noseless saddles and the quest for comfort?

[WolfGirl]

Knotted, thanks for the tips; I checked out that thread (among others).

When I say numb, I mean more on the _outside_ of my lady bits than the inside (with my newer seat (Planet Bike ARS); the numbness was all over with the stock seat). As for the seat until the fitting, I'm staying off the bike for the most part until then. I miss it!

I'll try to hunt up the play-doh test thread, thanks!

[KnottedYet]

A little light reading:

http://www.urosource.com/fileadmin/u...3804005627.pdf

http://pudendal.info/node/pdf/intrac...renialpain.pdf

The vast majority of studies about perineal and pudendal nerve compression and entrapment are about men... cuz men really worry when their pee-pees don't work. But the general idea is the same.

If you've got the time, do some searches on scholar.google.com You can find some pretty neat stuff.

(and yes, numbness on the outside is what happens when the sensory nerve gets compressed on the inside on its way out, just like your hand gets numb when you sleep on your shoulder. numbness that lasts for days means the nerve running to that area was compressed so horribly that it took days for it to rebound and recover)