#1331

If you spend four to six hours a day riding 5cms from the wheels in front and surrounded by 200 other riders, I’d say the likelyhood is very high. Although some riders are have more luck than others, like Sagan avoiding Cancellara’s crash at Roubaix last year

#1332

I swear I’ve watched that clip 100+ times. It’s so mesmerising.

#1333

The skill to avoid a rider dropping in front of you at 30ish mph is mind blowing.

I also find this video mesmerising for different reasons

Or this save

#1334

The Giro clip is beautiful.

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#1335

Fucking loads I’d wager.

Touch wood I’ve never had a proper bad crash. It’s going to happen at some point though, I know it.

#1336

ahh think I’ve been misunderstood - when I said top-tier cyclowankers, i was of course referring to your twentynines, nikis and richts.

#1337

Really? Only ever crashed once on the road (looked a bit like that giro clip, but on a wet roundabout). @anon67149139 crashes all the time iirc (safety wink face).

#1338

:smiley:

Yeah, rarely. Two minor unclipping disasters and a horrible into the back of someone is the total of my crashes. Got a lovely scar on my right knee cos they all happened within a few months of each other.

Pushing my luck with the ice at the moment, this morning there were so many bad patches but I managed to stay upright again.

#1339

I’ve been knocked off my bike by cars/ motorbikes 3 times (not for years though)

Never had a crash on the road where I’ve lost a wheel though.

Crashed off road loads of times (had two on Saturday) - it’s par for the course really.

#1340

Used to fall off my MTB all the time. Over the handlebars into barbed wire quite a few times. Have a huge scar on my right shin where a chainset sliced through. That was quite nasty actually.

#1341

@rich-t @profk Not far wrong! Probably 4/5 a year racing-related. Just crit cornering in a bunch mainly or falling arse-over-tit doing CX, rather than anything high-speed and doing serious damage. Had a proper spill in London last year though, new front wheel and a week off work.

Only had one road-incident, getting left-hooked by a car (turning into a Halfords amusingly). And only two during a club run, but nothing remotely serious, but involving my best mate amusingly :laughing: Once where a lady rode into him and he fell into me, and another where he stopped suddenly and I hit him in the mech.

Falling off rollers is another matter though, heh.

#1342

Think I need a new saddle. The Charge spoon is causing tingling and numbness in some pretty delicate places*.

How do I get this done properly - do I get measured somewhere or what?

*my genitals

#1343

you got padded shorts?

can either: get a bike fit (costs £££, may not include a saddle fit)

or

go to a bike shop and try out saddles before you buy them

mr pn has still not found a saddle he gets on with after trying roughly 20 of them.

#1344

Most local bike shops will have a device that measures your sit bone width, basically a plastercine plate you sit on. This then indicates how wide or narrow the saddle needs to be.

Also worth checking out your position in the bike. Tingling and numbness might say theat there’s too much pressure placed on a certain area, instead of it being speed across the saddle.

Unfortunately, saddle fit is a very specific issue for each person and what works for one doesn’t work for somebody else.

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#1345

Yeah. Helps with the saddle soreness but not the cutting off of blood supply.

No idea how Mr Niki has managed that kind of mileage this year with a permanently sore bum.

#1346

don’t think his arse is the problem tbh

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#1347

If you’ve got a LBS that sells the Fizik brand then they should/usually have a cool arse measuring plate. Once you find an appropriate saddle, you can work on positioning / reach / height, etc. GOOD LUCK, EP’S BALLS! :cherries:

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#1348

Have you tried pointing the nose of your saddle down ever so slightly? Maybe just play around with the saddle position in general. Sometimes moving it back a touch can help too.

#1349

I’ve moved it further back and tried both up and down slanting. Up was more comfortable overall but isn’t helping this particular problem.

#1350

saddle sores are just all in the game, yo.

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