
    _
  • neilo23
    neilo23 Posts: 783
    I'm looking for an excuse for when I haven't been out for a ride ;-)
  • Monty Zoncolan
    Monty Zoncolan Posts: 341
    There's an episode of Seinfeld, I think it's 'The Hamptons', which may offer some guidance or solace.
  • ptr_
    ptr_ Posts: 126
    As has been said it's to do with your body sending blood where it's most needed. You'll find almost all exercise has the same effect, my friends eloquently named it 'gym dick'.
  • The Ors
    The Ors Posts: 130
    ptr_ wrote:
    As has been said it's to do with your body sending blood where it's most needed. You'll find almost all exercise has the same effect, my friends eloquently named it 'gym dick'.

    Exactly. There is one sort of exercise, often known as 'vertical jogging', that does (should?) produce the opposite effect. :D
  • 2Phat4Rapha
    2Phat4Rapha Posts: 238
    Monty Zoncolan wrote:
    I think it's 'The Hamptons'...

    Little Hampton? :wink:
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    2Phat4Rapha wrote:
    Monty Zoncolan wrote:
    I think it's 'The Hamptons'...

    Little Hampton? :wink:

    No. Hugh. J. :wink:
  • Nairnster
    Nairnster Posts: 602
    T.M.H.N.E.T wrote:
    I bought a trisuit as a visual motivator(weight loss/fitness) a few weeks back, tried it on earlier and if anything, was rather happy it was cold lol!

    mantoe :!:

    Think the correct term is moose-knuckle lol

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