On Apr 14, 2008, at 6:37 PM, Nancy Sturm wrote: > I haven't found a standard bike seat yet that provides *any* > support for > my seat bones. > > As a former competitive cyclist, I can say that you adapt. There are > a few > secrets. Leather seats are more comfortable than synthetic. Narrow > is more > comfortable than wide and anything you apply to the seat in the way of > fleece makes it chafe more. My daughter, who used to race beside me on > bikes and now rides horses somewhere out in front of me, used to have a > special label for the effect of many miles cycling. > > Nancy
"Excruiating pain" comes to mind <g>. I weigh about 200 lbs with a wide pelvis (even at 139 lbs I still wore size 14 pants to accomodate my hips), and my crotch just can't support that much weight on only soft tissue -- I need seat bone support. I was able to get a wide seat with a cutaway for my mountain bike, which is pretty easy on my soft tissue, but the racing seats on the spinning bikes at the gym are a no-go. Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
