Saddle wear
02-02-10, 03:41 PM
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Saddle wear
Was wondering if anyone else has a saddle they just loved turn on them after 3 yrs? My saddle of 3 yrs has suddenly given me numb nuts? it was fine this summer with 7,000 k on it no trouble? Now I am on the trainer and it,s not good.
02-02-10, 03:45 PM
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Have you used it much on the trainer before? Stationary cycling differs from the "real thing" in subtle but significant ways, often enough so to cause problems.
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02-02-10, 03:50 PM
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02-02-10, 05:11 PM
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Guess it's time for a new one. Saddles take a beating and that's better than you taking a beating. Once your hide wears out it's hard to get a replacement.
02-02-10, 05:49 PM
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The padding takes a beating and loses its cushioning properties. My recumbent seat pad (2 1/2" thick) has to be replaced every season. Just the wy it is. bk
02-02-10, 10:29 PM
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Both of us just changed out our saddles after 25,000 miles of usage.
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02-03-10, 01:13 AM
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11,000 miles and two years on the new one, no problems so far!
02-03-10, 01:23 AM
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Saddles are mysterious to me.
Last summer I went through a stretch where the saddle on my bike I ride for long distances felt terrible for the first 20 miles of every ride. Then it would settle in and feel great. Then after a few weeks it felt perfect again. I don't fully understand it, but I've assumed that something else is going on (subtly) that changes my position...maybe something else is sore and I'm sitting slightly differently.
Last summer I went through a stretch where the saddle on my bike I ride for long distances felt terrible for the first 20 miles of every ride. Then it would settle in and feel great. Then after a few weeks it felt perfect again. I don't fully understand it, but I've assumed that something else is going on (subtly) that changes my position...maybe something else is sore and I'm sitting slightly differently.
02-03-10, 07:27 AM
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I had the same experience with a saddle that I had ridden hundreds of miles. ridden for lots of metrics and centuries and all of a sudden decided it just did not like me anymore. I had to change to a different model. It's the cycling gods.
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02-03-10, 08:59 AM
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Sometimes it may not be the saddle that changes.
02-03-10, 10:23 AM
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I have heard 2-3 years @ 5000 miles per year is about the max for a saddle. I have a men's Terry, more of a touring saddle, that just started to pull apart last fall. I guess I should plan to replace it this year. Not sure if I will get the same model, or a different one. I will probably stick with Terry.
02-03-10, 12:03 PM
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02-03-10, 12:10 PM
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Had a Flite Titanium from 94 till 2001. Then had a Prostatectomy and it hasn't worked since. The replacement that did work was a Flite gel max- nearly the same saddle but with a bit of padding- and still use it now.
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02-03-10, 09:48 PM
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I have a San Marco Aspide with over 20,000 miles on it and the cover is starting to wear out. Shame is it's as comfortable as ever and I don't want to change it.
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