"Cutting off the nose to save the penis!"
06-28-11, 11:22 AM
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"Cutting off the nose to save the penis!"
What do you all think of this idea? A noseless saddle! I want to try one, it makes sense to me.
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06-28-11, 11:34 AM
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that adjustable saddle looks so comfortable. I can be outside on my bike AND sitting on a sofa. It probably weighs a million pounds, but dude, me likey.
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06-28-11, 11:36 AM
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06-28-11, 12:55 PM
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It makes a lot of sense until you sit up to take a drink or put on a jacket.
06-28-11, 12:58 PM
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I'm sensing this idea was not too well thought through for the cycling community. The nose of the saddle is there for a reason.
06-28-11, 01:47 PM
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if you ride hard, you need the nose. later.
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Depends on anatomy. get your sitbone distance measured and find a saddle with the right width and a cut out that works for you. The Adamo saddles are damn comfy, and they still have a 'nose' for control. Cobb also. Selle SMP too. Trisports has a good saddle selection and you can "demo" - which is what I did.
06-28-11, 04:15 PM
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I rock an adamo, i dunno if that's considered totally noseless, but my man parts love it, I don't get any pain, no numbness, and I have tried over 6 different saddles. best saddle for me at least
06-28-11, 05:13 PM
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06-28-11, 05:34 PM
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A) Road cycling is a pain in the ass. Deal with it.
B) With saddles like that, how the eff could Paul Sherwin say 'he's on the rivet'? There would be no rivet, which is fine (new saddles don't have a rivet) but to be on the rivet, you need a nose to the saddle.
B) With saddles like that, how the eff could Paul Sherwin say 'he's on the rivet'? There would be no rivet, which is fine (new saddles don't have a rivet) but to be on the rivet, you need a nose to the saddle.
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Get a women's Brooks saddle. Nose is a bit shorter, leather just as rock hard as the men's.
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06-28-11, 07:17 PM
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Didn't like the feel of the SMP saddles, love my Fizik Arione though. Make sure your saddle is horizontal, really horizontal, makes all the difference.
06-28-11, 07:24 PM
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Why not combine a nose-less saddle with a lower section that you can't sit on, but that protrudes forward and touches the inner thigh, so that it provides balance? There's plenty of ideas that haven't been tried out yet.
06-28-11, 09:39 PM
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Why not just cut off your penis and be done with it?
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Over 300,000 of cycling. At age 78 I still don't have any saddle issues.
Maybe wait til I get older?
Maybe wait til I get older?
06-28-11, 10:30 PM
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No.
He wouldn't, and I wouldn't have to hear him explain his outdated phrase every time he makes it, and it would be glorious.
Every time someone who hasn't tried a noseless saddle ridicules them, I will be equally ignorant and imply that they lack testicular fortitude, hence their comfort on the typical anal shiv that is a road saddle.
I'd like to try one, as well as an Adamo and SMP.
B) With saddles like that, how the eff could Paul Sherwin say 'he's on the rivet'? There would be no rivet, which is fine (new saddles don't have a rivet) but to be on the rivet, you need a nose to the saddle.
Every time someone who hasn't tried a noseless saddle ridicules them, I will be equally ignorant and imply that they lack testicular fortitude, hence their comfort on the typical anal shiv that is a road saddle.
I'd like to try one, as well as an Adamo and SMP.
06-28-11, 10:43 PM
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If you are sitting on your pecker, you're doing it wrong
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