OK... This week is the week I try and make some TT booties (and mend my winter booties - plastic bags in my shoes are just NOT enough!)

But my question is about being "on the rivet" in a TT.

Watching the boys in the prologue (I LOVE this part of the TdF even though its only about 8km long) I noticed many were on the rivet... you know, sitting right forward on the nose of their seats.

Discussion with the family as we watch and its because you can potentially get more power for your push if you can sit a tad further forward.

Like a good girl I am sitting on the spin bike as I watch and TTing with them (for an hour or so of it) so I scoot forward to see how sitting on the rivet feels... and IMMEDIATELY scoot back...

There's this little matter of anatomy... we gals have a gap where guys dont, and that meant the nose of the seat felt like it was gonna go somewhere it wasn't intended. There's no way I could ride a TT for 40 minutes with that sensation!!!!

So... do gals... indeed, CAN gals... ride "on the rivet"? Do we need a special seat? Would tilting the seat down even more work? Is this a possible thing?