So here's the story:
I know a guy who grew up riding bikes. He never raced but enjoyed riding. He toured New England and England in his later high school years and even took up unicycling as a means to get to class in college.
About 10 years after college, he was having major problems with his perineum. As it turns out, he had seriously damaged his perineum and left a lot of scar tissue which inhibited a normal urination rate. He went and saw a doctor and was told that it would get worse causing infection and they needed to put in a stint. So after multiple surgeries, here he is 20 years later with this steel stint keeping the scar tissue from swelling his tract shut. Apparently, its not super comfortable sitting on most semi hard surfaces with a metal cylinder in your perineum (shocking, right?). So he sits on a special gel pad in the car and at work etc.
All that is to say, the guys perineum is incredibly sensitive. The doctors have told him he'll never bike again without severe pain. He's accepted it and moved on. But come on. Cycling develops in leaps and bounds every year. Technology that goes into saddles is more carefully calculated than the first lunar lander. There MUST be a saddle out there (Adamo?) that would work for this.
My question then lies to those with experience; if you have ever had a sensitive perineum, what saddle did you find that helped you stay on the bike?
I'm just trying to get a guy back on the bike he used to love. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I know a guy who grew up riding bikes. He never raced but enjoyed riding. He toured New England and England in his later high school years and even took up unicycling as a means to get to class in college.
About 10 years after college, he was having major problems with his perineum. As it turns out, he had seriously damaged his perineum and left a lot of scar tissue which inhibited a normal urination rate. He went and saw a doctor and was told that it would get worse causing infection and they needed to put in a stint. So after multiple surgeries, here he is 20 years later with this steel stint keeping the scar tissue from swelling his tract shut. Apparently, its not super comfortable sitting on most semi hard surfaces with a metal cylinder in your perineum (shocking, right?). So he sits on a special gel pad in the car and at work etc.
All that is to say, the guys perineum is incredibly sensitive. The doctors have told him he'll never bike again without severe pain. He's accepted it and moved on. But come on. Cycling develops in leaps and bounds every year. Technology that goes into saddles is more carefully calculated than the first lunar lander. There MUST be a saddle out there (Adamo?) that would work for this.
My question then lies to those with experience; if you have ever had a sensitive perineum, what saddle did you find that helped you stay on the bike?
I'm just trying to get a guy back on the bike he used to love. Any help would be greatly appreciated.