Swollen "ahem....."

[RoadRaven]

Men don't get swollen labia cause they dont have labia

However... seriously... they do get other problems; numbness, sweeling, lumps etc etc

Why do you think Lance didn't realise he had cancer til it was well progressed? He thought the swelling and lumps were normal/expected swelling and lumps from his hours in the saddle!


Oh... and Zen... are you saying Gowest has an orbea for her TT bike? Somehow I missed the post about that - or didn't register it was for TTing...

Cheers
Road ~ off-to-find-pic-of-GWs-bike ~ Raven

[Zen]

When I was first learning about bikes,I had a male friend reveal that they eventually develop scar tissue at the base of the scrotum.
I was somewhat shocked at the time but now? Nah.

A woman does NOT want to develop scar tissue in the corresponding area

[sundial]

Oooowwwww, just thinking about it made me squeeze my knees together.

I really admire you TT gals because I don't know if I would want to hunker down like that on my bike.

[Gowest]

Well, I had to go to the doc today - ha ha - the doc went to the doc!! He put me on four meds - (1) topical steroid (2) diflucan (for possible yeast) (3) antibiotic (I had a fever) and (4) pain med.

So far I have refused to use the pain med - and have not had the nerve to apply the topical cream. He said he has never seen anything as bad as what I had today. I am taking baths about every four hours.

Raven - this was my fourth TT - first three on Orbea Orca with clip-ons - then switched to the TT specific Ora - will post pic of me finishing this race soon - I placed a little lower than the middle of the field for cat 4 - not bad considering this is my first year on the bike and first year racing. Other than the aforemention issue - I love the TT - it is awesome......can't say enough.

Do you tri ladies or TT'ers have any saddle recommendations?? Right now I am 1.5 degrees nose down - and will increase that angle - but may want to switch saddles totoally. Yesterday I think I would have been better off with just a seat post!!!

Just call me the Angelina Jolie of time trials........(I can laugh now....)

debi

[Wahine]

Just call me the Angelina Jolie of time trials........(I can laugh now....)

debi

OK, that's even funnier than "hot dog bun labia".

I'm a long course triathlete and I used to use a Terry butterfly saddle. It worked great except that for training distances like IM I was breaking them down too fast and it was getting to expensive to keep replacing them. I would think that for time trials at 40 km it would wrok very well. Now I use a WTB women's specific gel saddle and that works well, but works best if my chamois is thin. With a thicker chamois I can also start to resemble Angelina.

[tricanada]

can definetely relate to the swelling troubles. I am a long course triathelete and have also tried MANY different saddles and have cursed almost all. On my tri-bike, I have settled on a Profile Design men's tri saddle - the women's version didn't work for me. On my road bike, I have a Selle Italia Gel Flow Trans Am. I also discovered that traditional bike shorts do not work. I need less padding and always use tri shorts. Good luck.

[sundial]

Here's an interesting saddle posted on a triathlete forum.



It's a DDWings saddle. Here's the website: http://www.bikemania.biz/DDwings_Rev...ngs_saddle.htm

[Tand-Rand]

I also discovered that traditional bike shorts do not work. I need less padding and always use tri shorts. Good luck.

I completely agree. At one point, I took scissors and cut out the centers of the pads in my shorts. Not my best idea ever: they formed an abrasion trap. I have found that some of the men's shorts have pads that are designed with less padding in the center instead of more. And I reiterate, more padding id definitely not better for me, it's worse.

[indysteel]

OK, that's even funnier than "hot dog bun labia".

I'm a long course triathlete and I used to use a Terry butterfly saddle. It worked great except that for training distances like IM I was breaking them down too fast and it was getting to expensive to keep replacing them. I would think that for time trials at 40 km it would wrok very well. Now I use a WTB women's specific gel saddle and that works well, but works best if my chamois is thin. With a thicker chamois I can also start to resemble Angelina.

Wahine, how quickly were you wearing out your Butterflies? I just ordered my second one. My first lasted about 4500 miles before I started to notice pain where I'd never had pain before. Figured that the saddle might be the culprit. I otherwise like the saddle, but wonder if I'm just going to have to replace it nearly every year. Susan at TE suggested that the harder I ride (and I have been increasing the intensity of my rides), the more quickly it will wear down.

[Wahine]

I was replacing mine every 1 to 2 years, so probably around 3000 miles or so. My problem was that I would start to slide forward on the saddle and it would bother my arms and hands more than anything. Then once I realized what was happening, I would notice it sooner and eventually I just got frustrated and changed saddles. I had less problems when I rode in the flatter lands. I think that rocking back and forth a bit more with climbing accelerated the breakdown.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yikes, the description sounds so awful and painful!

I guess when you lean that far forward you are putting all your weight right on your labia on a stiff object for hours instead of back on your sit bones, and then riding/bumping directly on your soft tissue there. I'm not sure how any saddle can be expected to correct this situation? Can you put more weight on your feet while you ride?

[RolliePollie]

Yowza! I had a swelling issue once before I got my new saddle...wore skirts to work with no underwear for two days