macrophotofly
Maximum Pace
- Aug 27, 2012
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So I've got back into cycling since being in Tokyo and enjoying rides around 50-70km at the moment, but longer than that is being held back by a problem. After 90mins in the saddle I start to get numbness in the front of my left foot preceded by some numbness around my sitbones (note undercarriage has no problems). The right foot numbness kicks in later, but never as bad. I've assumed thus far it is a seat problem (due to sitbones going numb first) and worked my way through 3 seats in the last month (an old fizik, fizik arione Cx and a Selle Italian Max Flight), trying to vary style and width. Rough measurement suggests my sitbones are about 10-11cm.
I'm on a cross bike but have the flat bar reasonably low and the seat higher than it, so a fair amount of the weight is going forward. When I dropped the handlebars a bit it helped but not removed.
Any thoughts or ideas gratefully received as I'm not sure what to do next!?!
I'm on a cross bike but have the flat bar reasonably low and the seat higher than it, so a fair amount of the weight is going forward. When I dropped the handlebars a bit it helped but not removed.
Any thoughts or ideas gratefully received as I'm not sure what to do next!?!