Originally Posted by
TromboneAl
Another thing to consider:
Many of the bicycle fit calculators and discussions have the following priorities:
1. Efficiency
2. Comfort
Your priorities, and your fit, should be different. More like:
1. Prevent prostate issues
2. Comfort
3. Efficiency
So, for example, you may want to raise your handlebars. This will decrease efficiency slightly, but will rotate you back so that more weight might be on the sit bones, and you have fewer wrist problems.
I have been raising my handlebars, and I agree that for me, comfort is more important than speed. Unfortunately I can't bring the stem up any higher... it's at it's max. I'm kinda tall..... I have gotten a bike fit from a "pro" That's all he does. Fit bikes. I still need some tweaking for sure and the saddle is one of the issues.
I have bought a better (pricier!) pair of shorts and they do help for sure.
But I still think it's the saddle. I rode a fair bit on my old bike and never had these issues. I might just swap out the saddle on my old pos and put it on my new Masi.
EDIT:
These are the shorts I bought.