Okay, Serious Question (really): My unit went numb

Triathlon Forum
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I’ve been racing tris and crits now for sometime, having both a road and tri bike. Both bikes are fit well and I have never once had a problem with the seats. Last night I raced a fairly tough crit. Was in the drops the entire race. Rode like a banshee. In my cool-down lap, I noticed my unit was entirely numb . . . totally, no feeling whatsoever. Along the backside of the course, as discreetly as possible, I even pinched the darn thing a couple of times, with little feel from the pain. Feeling came back within about 10 minutes of being off of the bike. Much to my relief, all functioned fine later that evening, as I used some romance with my wife as a pathetic pretext for figuring if I had a problem here.

In all seriousness, has anyone experienced this before? Something to be concerned about? I’m not sure if perhaps in the heat of the race I somehow positioned myself differently on the seat, or perhaps never had an opportunity to relieve pressure by minor movements. This freaked me a bit because of concern for longer term damage. I cannot imagine numbness is a good thing.

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its happened to me ever since i started riding almost twenty years ago,everything still works just do not get to practice much now that i got married three years ago,
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i had that happen too, it really sucks. I usually get it after 4 hrs in the saddle, though yours might be due to the fact that you were in the drop bars and that puts more stress on the blood vessels flowing into there. I once had it last for almost an hour, and it felt weird until the next day.

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You people give me scarry flashbacks…however, at this point - all things are normal and are working beyond her expectations.

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Ha, I forgot about your incident. Clearly my prose and knack for storytelling pales in comparison to your’s.

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Happens to me all the time. I only ride a very low TT bike so I figured mine was from the drastic pressure on that area. Feeling comes back within a minute or so sitting up however. It is a weird feeling though. Especially the first time it happens.