Greetings. I finally hit one of my personal goals of riding 30 miles.



I have questions on two issues that would make the ride much more enjoyable.

1. My butt was killing me! I wear decent cycling shorts. I've had my seat adjusted every which way. It is now perfectly level and supposedly is positioned correctly. Yet, I'm finding myself standing up a lot to give my "bootay" a break during the ride. The saddle is the standard that came with the Madone 4.5. I know it's probably not the best, but short of buying saddles until I find one that will work, what are your thoughts?

2. I work on my posture and try to be light on my hands, but my palms really begin to hurt and I find my right hand goes numb on occasion. I wear gloves, I try to grab the bars lightly, but the palms kept hurting.

Any ideas on these issues? As it is, trying to hit my next goal of 40 miles would be tough to do with these two concerns.

But I did 30!!!!!! Whoooo hoooo!