Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
The snowpants have thicker material, but a saddle that works with that much padding will work in the summer with less clothing.
Then you haven't read my previous posts. It wasn't about if you could use your saddle year-round only but about always having the maximum pressure relief since you can ride year-round with a saddle having a nose as thin as a knife but it won't mean max pressure relief.
Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
The nose of a saddle should never be in contact with the perineum. Try again.
Hypothetically yes in reality though it isn't the case most of the time for conventional saddles.
Different studies on the subject
http://www.sq-lab.com/images/sqlab/l...udien-2008.pdf
If i take a random one on the list and i check on pubmed...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=16422818
Only the nose knows: penile hemodynamic study of the perineum-saddle interface in men with erectile dysfunction utilizing bicycle saddles and seats with and without nose extensions.
CONCLUSIONS:
We have identified an objective test to assess if an individual bicycle rider, sitting on a certain shape of bicycle saddle or seat generates sufficient compressive forces at the perineal-saddle interface to obstruct cavernosal arterial inflow. This study also demonstrated that straddling bicycle saddles with nose extensions is associated with perineum-saddle interface compressive pressures that exceed systolic perfusion pressures, significantly diminishing penile hemodynamics.
I typed nose + bicycle on pubmed and found an interesting study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15179177
Effect of bicycle saddle designs on the pressure to the perineum of the bicyclist.
RESULTS:
The traditional sport/racing saddle was associated with more than two times the pressure in the perineal region than the saddles without a protruding nose (P < 0.01). There were no significant differences in perineal pressure among the nontraditional saddles. Measures of load on the pedals and handlebars indicated no differences between the traditional saddle and those without protruding noses. This finding is contradictory to those studies suggesting a shift toward greater weight distribution on the handlebars and pedals when using a saddle without a nose.