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Regular bike user getting used to mountain bikes' saddles

  • 22-03-2011 9:30pm
    #1
    xoxyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    I have a quick question from a person who cycles around town a lot on the Dublin Bikes and who is trying to get used to mountain bikes.

    I have spent time on an old mountain bike of my OH's. He's about 6" 3 and I'm 5" 8, so that has a lot to do with it. But the whole fact of the handle bars being lower than the seat caused a lot of pain!

    I've also rented out a mountain bike doing the Ballyhoura track and, while it was better than the mountain bike I was previously using, it still got uncomfortable after a while.

    I like where I'm sitting on my Dublin Bike (I put the seat up as high as it can go and lean downwards and I could cycle for hours).

    I suppose this is a question for the girls. Is it something that you have to get used to after a few rides, or is it a case of toughening up??


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  • #2
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Have you had a ladies saddle on either of the bikes you used?


  • #3
    easygoing39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭easygoing39


    Its a question for everyone,male or female.Saddle's are a very personal thing.What saddle suits one person will kill some one else.Its to do with the width of our pelvis,or sit bones.Some people require a wider saddle etc.There are also saddle's designed for women,they have a slot/gap in them to keep pressure off delicate area's.I dont know where abouts you live,but if in Dublin pop into Cycleways in Parnell St,or Cycle Superstore in Tallaght.Both shops have a good selection of saddles.


  • #4
    xoxyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭xoxyx


    The bike and saddle I got for Ballyhoura was for women. It was more the leaning forward that was a whole different sitting position.


  • #5
    xoxyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,811 ✭✭✭xoxyx


    easygoing39 wrote: »
    Its a question for everyone,male or female.Saddle's are a very personal thing.

    I suppose you're right there. I thought at first that guys would have more to complain about than girls; but of all the guys I know who mountain bike, I've never heard anybody complain about saddle discomfort in that way.

    I'm not getting myself a mountain bike in the next while, but I am going out and renting bikes for various excursions. I suppose I was just checking as to whether I'm sitting wrong, or if I'm on the wrong saddle.


  • #6
    galwegians
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭galwegians


    take the saddle of for a week and do a good five miles a day,
    you will be delighted with any saddle after that.
    no need to thank me. best of luck.


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  • #7
    easygoing39
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,397 ✭✭✭easygoing39


    Well xoxyx,next time youre renting a bike,(in Ballyhoura,is it??),mention it to the lads,and I'm sure they will adjust the saddle height/pitch/fore and aft position,plus handlebar height so that the spin around the mountain is more comfortable.They have lots of experience to help get the bike to fit people correctly.Keep up the mountainbiking,loads of enjoyment to be had from it.


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