Hi,
I’m just a regular cyclist, who rides usual 20-40 mi rides etc. I have tried most saddles and I’m never comfortable on them, so it’s on to the next saddle. The latest saddle I see popping up is the BiSaddle. I see it’s very adjustable and very expensive lol. If someone can share if it’s worth the money I’d appreciate it.
Thank you
What type of bike will this saddle be going on?
There’s a thread somewhere on here about bisaddles
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Cervelo road bike. Likely a R3
Thank you.
FWIW they are good about their return policy. I ordered one back in August with a few surfaces to try it out during a fit. It ended up not being for me and they took it back, no questions asked. All the mileage was on a trainer though.
Good to know thank you.
As a fitter we have lots of succes with the bisaddles, but as goes for all saddles, you have to try if it is for you.
But the adjustability is very nice. I can ride the Stealth Ext on my road bike as well on my tri bike. But i do have to confess i don’t use my road bike too often. I’m mostly on my tri bikes and a lot on my stages indoor bike where i have the saddle as well and during a ride i use an aerobar and road bar position.
Jeroen
I’ve been struggling with some hip and groin pain for the last year. Been trying to sort it out. Went through some equipment changes and finally got a bi saddle and I think it addressed my issue. I’m a very diy person so I really liked to be able to adjust it to find a comfortable setup. Fingers crossed this has fixed my pain and I can really get back at it.
I’ve been on it 2-3 weeks and I think my pain is better. Which is amazing after having dealt with it for a year and even went through pt for 2-3 months.
Good to hear you’ve seen some improvement, but advise you continue to pursue physical therapy. The saddle isn’t the solution. The damage done to whatever may take a long time to heal, and still have to address the root cause.
Curious to know what ‘shape’ you settled on - are you using the curve plate, how wide/narrow is the nose? Did you also make changes to saddle height/fore and aft? Or changes to the front end?
What pedal system are you using?
Hi Anne - I appreciate your reply - I’m actually a sports med doc so I would give the same advice. (Although docs are not always the best patients)
I think I’ve had some chronic irritation just medial to my ischial tuberosity. I think a combo of my seat and fit and an initially running injury. Been working on it awhile.
My frame is big - I’m 6 2 and 190 lbs.(frame referring to my body- I suspect my sit bones are a bit wider than the average male) I was interested to try the bisaddle to really get dialed in my fit on my sit bones. Measuring my ischium and adjusting the seat accordingly I found what seems to be working is a pretty wide posterior saddle setting with a narrow nose setting. I’m using the shorter snub nosed seat intended for tri and TT. It’s the most locked in I’ve been right onto my sit bones. On my other saddles I think my sit bones are just naturally a bit wider and I’m riding on the medial aspect of my ischium which irritates my problem spot where my adductors are.
I haven’t tried the different plates yet. I ended up shifting the seat a little further forward to get what felt appropriate.
I’ve also previously worked with a local guru fitter but he moved out of the area.
Went to the Bi-Saddle four weeks ago on the advice of surgeon/Doc who did my prostate cancer surgery and some other survivors. Have been working with it and found it did exceptionally well when I used the flattening wedges. Got it to look like my Selle that I had on my road bike now with a gap to take the pressure off the sensitive bits. Just like any saddle took some adjusting but the variety is crazy. Using the Stealth now but thinking of buying another frame to try the SRT noseless on my Tri-bike when I get a new one.
Good luck- best saddle I have tried and I went thru a bunch after surgery trying to get back on the road bike. Had been using Cobb Max exclusively on Tri and Selle on road
Thanks Bigvern,
My wonderment about the curvature was if that shape alleviates or makes worse, the tension in the ischiocavernous or transverse perineal muscle. You note it being medial so perhaps you are focusing on the sacrotuberous ligament. Have you had a pelvic floor specialist check you out? Don’t treat the symptom, the saying goes.
Got the BiSaddle back in the summer but have only tried it with two clients so far. Mixed responses in both cases.
I’ve only had mine (srt) for a couple weeks but really like it. I switched from an old adamo podium. I’m just coming back to triathlon (more specifically to cycling for our purpose here) after a (very) long layoff having to do with chronic injury and other life things. So far the bisaddle seems great. I’m using it on my tri bike on a dumb trainer + power meter with Zwift workouts. I’m not sure sure how one of their more road specific models measures. I use a selle smp glider on my road bike fwiw.
The podium never really worked for me… significant sharp pain in the sit bones and numbness elsewhere while aero after staying aero for more than about 10 minutes without getting on the tops for a bit. I have the bisaddle nose set just a bit more narrow than it’s widest possible position and the rear set at about the width at its widest as the podium. I definitely like how short the srt is for aero position. And I’ve been able to ride aero without the saddle being an issue.
IMO having a bad saddle (for the rider) is the absolute worst. It just makes cycling (whether for fun, fitness, or competition) unsustainable. The mental and physical impact of that discomfort just crushes over time. A good saddle is worth every penny. With their generous return policy, it just seemed like a no brainer for me to give it a shot.