My apple bottom

[arnaew]

I've just been reading the threads on saddles and shorts, and almost everyone has a different idea on what's best. I just posted on the saddle thread, then thought about why my saddle is so uncomfortable for someone else, and realised we often don't mention our body shape. Weight yes, but what about whether we are mesomorphs, ectomorphs or endomorphs? I am the latter, which means I am a pear shape, with a big round apple bottom. I have a friend who is a meso, and she looks like a potato, with a pancake bottom. Another is an endo, with a bottom like a round peach. We all have very distinct preferences in saddles, and they are quite different. Hmm. Then realised that all my descriptions were about food. What do you think that means?!
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[Brandi]

endo for me. A round peach is a perfect discriptions.

[Geonz]

Hmmm.... I think I'm just a clump of mashed potatoes :-)

[mimitabby]

Hmmm.... I think I'm just a clump of mashed potatoes :-)

me, i'm a carton of eggs. LOL (but they're expired, i'm 54!)

[fatbottomedgurl]

I'm a meso-endo. That's a mesomorph with an endomorph end (thin waist and a sweet peach behind)! My husband loves it, I hate it (as do my like-bottomed daughters), as it is hard to find pants that fit the rear without gapping at the waist. I like the new mid-rise pants that are out because they don't hit the waist.

Oh, and by the way, with all my shorts questions, at the advice of my lady LBS owner, I bought a pair Sugoi Evolution shorts. They hit me perfectly just below the navel in the front, come up higher in the rear, and the leg grips are not too tight. I roll the grip up, and they anticipated that and printed the logo on the gripper so it reads right side up. I love love love them. But they do run a little small.

[bikerchick68]

LOL... I always say I have a TWO hour glass figure...

definitely a pear shape... some kind of pear on 'roids...

[ChainsOflove]

How come if we're all pears do I only see these skinny-assed snotty ultra-roadie women when I go for my training rides????

[mimitabby]

Chainsoflove
they must not be computer friendly those babes you ride with.

[Lenusik]

My husband says that I have a coconut bottom. I assume that this is a compliment. No wonder my rear end hurts all the time just after 30 miles.

In term of shorts: I love my Assos shorts. They are expensive but they are worth every penny. It seem like its pad is a little too big at the beginning. But it absolutely saves on the long rides. I also like my Sugoi shorts as well and hate Pearl Izumis. They feel like diapers.

[RoadRaven]

dunno what my but is...


but!!! LOL... this thread makes me think of Wilbour Smith books - he describes bottoms delightfully...


... her buttocks were like two ostrich eggs gleaming in the Kalahari sunlight

... her bottom jiggled like a sackful of rabbits

[crazycanuck]

Hmmm...interesting roadraven...vewwwwy intewesting...

"her bottom jiggled like a sackful of rabbits..."

I wonder if that's how my bottom jiggles...

crazycanucknowthinkingaboutgettingridofabottomthatjiggleslikerabbitsby cycling...

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