...in a place you'd have to marry me to see. I hate telling the world, but I need advice. I have given myself several blisters (of the variety you get on the bottom of your feet after walking too much--simple, unbroken pockets of pus) from friction against the saddle. I think it's primarily because of my habit of leaning the bike to one side while still in the saddle and standing on one tippy-toe at stoplights. It makes the saddle dig into my inner thigh (and elsewhere).
Yes, the first thing to do is quit doing that! I'm practicing a complete dismount at stoplights (my only worry is that when cars are behind me on the highway I won't be able to jump up fast enough for them). But I ride for hours at a time and I'm doing the MS 150 in a few weeks. I don't have time to give the cycling a rest even if I wanted to.
Treatment options? Prevention tips? My road bike has been fitted properly.
I would also like to know how to pedal standing up. Do I have to gear up a lot so I don't slip when I try to pedal in the standing position?
I've been cycling for a year. I bought my bike to do the 2004 MS 150, and the pain was horrendous. I've trained hard this year and also started commuting to work (30 miles a day). Love my bike. Hate my blisters. Thanks
Yes, the first thing to do is quit doing that! I'm practicing a complete dismount at stoplights (my only worry is that when cars are behind me on the highway I won't be able to jump up fast enough for them). But I ride for hours at a time and I'm doing the MS 150 in a few weeks. I don't have time to give the cycling a rest even if I wanted to.
Treatment options? Prevention tips? My road bike has been fitted properly.
I would also like to know how to pedal standing up. Do I have to gear up a lot so I don't slip when I try to pedal in the standing position?
I've been cycling for a year. I bought my bike to do the 2004 MS 150, and the pain was horrendous. I've trained hard this year and also started commuting to work (30 miles a day). Love my bike. Hate my blisters. Thanks