Fit probs, maybe.

[Kano]

You could keep aggravating the problem if it is the seat, Pooks, but if it's not the seat, it should go away in a while, if they've got you adjusted properly now. Good luck, and happy riding! (but don't ride long ones if it hurts bad! That makes it hard to go out the next time!)

Karen in Boise

[emily_in_nc]

I ride with a gal who injured her tailbone badly in a mountain biking fall. She didn't cycle for several years after that! I suggested one of the saddles that is split in the back, which she purchased and is now riding pain-free (after her tailbone healed completely; she must have broken it!) since her tailbone never comes in contact with her saddle.

Another tip - if your body will tolerate it, lower your handlebars slightly. Sitting in a more upright position puts you right on your tailbone. I tend to lean forward quite a bit on my road bike and my tailbone isn't even close to being on the saddle.

Good luck!

Emily

[pooks]

I'm on a hybrid so I'm sitting upright. I wonder how it would work if I try to make it so I lean forward more, or if that would just be counter to everything the bike is built for ....

[KnottedYet]

Pooks - I'm a member of the Brooks Cult, but honestly you may need a firmer seat. I had a terrible time until I finally got a Terry Sport years ago. (they don't make that one anymore) It was firmer and smaller than the gel seat I'd had on my bike before.

I ride a hybrid, very upright, and I'm on a Brooks B67 (like Mimi's). It is incredibly comfortable. You have 6 months to try it with all your money back, it's hard to go wrong with that. I would worry that continuing to ride on a seat that causes tailbone pain will just make it take longer to get the pain to go away when you finally do change seats.

A seat only takes a couple days to reach you from Wallingford...


(and the springs on a B67 don't make any noise. The shackle of the frame of mine was noisy for a while, but the springs are silent!)

[pooks]

How do I know whether to get the b67 or the b67s?

[KnottedYet]

I measured the length on the seat I already had. I liked that length (the long nose), because I like using my thighs to help control the bike.

The major (only?) difference between B67 and B67S is the length. That difference is nose length. From the pics on the www.wallbike.com site, that is the only obvious difference. The width is the same.

I'm very happy with the B67. The B67S ("s" stands for "short") would've been too stubby for me.

Mimi also rides a B67.

Try thinking about how the length of your current saddle feels, as opposed to how it hurts. Think about issues of control, holding the bike centered with your thighs, whether or not you ever stand to pedal, or if you like to have room to shift around sometimes.

Then measure the length of your saddle and compare it to the lengths of the B67 and the B67S while keeping all the above in mind.

If you still don't feel drawn to one or the other ask Bill and Diane to help you. The two of them ARE Wallingford Bicycle Parts. 1-888-731-3537 www.wallbike.com

(and tell 'em Team Estrogen sent you! And peek at Mimi's picture on the B67 page of their website)

[pooks]

I just experienced Wallbike's great service for the first time. I ordered a couple of Carradice roll bags (to use as handlebar bags) and they got here in 48 hours! I'm agog. Plus I love the bags.

So I'm really tempted to order the Brooks. Last night every time I woke up, I was thinking about it -- fretting about it, actually. I guess I kept wondering if it would hurt more, how long it would take to break in, etc.

I know, I know. We have a big long thread on that issue, and I read it but don't remember much so need to go read it again!

Thanks for the advice on measuring the seat, etc. I think I'd like the longer one. For one thing, I have long legs and long thighs. Um, not sure if that makes a difference, but it seems like it might?