Mashed fanj

[Sunnystormyday]

Im a fair weather cyclist, and the weather
Has been nice so ive been out on my lovely
Old bike which has a nice fat ladies saddle
My nice fat ladies bottom. But im suffering
From a, for want of a better term, mashed
Fanny. Any ideas how victoria pendleton
Manages? Am i doing it wrong or does my
Fanny just need to toughen up?

Aren't there gel saddles and padded shorts?

Sounds like you need a better saddle.

Ouch ! I sympathise. I cycled to work once and my fanny actually bled . I padded up with about 5 sanitary towels for the journey home!

I had a gel saddle so dont think they work , they only make it a bit more comfortable for bum cheeks.

I think that it's the position ie leaning forward on a bike that puts all the pressure on your fanny. Dont know what the answer is.

Bled?

Yes , the rubbing was so bad that my inner labia were all grazed and bleeding. My clitoris was also red raw

OMG cycling is very dangerous for all sorts of reasons then. There are 2 mountain bikes for our use on our holiday in a few weeks. I am a bit scared now.

Stand on the pedals, more.
Less on the, erm, petals..

Peddley peddley peddley peddley
peddley peddley peddley peddley
peddley peddley peddley
OUCH

Is it a womens specific saddle?

cheap some bikes have mens saddles as default. Mens sit bones are in a different place to womens so instead of being supported on our sitbones we are "supported" our bits.

The fattest, heavily sprung gel saddle in the world won't help if it is a blokes saddle.

Or get a recumbent.

And this, dear ladies, is why I don't exercise.

< sits on lovely pain-free nethers and reaches for another biscuit>

Hear hear bunny

I only cycled to work because my car had broken down. To add insult to injury ( and shredded petals) it pissed down with rain and I am so unfit that it too me an hour and a half to cycle a 15 min car ride.

So I arrived at work unable to walk properly, over an hour late and looking like an asthmatic wet t shirt entry.

Howl at "shredded petals"

I don't want my undercarriage shredded.

It is a ladies saddle but i always wondered who the fuck designed bike saddles in the first place? They dont seem suited to either type of undercarriage. A recumbant?? The first time i saw one of those i thought it had been squished under a lorry. Id rather have mashed fanj than be seen on a recumbant, sorry!

I didn't know saddles had sexes.

You can buy padded shorts and gel saddles help alot.

I have a (ladies) gel saddle on mine, it's ace, like sitting on a sofa cushion - the one I had before was just an instrument of torture.

My brother got me the gel one - took one look at the old saddle and laughed, said "that's for blokes" (he's a cycling nut, does loads of cross country stuff.)

Aha, this is why Dutch bikes are better!! I have one and you sit more upright and I can honestly say I have never ever even felt my fanny anwhere near my saddle! As for grazed clitoris, I can only say

Me too doinmummy. I had a bleeding fanjo and lying dh told me the gel saddle would be comfortable.

I used to cycle 7 miles to work, (and back again) so 14 miles a day, and my fange remained un-mashed...Now I wonder why? Am hoping it was the (very bog standard) woman's saddle, and not that I have some freaky over padded fango.

Oh, cross post, but it was a dutch bike, so maybe that was why ?

I rode DH's bike to town once. My fanjo felt like I'd been kicked by a donkey and my clitoris stung so much I nearly cried when I had to wee and wipe

When you aren't peddling stand on the peddles and take the weight off. Uphill sit back on the bum bones. Avoid wide padded "women specific" saddles - they push you forward on to your clit /flaps and causes chaffing. My comfortiest saddle is a blokes Giro Itallia racing saddle.