Rethinking my saddle

[li10up]

Well, the Jett 155 hasn't caused me any problems but I've only done short rides on it. I've decided to stick with it instead of going back to the Jet 143.

But I have a new issue. My hands and arms are falling asleep on my new bike. I rode the old one the other day 'cause it looked like rain and even though I felt a little too stretched out at least my hands and arms didn't go numb. I took the new bike to the LBS and asked them to rotate the bars away from me a bit to see if uncocking my wrists a bit will help. The guy who does the $180 fittings (3 hrs @ $60 per hr) was there and he said he thought my seat needed to go back some. It was kind of weird because he wouldn't move it back. He said I was too far forward but he didn't want to move the seat. This was after I told him I wasn't having any knee issues - maybe he rethought his statement?? Anyhow it was determined I would try this and see how it works.

Does this seem like a logical adjustment to correct the numbness problem?

[Crankin]

Grammar police:
tuchas, not tookas

[Kano]

I never would have understood "tuchas," but "tookas" I got right away!

Li10up: your numb hands thing -- I had that going on with my Roubaix, and bike dude loosened up the screw in the top thingie (there's a disk around the screw that says "specialized") and then he twisted something around down lower, he said they're shims, and that changed the angle of the handlebars, which stopped my hands from being numb. Maybe they can do something like that for you?

(Yup, i'm good at gizmo names. Told DH last night that I need to go spend some time with bike dude again, and get some widgets for my brakes, to make them reachable!)

Karen in Boise

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well, the Jett 155 hasn't caused me any problems but I've only done short rides on it. I've decided to stick with it instead of going back to the Jet 143.

But I have a new issue. My hands and arms are falling asleep on my new bike. I rode the old one the other day 'cause it looked like rain and even though I felt a little too stretched out at least my hands and arms didn't go numb. I took the new bike to the LBS and asked them to rotate the bars away from me a bit to see if uncocking my wrists a bit will help. The guy who does the $180 fittings (3 hrs @ $60 per hr) was there and he said he thought my seat needed to go back some. It was kind of weird because he wouldn't move it back. He said I was too far forward but he didn't want to move the seat. This was after I told him I wasn't having any knee issues - maybe he rethought his statement?? Anyhow it was determined I would try this and see how it works.

Does this seem like a logical adjustment to correct the numbness problem?

Actually, yes. When you push your saddle back a bit you will pull your center of gravity back more. Pushing my saddle further back actually took some weight off my hands and stopped them from getting numb. Also gave me more leg power. Try it for a few days, what could it hurt? Easy enough to do yourself.