bobbyg wrote:I have had the same Specialised Hybrid bike for about 8 years or so. Last year I did 1700 miles on it ...............
This year since almost the beginning, I am suffering from a very painful tailbone............
If it had been painful the very first time you sat on the bike this year, it couldn't have been the bike that did it. "Almost" since the beginning is harder to judge.....
bobbyg wrote:.........I am wondering if this is maybe something to do with seating position or whatever? ....... is there a right and wrong sitting position?
There are many uncomfortable riding positions, and you can cause yourself injury with poor posture on a bike, just like you can with poor posture in front of a computer, but generally over a long time. If its been OK for 8 years, why is it wrong this year? I still think you would need to do something fairly extreme to injure yourself by simply sitting on the saddle.
bobbyg wrote:................... I am starting to think maybe its not my coccyx at all but maybe something else in that area!
And it could be that cycling is not the cause at all, but you have picked up some injury which shows up when you cycle.