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10-17-08 | 08:11 PM

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smessvader

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From: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

Bikes: Fuji Absolute 3.0

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Originally Posted by Zarich

I wanted to update. I road home about 3 miles from work. The 5 degree angle made a HUGE difference. Now the discomfort is slightly different. First off it no longer feels bruiseish, but now feels kinda hard. I can definetly feel my sit bones. Secondly I get a little discomfort in my groin. So I am wondering if I should dip the nose even further.

You should be careful about tilting the nose down too much as that will cause you to slide forward and end up putting more weight on your hands, which will cause them and your neck to hurt. Every adjustment you make to your position shifts something else -- e.g. putting my seat higher relieves my knee pain, but if it's too high my hip starts to hurt. For me, it's about making constant small adjustments -- one variable at a time -- to try and find that perfect position. Every week it seems like a different pain (knee, outer hip, front hip, buttock), so I keep adjusting, icing, stretching, etc. I will get a professional fitting when I get a new bike in the spring, and maybe that will avoid all that, but I bet I will still need to keep tweaking.

I have had some pain in my rear and have had to keep trying new saddles -- the first was too narrow in the rear and wasn't catching my sit bones (which could be what's going on with you) but my second saddle was too wide at the nose and chafes my thighs. I just got in the mail today a Selle Ergogel -- wide in the rear with good padding, but quickly gets narrow -- I hope it works!

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