Why is IDT so uncomfortable?

[Windbreaker]

 

25 min and my nuts go numb and i stand while i ride to.i have tried lifting the front wheel and it didnt help.No problem on the road though.

 

 luckily I don't have those too

and that's why your hands go numb.

 

[fiasm]

Hey fiasm' date=' what happened to that insult you hurled at me earlier on - it's gone !!!![/quote']

it evoked no response so I removed it

[gianni]

 

 

Ja some of us are suckers for that punishment called IDT' date=' but i have it on good authorityty that summer is on it way actualy lightish now when i get home after work...

 

 

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It's amazing how a sliver of light @ 6pm can make one so happy!!

 

[jagwil]

Hi  Gianni,

Where in Ireland.?

[Yang]

Why is an IDT so uncomfortable. After less than 20min using the same bike' date=' shorts, saddle etc my butt is killing me. Is this purely as a result of the "fixed" nature of the system or what?

 

Any ideas on how to make it more comfortable - a couch is too big to attach

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Yep- mysterious- same bike and all. Have you ever tried using a different bike with a different saddle. I've never had IDT sore butt syndrome- or not that I've noticed. Have you tried using a different bike for IDT? You could use a different saddle on a bike that you use only for IDT.     

 

[racman]

Hey fiasm' date=' what happened to that insult you hurled at me earlier on - it's gone !!!![/quote']

it evoked no response so I removed it

 

I was a bit slow on the response as I had to try and find one that Admin wouldn't remove

 

I finally found one and then .... GONE !!!

[racman]

Why is an IDT so uncomfortable. After less than 20min using the same bike' date=' shorts, saddle etc my butt is killing me. Is this purely as a result of the "fixed" nature of the system or what?

 

Any ideas on how to make it more comfortable - a couch is too big to attach

[/quote']

 

Yep- mysterious- same bike and all. Have you ever tried using a different bike with a different saddle. I've never had IDT sore butt syndrome- or not that I've noticed. Have you tried using a different bike for IDT? You could use a different saddle on a bike that you use only for IDT.     

 

 

I have an old Raleigh 6000 that I bought and am going to set up for IDT - What saddle do you recommend?

[Yang]

Why is an IDT so uncomfortable. After less than 20min using the same bike' date=' shorts, saddle etc my butt is killing me. Is this purely as a result of the "fixed" nature of the system or what?

 

Any ideas on how to make it more comfortable - a couch is too big to attach

[/quote']

 

Yep- mysterious- same bike and all. Have you ever tried using a different bike with a different saddle. I've never had IDT sore butt syndrome- or not that I've noticed. Have you tried using a different bike for IDT? You could use a different saddle on a bike that you use only for IDT.     

 

 

I have an old Raleigh 6000 that I bought and am going to set up for IDT - What saddle do you recommend?

 

This my old racing saddle, after a scrape with an indoor parking lot roof while strapped to the roll bar on my bakkie. But its as comfortable as ever- its padded and does the job. I have other saddles in better shape but this one works. The LBS's normally keep the standard saddles that come with their bikes and okes want to swop them for more expensive saddles. I've bought a couple of Scott saddles this way for about R120 each from the bin at Power Cycles in Durban. So I suppose I would go for a cheaper saddle that is too heavy to race with and is padded.

 

[SwissVan]

 

Now that saddle looks like its got history....