onetrack Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Re the bike seats - I found, purely via purchase error, that womens bike seats are much more comfortable than mens bike seats. They're built wider, and this feature alone makes them more comfortable. I have never understood why the standard mens bike seat has to be so narrow and basically painful after extended riding. No wonder the Tour de France blokes spend so much time standing up on the pedals! Edited February 16 by onetrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Especially in ice cold water. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 hours ago, onetrack said: Re the bike seats - I found, purely via purchase error, that womens bike seats are much more comfortable than mens bike seats. They're built wider, and this feature alone makes them more comfortable. I have never understood why the standard mens bike seat has to be so narrow and basically painful after extended riding. No wonder the Tour de France blokes spend so much time standing up on the pedals! A long time ago I was a young, fit cyclist. I did some track racing. I can tell you the reason that the men’s bike seats are solid. If you are riding competitively the seat is only there to help you steer the bike. If you put weight on the seat you are not pedalling hard enough! So it is designed to punish the rider any time he slacks off. Women's bicycle seats are generally more comfortable because they place more importance on comfort. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 What about when you hit bumps? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I've never had any problem with bumps with the womens seat on my bike, it's just more comfortable under every condition. It's built like the big old wide vintage motorcycle seats, they were a practical and comfortable shape. I guess they had to be, when you consider that nearly all vintage motorbikes and pushbikes have no rear wheel suspension. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Now that I am older (& wiser?) I have fitted a sensible comfy seat (saddle) to my bike. Because nowadays, I like to sit occassionally when I am riding. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonB Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I too was a keen long distance cyclist when I was young, now I have had to put a gel pad on my electric mountain bike cause it is just too hard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Straight onto the end of your spine is no place to get bumps like sledge hammer. British motorcycle seats are not that good bar the older sprung leather covered BROOKS which were even used on veteran AMERICAN BIKES.ie INDIAN Hedstrom. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Has anyone rode 100 miles on their bicycle . I did Derby city centre to the beach at Skegness. 99.8 miles . Boy , was I in trouble . spacesailor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 So you haven’t done 100 miles either! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) Nope.. Did about 80 miles around SE Engalnd once.. Felt rather tender afterwards. Edited February 17 by Jerry_Atrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Some small Steam Trains have a TENDER Behind. Nev 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I used to ride my bike a lot as a young teenager, but I don't think I ever did 100 miles in a day on it. Might have done 25 to 30 miles some days, though. When I lived on my gold mine, alongside Hwy 1, North of Norseman, I'd regularly see cyclists loaded to the gills, pedalling their way across Australia!! The interstate truckies hated them and would try to blow them off the road! The highway was only 6M wide in those days and this meant that trucks couldn't overtake cyclists when other traffic was oncoming, so they would have to brake to a crawl. Nothing makes a truckie more irate, than having to brake multiple tonnes down to 15kph, and then take ages to wind up speed again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 A Japanese " character " building test , No money just their return flight ticket. Can't even go to see any '' sightseeing " places . spacesailor PS : NZ uses the replica tall ship " bounty " . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Where is my pill bottle now? You can never find it when you need it most. Nev 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 There must be quite a few Japanese with some strong character, then!! I think the flies got to them more than the distance and the brutal constant pedalling. The ferocious headwinds across the Nullarbor must have made a few of those hardy cyclists want to give up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nomadpete Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 50 minutes ago, red750 said: I wont buy them again. Only the first one workd. The rest were duds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 $1.25 for Blueberries? What decade was that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Not ALL Oysters work. either. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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red750 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 A village in Romania. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Gee! Spotted well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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