Numbness

damonlock
damonlock Posts: 170
edited November 2012 in Road general
Hi guys I've just got in from a ride on my fixie and have noticed I was getting quite numb in the Crown Jewels :oops: I've never suffered this before when riding my mountain bikes and this was probably the longest ride I have done on the fixie I'm assuming its a saddle related problem!? Any advise guys??

Cheers

Daymo

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  • Neale1978
    Neale1978 Posts: 484
    zv3up.jpg
  • damonlock
    damonlock Posts: 170
    neale1978 wrote:
    zv3up.jpg

    :mrgreen::mrgreen::lol::lol: very good trip to ikea it is then
  • c40nl12
    c40nl12 Posts: 40
    "my fixie"

    Fixed you mean.
  • damonlock
    damonlock Posts: 170
    c40nl12 wrote:
    "my fixie"

    Fixed you mean.

    Fixie fixed its all the same thing!!!!!!
  • Alex W
    Alex W Posts: 6
    When I started riding again a few years ago, my first bike came with a gel saddle that was stuffed with padding. Great for a couple of miles, but after that the numbness started. Once I switched to a saddle with a sensible amount of firm padding, and a pressure relieving centre section, problem solved.
  • Grill
    Grill Posts: 5,610
    I had the same issue until I went to a saddle with a cutout.
    English Cycles V3 | Cervelo P5 | Cervelo T4 | Trek Domane Koppenberg
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Riding a fixed gear is pretty hard on the undercarriage as you tend to pull yourself down onto the nose of the saddle when riding hard. Change your position often and ride out the saddle to let the blood flow return. Save any padding for your shorts, not your saddle. Angling the nose of the saddle down a touch may help.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • damonlock
    damonlock Posts: 170
    Ok cheers for the input guys I will try tilting the saddle down a bit tomorrow I have a 16+mile trip planed and I might even steal the saddle off my dh bike and try that on the way back if tilting the stock one don't make any difference
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Riding a fixed gear is pretty hard on the undercarriage as you tend to pull yourself down onto the nose of the saddle when riding hard. Change your position often and ride out the saddle to let the blood flow return. Save any padding for your shorts, not your saddle. Angling the nose of the saddle down a touch may help.

    Basically this. Riding fixed can really batter your bum and bits compared to geared.

    I also run my saddle ever so slightly lower than I do on geared bikes (like 5mm).
    Stuff about riding a bike a long way
  • damonlock
    damonlock Posts: 170
    Well I tried my other saddle and that felt like something was going somewhere it shouldn't lol are the fizik or however it's spelt saddles any good??
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    All saddles are good - it's just that some fit some bums rather than others. It's a very personal thing.

    I've been using a Specialized BG saddle for about 5 years now and they are great - zero numbness ever now and it was a problem before I changed.
    I'm left handed, if that matters.
  • damonlock
    damonlock Posts: 170
    Where is the best place to get me arse measured as I can't afford to keep buying saddles to try out!?

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