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Sore a*se!

  • 07-04-2009 9:40am
    #1
    keith_d99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭


    Back on the bike after a number of years - On 2nd week of daily 10 mile cycle - cycling a Trek 4300 hardtail bike - and it's not getting any easier on the hind quarters - thought it would have toughened up by now! :)

    Any Tips???


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  • #2
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Just from my own experience I was doing a 36K roundtrip on a bog standard MTB but it took about 3-4 weeks for the a$$ to harden up!


  • #3
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    If you are doing it 5/6days a week then at least 2 pairs of decent cycling shorts.The padding is there for a very good reason.Also if your arse is sore dont be afraid to take a day off from the saddle if you can.


  • #4
    keith_d99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭keith_d99


    Would these be any good - for under a track suit end?

    http://bikedock.com/posit/shop/productinfo.php?partno=AUST9T++++++++++++++&srcwind=%2Fposit%2Fshop%2Findex.php%3Fcategory%3D81%26group%3D29

    Or even these?!?

    http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20090409.p.MensCyclingShorts


  • #5
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Get cycling shorts. You could consider a different saddle but MTBs used on the road are inherently harder on the arse than a road bike due to the upright position IMHO (I did a long spin into Wicklow on mine when it was snowing.) Apart from that it may just be a matter of getting back used to it.


  • #6
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yep, takes a few weeks for the ass to desensitise. Also takes a couple of days to get back after a holiday. Breaks are also essential - if you don't have a couple of days off the saddle in a week it'll take a lot longer to recover.


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  • #7
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    The Lidl stuff is generally OK, not great, but certainly cheap and better than nothing. Should be fine for a 16km cycle.


  • #8
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    I've discovered that padded shorts have another advantage. They help restrict any 'entry' due to a bucking saddle on a hardtail. Ow.


  • #9
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    keith_d99 wrote: »
    Would these be any good - for under a track suit end?

    http://bikedock.com/posit/shop/productinfo.php?partno=AUST9T++++++++++++++&srcwind=%2Fposit%2Fshop%2Findex.php%3Fcategory%3D81%26group%3D29
    I bought altura baggy shorts with those liners and wore them for the first time yesterday. They are comfortable, but i think it has more to do with my saddle suiting me, as I never get soreness no matter what shorts I have on.

    I got them in the Great Outdoors on Chatham St., off O'Connell Street. I was expecting to have to buy large, but medium fit perfectly.


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