I have been having trouble with my saddle and getting numb on long rides and have to admit it is getting smaller. Will this subside or what shoud I do?

Worried in Weehawken

I have been having trouble with my saddle and getting numb on long rides and have to admit it is getting smaller. Will this subside or what shoud I do?

Assuming this is not a troll, do a search on numbness or saddles, and you will come up with more than you could imagine.

If you're not a newbie, try to take a bit of pressure off the saddle as you pedal. Don't come off the saddle, just relieve some pressure.

i havent noticed anything...





...yet

but i have noticed after long rides sex is the last thing on my mind and i don't know if i could perform even if asked too. well, actually more then likely i could, but it would be with some effort. btw, what is a troll, just a newbie?

Variation in size is normal of course with minimum and maximum. Hopefully of course the minimum remains constant or it increases, and one hopes for the same for the maximum; especially an increase! Tiredness resulting from too much bicycle riding can cause a temporary decrease in libido; however this can be offset by developing interest after initiation of the activity; thereby prolonging the elapsed time of activity; which is generally considered a positive attribute in many cases by female partners.

Moderators Note:

Moved this to the beginners forum as this is a common new rider question. Posters are requested to refrain from posting jokes about their nether regions in the thread. Thanks.

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Moderators Note:

Moved this to the beginners forum as this is a common new rider question. Posters are requested to refrain from posting jokes about their nether regions in the thread. Thanks.

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Jokes? You must be kidding! :D

I was going to suggest massage and PIE, but the warden in this humorless little gulag is watching.

Jokes? You must be kidding! :D

I was going to suggest massage and PIE, but the warden in this humorless little gulag is watching.

Please feel free to fill up non-cycling with your contributions with regards to pastries and your nether regions, but lets keep this one clean.


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Please feel free to fill up non-cycling with your contributions with regards to pastries and your nether regions, but lets keep this one clean.


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As noted above, do a search online and you'll come up with enough material for a dissertation. "Saddles" "Saddle Fit" "Saddle Numbness" "Ishchial Tuberosities/Cycling/Saddles"

Hey, maybe you eventually change gender! ;) You could be heading for the Guinness Book of Records! LOL!!!

Hey, maybe you eventually change gender! ;) You could be heading for the Guinness Book of Records! LOL!!!
No joking around now, Steam. I gave our word. Swat, swat.

The answer is, no, penis size is NOT and cannot be affected by cycling. You're probably just focused on it because of the normal numbness isuues, so you're over-noticing normal day-to-day, hour-to-hour fluctuations in size.

You're getting good advice from others here about dealing with numbness. I'm just telling you to banish concerns about shrinkage from your mind altogether. Ain't true, ain't possible.

Yeah, keep think that way. Maybe it'll grow back! LOL!!!

I thinj it's the tight shorts and pointy shoes being a new guy myself.