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[camwyn]

OH MY GOD MY ARSE.

Well. No. Not really. But you don't want to know what part is actually sore. I need to get a bike seat that was designed for the female anatomy, I think.

I have ridden from Jersey City to Hoboken, and then from Hoboken to Liberty State Park, and then from the Park to my home, and now I am here; I am going to get my hands clean and then ride back to the park for the fireworks. I intend to walk the bike home as it will be dark.

More later. Have cell phone with me. Call if you think I'm being insane or summat, or text me- I've got that set up on LJ.

Whee! Oh, and there will be bike pictures later.

Comments

[zou.livejournal.com]

My first ride on my bike hurt my girl-bits, too. :(

[eor.livejournal.com]

You may want to try the suggestions on adjusting given here http://www.terrybicycles.com/faq/saddles.html

If that doesn't help there are seats made for women at that site and at other places.

[pelogrande.livejournal.com]

You seem to be implying that bike seats were well designed for male anatomy.

They're not.

The only bike I've ever ridden that I'd call comfortable is my uncle's recumbent. It's weird, and I'm not sure I'd want to use it for either off-roading or tricky urban riding, but it was definitely comfortable. Everything else is just rated on a scale of tolerability.

[maxineofarc.livejournal.com]

You do get used to the bike seat pretty quickly, though it sounds like you put in a lot of distance without working up to it, so you might be sore for a bit. Give your current seat a couple of weeks and see if you're able to adjust to it before switching it out.