because we are at a particular moment, where we'll do a lot of our cycling on the trainer, but will begin to migrate outside with the onset of summer and the lifting of stay-at-home orders, we are going to try to foster the fixing of problems that you have on your bike. your position, and your contact point problems. by far, your biggest point of discomfort, according to you, is your saddle. to that end we're going to do 2 things: ask saddle companies to engage in special programs designed to let you try and buy their saddles with no risk; and offer help on THIS forum thread w/regard to the prescribing and use of saddles.
how you set your saddle up on your bike, the tilt, and the fore/aft, does change a lot from saddle to saddle. also, there are newer saddles, such as BiSaddle, which you may not be familiar with, and we'll go thru how this saddle works. there's a home page article (or will be shortly) announcing this, and this thread (and others focused on other common bike problems) is where the real work will take place.
what is the tie to stationary? this is where these problems are most easily fixed. in my experience, stationary is the ideal test lab. once you get your position, your saddle, your pedal adjustment, aerobars, dialed in on the trainer, then you take them out on the road and make whatever minor adjustments need to be made there.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman
how you set your saddle up on your bike, the tilt, and the fore/aft, does change a lot from saddle to saddle. also, there are newer saddles, such as BiSaddle, which you may not be familiar with, and we'll go thru how this saddle works. there's a home page article (or will be shortly) announcing this, and this thread (and others focused on other common bike problems) is where the real work will take place.
what is the tie to stationary? this is where these problems are most easily fixed. in my experience, stationary is the ideal test lab. once you get your position, your saddle, your pedal adjustment, aerobars, dialed in on the trainer, then you take them out on the road and make whatever minor adjustments need to be made there.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman