Jett 130 and Zero and sit bone LUMP

[maillotpois]

I'm trying the Jett 130. Today was my first ride. I think it's going to be good, but I have a really strange problem that I fear no saddle will solve.

I loved my Terry Zero Y until this year, when somehow it gave me a really bad "issue" in my left sit bone, starting after my 400k. It's almost like there's a big lump right on the bone. I can feel it with my hand. Starting this year, I had felt that the Zero might be a bit wide and it was almost like it was cutting off circulation down my left leg. Mind you I did a 600k and what, 6 double centuries on that saddle over the last couple of years and never had a problem til this year. (Maybe my pelvis readjusted itself in the 6 months I was off the bike last year?)

So on a MTB trip in Oregon I bought a Specialized Alias 130 out of desperation (new bike and the stock saddle didn't have a cutout which I now know is essential for me). I loved it! The Alias is a great saddle. And when I saw they made the women's (Jett) in a 130 I decided to give it a try. I notice the Alias/Jett don't "flare out" at the side the way the Zero does. Even the Zero is a fairly narrow saddle, it is effectively wider because of the flare at the end/sides.

But has anyone had a LUMP on your sit bones?? Is it possible to get a bone spur on your butt??? Could it be some sort of inflammation where the hamstring attaches to the bone there?



I will go to my doctor (who already thinks I am a freak), but before I did, I wanted to throw those questions out there.

[Eden]

A hard lump? I've gotten a swelling on my butt before - it was kind of big to call it a lump - like the size of 1/2 an orange..... I could feel it and see it easily. I think when it happened to me it was from my saddle being a little tweaked to one side and/or a very crowned road. It happened to my husband once too on a day we did a very, very windy ride - his was on both sides and I think it was from rocking back and forth battling the wind all day.

[maillotpois]

Well, it is definitely smaller than that - and it is very deep in there, so you can't see it.

How long did it last?

[Eden]

For both of us the swelling went away after a few days. Sure was funny to look at. I'd call it more of a soft lump though - squishy like a sprained ankle.

[Starfish]

Sorry, Sarah, no experience with anything like that. All I know is that I have always had a very sensitive tush...my hip joints click and grind, and my massage therapist is constantly working on all my insertion points and stuff.

I know I've had hard lumps here and there when a lymph node has been aggravated and clogged up, and with good massage and so forth it goes away.

No help here, sorry. Sounds awful!

[maillotpois]

Thanks, guys.

What was really weird today was I saw down hard at the wrong angle on that lump once, and got a shooting pain in my butt/leg just as though I had hit my funny bone! So now I have a funny bone in my butt!!!

[Grog]

Is that like a bunion... on your sit bone?

[Dianyla]

What was really weird today was I saw down hard at the wrong angle on that lump once, and got a shooting pain in my butt/leg just as though I had hit my funny bone! So now I have a funny bone in my butt!!!

Could be muscular, could be a swollen lymph node, could be a benign fatty tumor (lipoma)... lots of stuff. Whatever the lump is, it sounds like it's aggravating your sciatic nerve. Sciatica caused by impingement on the nerve from muscular tightness is known as piriformis syndrome. Some things for you to look into...