Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
I'll agree that sit bone pain is normal until you break in your backside - but your description of excruciating pain after 20 min doesn't sound like normal sit bone soreness.....
"excruciating" means different things to different people.
The substantial sitbone soreness I'm feeling today might possibly be called excruciating by someone else. I'm cringing every time I sit down today. I'll live.
It's been a while that I've been off the bike long enough, but what I remember is being on the saddle wasn't painful, what hurt was getting back on the day after or after a break - it would hurt for a few minutes and then that hurt would go away. Like breaking in a new pair of shoes.
I've had a lot more sitbone pain than that- but even the worst has always faded away completely after a week or two of regular riding. I guess we are all different- differently 'padded' behinds, different saddles, angles, etc.
I used to own a horse when i was young and rode all the time for hours. Now when I go for years without riding and then suddenly ride one day- I feel excruciatingly sore and painful both during and after the ride. One time I truly didn't think I could unmount and hit the ground standing because of the pain....but I did. I had to retreat to a bed for hours afterwards.