trail wrote:
lightheir wrote:
but by far and away #1 is reducing saddle height.Or rather, "correct saddle height." I kept on having a saddle sore issue on just one bike, then finallly figured out the seatpost had slipped a cm. (@$#$@ 3T)
Maybe I'm n=1, but I'm a bit skeptical of the advice, "Keeping lowering it farther than you think you need to." Life's too short to spend much time riding on the wrong saddle position.
Trust me, I was skeptical too, but it's totally legit.
Again, you're not riding forever at that position, you're riding lower than normal until your saddle sore heals. (I ended up leaving mine slightly lower than 'ideal' height since I liked it better to never worry about the sores.)
I've posted this very thing before, challenging the person with saddle sores to lower their seat and report back if it doesn't work, and they never report back. My local riding friends all have the same conclusion.
Plus, it's not just free but EASY. (Well, unless your seatpost has fused to your frame, that sucks.) It's def easier than any other hardware replacement or position fix you'll make. So easy that if you absolutely hate riding on it during the ride, just bust out the minitool and raise it back up a bit.
Literally a can't-lose solution.