shorts or saddle or both

[BeeLady]

If it hurts mainly up front you may try tipping the nose of your seat down a tiny bit, like 1/4 inch at first. Tipping the nose of your saddle down can change the way you pedal a bit and stress your knees, feet, etc., but lowering it bit may take the pressure off.

The other danger is overcompensating the pressure on your arms and wrists, keeping your self pushed back on your saddle. That is why you only want a very slight movement and watch to see how it affects your overall posture on the bike.

I still use the stock seat on my Bianchi and I have a leather saddle on my Dummy, tilting the nose down slightly on both helped.

[wanzar]

I've actually already tried that. I really didn't like it because I kept sliding forward which was really annoying. Thanks.

[tctrek]

You need to be sitting on your "sit bones". If you are having soft tissue damage, it sounds like you may be leaning too much on that area... could be you are stretched out too much and need to move your seat forward a little bit. Also, if your saddle is padded, you could possibly be sinking into the padding and making too much bodily contact with the saddle.

Some on the forum use seats with cutouts to help with this. I personally don't do well with cutouts. I prefer to go to a very minimally padded seat and a very minimal chamois in my shorts.

Sometimes heavier padding is not the answer. You want to get it so that most of your weight on the saddle is evenly distributed on your sit bones which somewhat "lifts" the soft tissue just enough that it doesn't get sore.

[cosuze]

I'm new to cycling and looking to get a bike of my own. I had my BF's but turns out it too long for me and I was way too stretched out- and hence pressure up front. I spent all day today going to bike shops around here and even on a wsd bike and seat adjusted to the correct height, after 10 minutes of test riding, I was uncomfortable. I could feel my sit bones- and I was sitting on them but I still have pressure up front on my pubic bone.

Is it a normal feeling to have pressure there? And if so, how much? I can't tell if the pressure is normal and something that a pair of shorts could help out with or if it's really not right?