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[Mich the Tester]

Tomorrow will be switching to bicycle for commute. Can my lardy arse cope with a 40 mile/day ride!??!?!

Your lardy arse might cope with it but you'll need a good saddle otherwise your 'gentleman's area' will suffer. What sort of bicycle is it?

[norrahe]

Your lardy arse might cope with it but you'll need a good saddle otherwise your 'gentleman's area' will suffer. What sort of bicycle is it?

And I'm dreading doing 5k a day

[norrahe]

My accountant has said that I may be able to claim the costs for my bike

[hyperD]

Your lardy arse might cope with it but you'll need a good saddle otherwise your 'gentleman's area' will suffer. What sort of bicycle is it?

Specialized Secteur Apex Elite with Fulcrum Racing 7 wheels and ceramic main cog. I've got a nice padded undergarment and my gentlemany bits have been hardened in previous years. I will be coating them in lots of Vasoline though whether I need it or not 'cos it feels quite pervy!

[mudskipper]

TMI.

[mudskipper]

Some sort of cloggy bike, have no idea other than its the one bike I've found that when I adjust the saddle the handlebars are still ok for me to use.
Most cloggy bikes are too high for me or the frame too big.

The cloggies don't go in for fancy bikes, they are a functional thing to get you from a to b.

Sorry to disappoint.

Have to also purchase some panniers.

A noob mistake is to have the saddle much too low. Stand next to the bike, and nose of saddle at top of the arse-crack is a good starting height. Means you're less likely to bugger your knees.

[Dallas]

My accountant has said that I may be able to claim the costs for my bike

Do, I put mine through.
Just need to be able t back-up it is 'wholly' for business use etc. Punctures MOTs etc all add up.

[Mich the Tester]

Specialized Secteur Apex Elite with Fulcrum Racing 7 wheels and ceramic main cog. I've got a nice padded undergarment and my gentlemany bits have been hardened in previous years. I will be coating them in lots of Vasoline though whether I need it or not 'cos it feels quite pervy!

Oh you know the score then. I got my arse measured properly and then put a Specialized Romin Evo saddle on my Cannondale Caad 9 and it's been a great relief for the area where feminists think my brain resides. I'd started to have problems with getting depressed after long rides and the coach at the racing club suggested it was to do with the flow of hormones being restricted or summat like that. Indeed, I was using a large saddle, thinking that because I'm a large-ish bloke that was right, and my perineum was being put under pressure; when they used the measuring seat they realised my sitting bones are quite close together and so I got the 'M' sized saddle. The bike has a very stiff frame, which is great for speed and cornering but with the wrong saddle it can cause serious problems.

Mind you, I wouldn't recommend the saddle as it's such a personal thing; some people hate it, others love it, and it seems that goes for pretty much any saddle.

I´ve never done the vaseline or cream thing though and haven't found it necessary, but I do wear a clean pair of shorts and fairly tight synthetic undies every time I ride, and I mean I'm religious about hygiene in that area as I don't want any of those nasty tunneling sores that some cyclists get.

[mudskipper]

Do, I put mine through.
Just need to be able t back-up it is 'wholly' for business use etc. Punctures MOTs etc all add up.

Doesn't even need to be wholly - as long as it's primary use is business and personal use is incidental.

Was wondering about tubes etc - haven't been putting those through, but suppose I should.

[norrahe]

A noob mistake is to have the saddle much too low. Stand next to the bike, and nose of saddle at top of the arse-crack is a good starting height. Means you're less likely to bugger your knees.

They're not too particular about saddle height here, given that you have kids riding bikes that are way too high for them.

Its taken me this long to find a bike that was right and that I could get my feet to the ground on. Cloggies are pretty tall.

My knees are fecked anyway from 15 years of competitive athletics.