fungirl

Don't know if its the saddle or getting more time on my bike (training for long distane ride) but the next day I feel my tailbone is sore. Only when I sit in relaxed position. Not when I lay down or walk. Is that weird, or is this caused by my saddle? Bike fit would help maybe?

10 Wheels

weird

Glottis

How do you get on the bike? When I first started a year ago after a 15 year break, I just tilted the bike and sat on the saddle. That was a huge stress on my coccyx, the pain was worse than yours, and stayed there for about a month. The pain made me learn the proper way to mount a bike!

The next thing you might want to think about: do you get off the saddle when you hit bumps and other irregularities on the road?

And like you said, bike fit. Or maybe it's the saddle?

fungirl

Glad to hear that I am not the only one.....yes I do get off the saddle when there are bumps on the road. Mounting the bike, I would say its just a smooth process, fairly easy that I don't see as a problem. Think I need a bike fit anyways, and then see if the problem still exists. I never had this before, so it must be from bike riding.

Nermal

This is probably unique to me, but here's what happened. I had a tailbone pain that continued for several hours after riding. I also had to keep pushing to the rear of the saddle, because it wouldn't adjust far enough forward to get the fit I needed. Ultimately, I had to pull the Brooks Champion Flyer and replace it with a Terry Cite Y. It was instantly better, and no more problems after about a week. The same may or may not work for you. In other words, you could be right. A fit problem.

Both those saddles are nominally men's designs, by the way.

RonH

Could be the saddle. You're supposed to sit on your sit bones, not your tail bone.

AndrewP

Probably caused by sitting too far forward on saddle, and maybe the saddle is too narrow for your sitbones. Tilting the front of the saddle up slightly may stop you sliding forwards.

fungirl

duh!

Glottis

What RonH wrote might be obvious for most of us, but still is a very good observation for newbies. Which you aren't, but I guess he didn't know that.

fungirl

K thanks!
Anyways, I moved the saddle a bit forward, went for 1,5 hour ride and dont feel pain today. Means after the ride. Never feel anything during the ride, usually after.

RonH

No, with only 114 posts in close to two years -- sounds like a newbie to me.

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fungirl

So the more posts, the more senior you become. Didn't know that.

Machka 

Describe your saddle. Or better yet, post a photo of it.

Is the saddle flat, or curved up in the back?
Is the saddle quite narrow, or quite wide?


I tried riding with a very flat saddle, and it was a terrible experience. My spine and surrounding muscles from my lower back right down to my tailbone ached. Whether this was actually the case or not, I felt like that part of my anatomy was just hanging in mid-air with no support, and that I was tensing up in order to hold myself properly on the bicycle. I switched to a saddle that curved up a bit in the back, and life was good again.

Having a saddle that's too narrow or too wide could also cause a lot of problems.

fungirl

Thanks Machka! Well I adjusted my saddle a bit, more forward. Yesterday I rode 60 miles and I have no pain at all. Which usually starts after the ride or next day. So I think the problem is solved!