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I thought titanium is supposed to be forgiving like steel.Damn my titanium old ass trek beats me up pretty bad, the steel front fork is nice and keeps my hands from dying.
Just started this cycling thing on a fucked up old Trek single speed conversion from craigslist. Been bored and lacking waves so been putting a few miles on it. My gooch (guch? taint?) hurts. Need new seat.
Once your mangina goes through the pain wall, you'll be fine. Need to toughen up that clit.My gooch (guch? taint?) hurts. Need new seat.
That is horrible advice. Find a normal seat that fits your sit bones.Once your mangina goes through the pain wall, you'll be fine. Need to toughen up that clit.
Ask me how I know.
Is it wrong that I want bullhorn bars instead of a flat bar on a new-to-me bike that currently has drop bars? I see it is a flat bar with integrated bar ends.Bought used Cheap. Chain was saggy with the vertical dropouts so I opted for a tensioner the time being. Needs new brakes and front brake. Going to add bullhorn bars , new seat, tires, brakes, pedals.
I was kidding of course.That is horrible advice. Find a normal seat that fits your sit bones.
If you look at the properly set up drops, they have a pretty much the same shape as bullhorns when you're on the hoods but you also have multiple hand positions on the drops which helps on descents and when riding into the wind (plus gives you a better leverage on the brakes for finer control).I like the bullhorns for climbing....you can get back in the saddle a bit and pull
I could never get in to drops...the bullhorns give me a lot of options for hand
and grip position so I can mix it up over the course of a long ride.
it's partly a cosmetic thing, too...I like the look
buy yourself some padded shorts.....Damn my titanium old ass trek beats me up pretty bad, the steel front fork is nice and keeps my hands from dying.
Just started this cycling thing on a fucked up old Trek single speed conversion from craigslist. Been bored and lacking waves so been putting a few miles on it. My gooch (guch? taint?) hurts. Need new seat.
Yeah, all that makes perfect reasonable sense. Probably why the bike store people gave me the look they did..."He seemed so normal when he came in and asked if he could bring his bike in."If you look at the properly set up drops, they have a pretty much the same shape as bullhorns when you're on the hoods but you also have multiple hand positions on the drops which helps on descents and when riding into the wind (plus gives you a better leverage on the brakes for finer control).
Look at the top of the bars, when you're on the hoods, it's almost the same as bullhorns.
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I think the brakes are set up a bit too high in this pic but you get the idea:
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There is definitely taint tolerance that needs to be built up. If I'm off my bike for a while and I do a good ride for the first time I'll feel it in my taint the next day. But if I'm riding a lot the tolerance builds up.It's always painful in the beginning but then later it becomes pleasurable.