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Question:
I recently purchased a comfort bike, and I notice pain in my tailbone
during and after longer rides.
When I am riding I do get some nubmness/discomfort
on my butt, but usually I will stand
up on the or shift my weight around
and it goes away. After riding, however,
I notice that my tailbone area is usually
sore, and if I ride on back to back
days, I will get the tailbone pain immediately
on the 2nd day.
So, before springing for a new saddle, I would like to make sure that
my pain is caused by the saddle and not by a bad set-up etc.In general, what adjustments would you start with to try and eliminate
tailbone pain?
i.e. seat angle, fore/aft position of seat, height of seat, handlebar
height, handlebars too far or too close etc...
In general, I am pretty comfortable except for the tailbone, i.e. no
problems with the sensitive areas that seem to affflict many riders, so
any advice is greatly appreciated.
Answer:
I suggest
you get to your LBS (a good one) and see about adjusting handle bars,
and seat position.
The upright comfort bike posture is very comfy for a short ride, but trades off
comfort in longer rides. Leaning forward more gets your tailbone off the saddle
and transfers weight onto the two sitz bones and puts more weight onto your legs
and hands.
With the problem you're having you'd probably do well to commit to a more
hardcore riding position with a narrower and less cushy saddle. No need to set
it up like a race bike, just accomodate the kind of riding you actually do.
It won't be as comfortable when you first sit on it, but it'll be a lot more
comfortable two hours later.
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