my toes start feeling numbness 15-20 min. sitting in the saddle.
What I've done/doing:
1) Total standing time of one minute for every 15 min. keeps it to a minimum.
2) I've tried various saddles but none have worked yet. The best saddle yet (not cured by any means) is the Fizik Arione. I thought by measuring my sit bones at the LBS and trying a Specialized Alias saddle would work, but 12 minutes into it and I was going numb.
3) Wearing gel bibs from Performance has given the bigest difference from any product.
4) I thought it might be the shoes, but after two pairs and loosly strapping the toebox, I realized that it's not the shoes. After all, it goes away when I'm out of the saddle. If it were the shoes you would think it would get worse when standing because it puts more pressure on my feet.
I'm using Ultegra 6600 pedels.
A friend told me to find out if it's blood circulation numbness or nerve numbness (stop and pinch the area, if it hurts, then it's blood. If it doesn't hurt then it's nerves.). It's nerves.
Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions on why this is happening?