Ischial Tuberosity
12-02-04, 07:06 AM
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Ischial Tuberosity
ok i know that you're supposed to have a seat that supports your sit bones, and i know i do, because they hurt like hell! I just started riding for the cycling team, my teammates will be over in a few minutes for my 3rd 80 minute interval training ride on the trainers in front of the tv. fun and all, but this bruising soreness on my sit bones is agony. true i don't have chamois yet but doesn't that just help chafing? sometimes i get shooting pain down my legs... is that lack of blood flow becaue my butt is cutting it off? i'm not riding a true road bike yet, more of a mountain bike position- the marin novato until i can sell it and buy my first road bike. please help....
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12-02-04, 07:15 AM
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How long have you been riding? When I first got back on a bike seriously my sits hurt like hell but after a couple of weeks I would almost rather ride a hard saddle with no chamios.
12-02-04, 09:38 AM
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3 days now. we only rode an hour today, and i think you might be right, i saw some improvement. just a breaking in thing?
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Pretty much. You are putting pressure on an area that isn't used to it. Give it a week or so and my guess is it will go away. Now if you get open sores you need to take care of them properly to avoid infection and ongoing issues. That said my guess is that it is simply soreness not sores.
12-02-04, 04:27 PM
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It's not just the ITs that may be giving you pain. If you are trainig up hard you are probably giving quite a few of the muscles and tendons in that area a good workout.
But your comment about position on the bike (MTB-style) is a worry. If you are serious about racing, the bike you buy will be properly fitted to you. Be aware that while you are on the bike you have, you may in fact be encouraging your body in to poor style habits.
But your comment about position on the bike (MTB-style) is a worry. If you are serious about racing, the bike you buy will be properly fitted to you. Be aware that while you are on the bike you have, you may in fact be encouraging your body in to poor style habits.
12-02-04, 05:48 PM
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wow, I just had to click on this thread becuase the title was "ischial tuberosity".
anyway. a bike with more upright geometry will need a wider seat, becuase as the bike is set up more aggressivly (less upright), the part that you sit on on your sit bones gets narrower. so a narrower seat can be used.
anyway. a bike with more upright geometry will need a wider seat, becuase as the bike is set up more aggressivly (less upright), the part that you sit on on your sit bones gets narrower. so a narrower seat can be used.
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To see how your position affects your contact with the saddle, sit on your hands in your current position, then lean forward from the hips to more of a road bike position. I found that my "sit bone" pressure points are much flatter as I lead forward and conversely "pointier" when I'm upright. Bike fit, posture and time in the saddle will cure your ills. I'm a newbie, too, having just passed 1000 miles since I bought my bike Labor Day weekend. Ride on. JB
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wow interesting stuff on the hand sitting- also about the mountain bike encouraging bad posture, not that i could get any more excited to buy a new bike :-) I don't have any open sores (yet?) that would be yech. About the wider seat for more upright/ narrow for less upright, that's good info, something interesting to say between breaths when we're training tomorrow- the teammates will be intrigued as always. thanks!
