The Uncomfortable Truth - Bicycle Saddle Diseases (You can't ignore this)
CRUZBIKE
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If you’ve ever wondered if you’re doing permanent damage to your saddle area when cycling, you’re not crazy and you're not alone. As a physician and avid cyclist, Jim Parker, MD has seen firsthand how standard bicycle saddles harm riders. The problem isn’t the saddle’s shape; it’s the body’s position atop it. Bicycle saddle diseases (BSDs) are chronic or acute injuries or illnesses caused by the accumulation of pressure and trauma to the perineum directly related to the use of a bicycle saddle.
Take the free and anonymous 3-minute assessment to see what your BSD risk factors are: https://cruzbike.com/pages/bicycle-sa...
For men, bicycle saddle diseases include:
erectile dysfunction
urethral strictures
infertility
prostatitis
prostate cancer
For women, bicycle saddle diseases include:
vulvar numbness
vulvar pain
labial fibrosis
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Both men and women are subject to perineal folliculitis (inflammation of pubic hair follicles), furuncles (aka saddle sores), and arterial endofibrosis (scarring and stiffening of important arteries).
Cycling has wonderful cardiovascular and mental health benefits, but those shouldn't (and don't have to) come with the risk of a bicycle saddle disease. Read the full paper here: https://cruzbike.com/blogs/blog/bicyc...
20 Comments
I am 53 and been on my bicycle since i was 5. I am dutch, i don't own a car and do everything by bike.
Heck i cycle for months on end all acros europe and i don't suffer from anything.. (yet)
I also mountainbike a lot.
Have a new girlfriend since a three weeks and it's all functioning properly. :)
You sit on your sit bones and not on the rest..
I have a brooks saddle on my touringbike.
Recumbents are great, but they are way more expensive and on gravel they are useless, in city they are dangerous, uphill less efficient.
I would love to travel on a Cruze, but I feel that to enjoy a recumbent you need cycling highways, no loose terrain, no off road…
and no messy traffic
Low bar, high saddle put a lot of pressure on the aera.
Picking a wider rear saddle works because the buttocks carry the weight. Higher stens relieve wrist pressure.
Limiting bicycling to half an hour wearing a decent foam bib works.
Downhill biking removes causation because you don’t use the saddle and use a high rise bar. Also cardio rate is much higher.
I ride bikes for 55 years. I am fine.
A recumbent bike ruins knees and hips. Visibility in traffic is low.
The Uncomfortable Truth - Bicycle Saddle Diseases (You can't ignore this)
CRUZBIKE
2,613 views
If you’ve ever wondered if you’re doing permanent damage to your saddle area when cycling, you’re not crazy and you're not alone. As a physician and avid cyclist, Jim Parker, MD has seen firsthand how standard bicycle saddles harm riders. The problem isn’t the saddle’s shape; it’s the body’s position atop it. Bicycle saddle diseases (BSDs) are chronic or acute injuries or illnesses caused by the accumulation of pressure and trauma to the perineum directly related to the use of a bicycle saddle.
Take the free and anonymous 3-minute assessment to see what your BSD risk factors are: https://cruzbike.com/pages/bicycle-sa...
For men, bicycle saddle diseases include:
erectile dysfunction
urethral strictures
infertility
prostatitis
prostate cancer
For women, bicycle saddle diseases include:
vulvar numbness
vulvar pain
labial fibrosis
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Both men and women are subject to perineal folliculitis (inflammation of pubic hair follicles), furuncles (aka saddle sores), and arterial endofibrosis (scarring and stiffening of important arteries).
Cycling has wonderful cardiovascular and mental health benefits, but those shouldn't (and don't have to) come with the risk of a bicycle saddle disease. Read the full paper here: https://cruzbike.com/blogs/blog/bicyc...