male specific pain issues

[Andrea]

My "other" used to get numbness. I just so happened to have bought an SMP Glider that I decided I didn't really like, so I gave it to him & it worked fabulously.

[Grog]

If a new saddle (perhaps with a cutout, which my husband also finds great) doesn't do the trick, I'd see a specialist for a bike fit before I'd see a doctor...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

If a new saddle (perhaps with a cutout, which my husband also finds great) doesn't do the trick, I'd see a specialist for a bike fit before I'd see a doctor...

Or, like us, our family doctor 'happens' to be an avid cyclist. When DH went to him about the numbness issue, instead of prescribing all kinds of tests, he said "get a different saddle". Worked like a charm.

[OakLeaf]

I'd have to guess that men are as individual as we are "down there." (I'm too old and too married to do my own research )

I suppose men don't even talk about that type of thing on their own cycling forums, to find some guidance on what might fit... but measuring sit bones would be the same, and perhaps the hard chair cut-out test as well?

[velogirl]

one trick that many of the male cyclists I know use is to offset their saddle just a touch to one side or the other. what I mean is rotating the nose either left or right of center. then, they store their "package" on the opposing side.

but, I'm also a big advocate of a cutout for men or women.

do not ignore numbness. it could become permanent nerve or vascular damage.

[Crankin]

My husband uses a Fizik (sp?) saddle that looks like an instrument of torture, but he loves it. He just replaced his original one after 10 years.
The only time he ever had an issue was when he rode out to Mt. Wachusett, rode up to the summit, and back home (70 miles) and then rode 40 miles the next day.
Those days are gone...

[sundial]

Consider choosing bibs to wear. It keeps things tucked up.

[spindizzy]

+1 on the saddle change.

Watched the owner of my LBS fit a guy on his bike. the first thing the fittee said, with a grin on his face was "ahhh, that feels fantastic" as he sat on a Selle SMP.

I was silently cursing him as the Selle worked for some of my parts, but not all...