does your saddle hurt
 

does your saddle hurt your prostate, OUCH!!!

Nope!

I now use a 155mm Specialized Alias, which replaced my very-good-but-not-perfect SSM Regal.

No!!!

Have never asked my saddle if it hurts . . .

No. It's a B-17.

I sit on my Bones.

I tried about 6 saddles before I found the one I liked. I bought several and put same type on all my bikes.
My choice is a terry fly 'buzz off', guy I bought it from didn't like it so got 1st one cheap. Others I bgt/spld on ebay (sometimes made a profit).

Not mine, a Specialized Alias. But I thought the thread subject was some kind of straight line, as in, "Does your face hurt?"

"No."

"that's odd, it's killing me!"

<ba dum bum>

The best I ever found was an Avocet Touring III, which I could bear for 80 mile rides, sometimes on back to back days. On multi-day tours, forget it! Nothing ever worked! One reason I finally got sick and tired of fiddling with the upright trying to make it comfortable, and finally got my first recumbent. That was 10 years ago, and I've never looked back.

No, because:

1. No prostate (cancer)
2. No saddle (ride a bent)

+1
Sometimes I forget that I'm on a saddle. Total non-issue.

+1 for the Brooks Solution

+1 for B-17's.
Got'em on both bikes.

I can vouch for Brooks (I have a Pro, a Team Pro, and a Competition, plus a similar tensioned leather Ideale) and for Avocet Touring II.

I have owned only one saddle which bothered my perinaeum -- a narrow padded vinyl Marin. A narrow geometry plus padding is probably the worst-case configuration, because the center tends to put pressure right where it is least welcome. Get a traditional tensioned leather saddle or a modern saddle with some sort of cutout or depression (e.g. Serfas ARC, which I also like) at the top.

Oh no--- I have something in common with a bent rider!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek:

And I don't mean the No saddle. I never found a problem with a saddle and a prostate untill 6 weeks after it was removed and I sat on a saddle. That hurt- At that time I was using a flite Titanium and it used to be comfortable. 16 saddles later (With the adjustment in the Area where the prostate used to be) and I have finished Up with a Flite Max gel flow. Exactly the same saddle but without the Titanium rails but with a bit of Gel and a cutaway.

I made it exactly 0.5 miles the first time I sat on a bike after having my prostate removed and that was after 12 weeks of healing. A week later, I made 1.5 miles and afew weeks later, I was up to 13 miles. During this same time. I put a thousand miles on a bent with no problems. I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but it wasn't hard to figure this problem out. My Serotta and Eisentraut found new homes and my bottom knows no pain. :)

I was lucky- Or determined to get riding again, but at 6 weeks I could not sit on a saddle- Straight to the LBS and bought a Comfortable saddle. At 7 weeks I was up to 10 miles and at 8 weeks it was a 30 miler offroad with just a little bit of pain. At 9 weeks it was down the LBS for a new saddle again as my Backside was altering shape to compensate for the Bit that was missing. Had to keep buying saddles till I found the Selle italia Trans Am and that was fitted to the Tandem when I got it. Unfortunately- I think I got the last one in the country so it took a while longer before I found the saddle for the solo.

As to prostate being iritated by riding- This has been bought up before but I never had prostate pain- even once it was confirmed I had a problem. Of all the cyclists I know, I only know of one other rider that had a prostate problem and he was 70+ when he contracted PCa. Of all the PCa sufferers That I have come in contact with- I only know of two that Cycled- but plenty that had sedentary jobs and did not exercise.

I just intalled the Specialized Toupe in a pimping white and blue color. It really looks pretty sweet on the Madone. We have a 90+ mile ride tomorrow so I will find out very quickly if it's meant to be.

I have just recently begun cycling again after surgery for prostate cancer in October. I am up to 6 miles at a time and feel no discomfort in the perineal region. I use a Brooks Conquest and Team Pro but saddle fit and comfort is very subjective. It has been a slow recovery process for me. The type of surgery I had was done via 7 very small but deep incisions and my abdominal muscles have healed slowly. It has been pain in these muscles that has kept me off the bike. I look forward to getting back to my 300 to 400 miles per month as the weather improves this spring.

I would add that, if you have pain in the area of your prostate, you should have it checked out right away. Prostate cancer is not something to be ignored.

Stapfam, my doctor wouldn't even let me near an upright bike for 12 weeks, but he let me ride a recumbent at 6.

Dogbait, I didn't feel 100% for about 9 months, though I was riding a lot. All of a sudden, everything clicked and I felt great on the bike. In fact, I feel better now at 3.5 years post surgery than I did in the few years before. It's probably a coincidence or maybe I just have a different outlook on life, who knows, but I certainly feel great!

Maybe you should adjust the seat or get a seat that is geared towards your comfort level.

Thanks for the encouragement. Other friends and family who have been through this keep telling me to be patient... takes about a year. Aside from the abdominal pain, I am doing well and feel better every day. Just getting a little antsy (maybe it's the weather).

I guess I expect too much from modern medicine; but then, this was my first major surgery since 1956. :D

Profile Tri Stryke will solve both comfort and pressure problems.

But still having prostate problems...I don't sleep through the night, I get 7 - 45 minute naps

I am so surprised that so few have discovered my saddle, the FISIK Arione. It looks wickedly long and narrow, but, from the first time I tried it, I have been riding it without a whimper from down yonder. I know saddles are a very personal choice and what works for one may hurt for another - but, if you haven't tried this saddle, I think you should.
Caruso

Nope, I ride a RANS Crank Forward...