All great replies, thanks so much.
I do doubt my motives and maybe am a bit quick to judge after one or two bad experiences. I don’t think I’ll be giving up totally, maybe a longer break than normal is what I need. The bad weather does depress me, that’s for sure.
And as for running being more intense than cycling. I have already experienced a ‘slight’ calf injury this week after possibly (definitely) pushing it too soon with the running, compared with no injuries cycling over the last 3 years!!!
Maybe mixing it up is the answer and not relying on just one of cycling or running. 2 of each per week and a weights session sounds like a compromise (a good one) to me.
Cheers
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- 6 Feb 2022, 2:39pm
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Saddles and nerves etc.
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- 5 Feb 2022, 2:07pm
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Saddles and nerves etc.
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Saddles and nerves etc.
Hi everyone.
I wonder if anyone else feels the same but I have been considering my cycling/saddle/health recently and after a bit of research, packed in my cycling for a while.
Why? Well, after looking at a few anatomy images of nerves and blood supplies to the human bits and pieces of both sexes I realised that all these cut out saddles that have the middle missing seem completely useless. When you look at the anatomy of nerves and blood supply, they all lay outside of the cut out and not down the middle. When you overlay a saddle on the nerve structure, where all the pressure is, this is where all the saddle is!! I am confused!
With my current saddle, I never get any numbness. In fact, the Spec Romin saddle is the best saddle I've ever had but I can't help feeling that I'm causing problems even though I can't directly feel anything going wrong.
I have now had 2 weeks off the bike and I have to say that my bits and pieces down below feel better than ever, it's as though I'm feeling things I haven't for a long time. Like I'm in my early twenties again. That might seem a little extreme but it's the only way I can explain it.
Now, I really enjoy my cycling and doing 100 or so miles a week is something I do miss but I have substituted this with running and feel all the better for it.
Maybe it's my fit or my clothes or my shoes or something else but you know what? I don't have the time or money to experiment anymore. Having spent thousands on bikes, equipment and clothing over the years, it all now feels like a waste and when all I have to do now is spend £150 on a pair of running shoes every 2 to 3 years, it all makes sense.
I'd love to hear people's opinions on this and clearly for some, cycling really works but I think I might be done with it
I just feel that any amount of prolonged pressure on the nerves and blood vessels can't be normal..... oh, and I thought 'morning wood' (TMI?) was a thing of the past and due to my age but clearly not
I wonder if anyone else feels the same but I have been considering my cycling/saddle/health recently and after a bit of research, packed in my cycling for a while.
Why? Well, after looking at a few anatomy images of nerves and blood supplies to the human bits and pieces of both sexes I realised that all these cut out saddles that have the middle missing seem completely useless. When you look at the anatomy of nerves and blood supply, they all lay outside of the cut out and not down the middle. When you overlay a saddle on the nerve structure, where all the pressure is, this is where all the saddle is!! I am confused!
With my current saddle, I never get any numbness. In fact, the Spec Romin saddle is the best saddle I've ever had but I can't help feeling that I'm causing problems even though I can't directly feel anything going wrong.
I have now had 2 weeks off the bike and I have to say that my bits and pieces down below feel better than ever, it's as though I'm feeling things I haven't for a long time. Like I'm in my early twenties again. That might seem a little extreme but it's the only way I can explain it.
Now, I really enjoy my cycling and doing 100 or so miles a week is something I do miss but I have substituted this with running and feel all the better for it.
Maybe it's my fit or my clothes or my shoes or something else but you know what? I don't have the time or money to experiment anymore. Having spent thousands on bikes, equipment and clothing over the years, it all now feels like a waste and when all I have to do now is spend £150 on a pair of running shoes every 2 to 3 years, it all makes sense.
I'd love to hear people's opinions on this and clearly for some, cycling really works but I think I might be done with it
I just feel that any amount of prolonged pressure on the nerves and blood vessels can't be normal..... oh, and I thought 'morning wood' (TMI?) was a thing of the past and due to my age but clearly not