So I got in a duathlon today at the last moment (signed up Wednesday) It was a 5mi, 31mi, 5mi so for the amount of training I have done I really should not have been doing it at all. This is my first season and I have a grand total of 520mi of biking and 160mi of running behind me.
I was using an Adamo saddle which I have ridden on about 7 times now. This was also the 1st time that I have spent any significant time in the aero bars.
Towards the end of the bike I was getting some serious pain in my inner thigh/groin muscles (my stuff was ok) and by the end of the bike going back into transition my upper hamstrings (just below my butt) were also in bad shape. This pain in the groin and hammy has pretty much been there all day now.
My question? Would pain in these areas be the result of me needing to make some sort of adjustment to the way the Adamo is set up or could it just be that I am in not very good shape and going out and trying to race a rolling 31mi was just to much to ask with so little in the way of having ridden a bike behind me.
I would check setup first (i.e. seat height, fore/aft, and basic position). If your hammies are hurting it sounds more like a positional issue???
I’ve become convinced that while saddles all have different shape and feel, if they are setup wrong and your bike position is wrong…don’t blame the saddle…
I have the same issues, but it’s better if I sit on the middle of the forks, not the middle of the seat.
John Cobb is coming out with a new TT saddle next month. It’s a cross between the V-FLOW Plus and the Adamo.
I will tell you I saw several of his V-FLOW pluses sold yesterday at Xantusia. I have the original FLOW in my garage and it doesn’t cause any ham issues, but I do get some numbness with it. The PLUS felt better than the Flow, but I’m waiting for the new one.
It could also be too wide for you at the nose putting pressure on the inner thigh and disrupting blood supply in that area.
If you think that may be the case, you can pull the rails together under neath the saddle to bring the two halves closer together as appropriate. This is done by using a couple of heavy duty zip ties and squeezing together the rails.