Can a Saddle Do This?

[Dianyla]

(my personal theory is that this is where some of the "hysteria" over women riding bikes at the turn of the century came from)

Hysteria, indeed!

[SalsaMTB]

Thanks for the info. I have an appointment with my obgyn tomorrow because the whole period for 5 weeks straight freaked me out. I have 3 data points

1) Right when I was about to end my period, I raced on torture device and spotted for 4 more weeks
2) Stopped spotting for 4 days, raced on torture device and spotted for 2 days
3) Stopped spotting for 4 days, raced on old faithful and no spotting.

Hmmm....

I'll be sure to mention it to my obgyn. I'm sure stress could be a huge contributing factor also. I was just curious if anyone had this and/or if this is something I should mention to my dr. Glad I posted, now I'll definitely mention!

[dreadpirate]

HOLY CRAP!

I had a month with some heinous miles - I thought it was all me and my cycle being weird hormonally. This is major interesting to hear!

I mean, you know I was having saddle "issues" already. This totally makes sense!

Thanks for sharing!

[RoadRaven]

OK... sounds like you have some sound ideas, suggestions and advice from the other gals here... and I have no experience of this happening, so I am not "butting in" to give advice...

But I have read this thread a couple of times and I HAVE to ask... why on earth did you put a new saddle on before the race (having never ridden on this saddle before)?

It feels different, the angle might be different... Why?

[SalsaMTB]

OK... sounds like you have some sound ideas, suggestions and advice from the other gals here... and I have no experience of this happening, so I am not "butting in" to give advice...

But I have read this thread a couple of times and I HAVE to ask... why on earth did you put a new saddle on before the race (having never ridden on this saddle before)?

It feels different, the angle might be different... Why?

lol...yep, I know, it's ALWAYS a bad idea to do that. But, the cover on my old saddle was falling apart and I needed a new saddle. I put on the new one weeks before the race, planning on trying it before race day, but my mom got sick and I just didn't get any time on my bike. Race day came, I didn't think about it and just grabbed my bike and went. I've really only been riding on race days, training has gone to zero. It was a terrible mistake and I definitely paid for it!

Note to self....always keep the old saddle in the car I use to transport my bike to trails!