saddle discomfort

Same here - this will be my fifth year, and while I admit I don't get nearly enough T.I.T.S. (yeah, I said it) my business is still sore and even goes numb from time to time. I've been on the stock saddle. I tried fooling with some other saddles last winter (two Fiziks and a Cobb) but never really noticed any improvement - this was all on the trainer.

Edited by CycloneVM 2016-01-20 9:28 AM

The trainer is worse than riding on the road.

However you should not always be in pain. Once your riding on a regular basis you should be able to do your normal length rides without discomfort. I think once you get past about 75 miles most people have some discomfort. On my road bike that's usually about the distance, on my tri bike its more like 90-100 miles.
If your not riding on a regular basis there is some discomfort until you get used to it, just like anything else.

Have you experimented with the tilt of your seat or forward/back position?

Have you tried to level the saddle? I place a book on the saddle and then a small level to check. I also recommend Cobb saddles which I found the best out off all the saddles I tried. Great customer service and quality work. I couldn't have made it through training for IM races without having comfortable saddle.

Thanks! I may try to slide my seat forward a little although after being fitted on the bike I've always hated to mess with it. I also think I will end up trying one of those adamo road type saddles.

Mine isn't so much a pain but a numbness. My crotch gets numb, and it's like I can feel the seat up in my chode cutting off the blood flow. Are there seats with splits that allow for more taint comfort?

yes there are seats like that.

Also keep in mind that you are sitting 99% of the time on the trainer and not really moving around. Outside you are shifting your weight around, moving and standing from time to time so you arent putting all that pressure in one area all the time. I try to stand every so often on my trainer sessions and this seems to help even on longer rides.

+1 on trainer vs outside riding...

Also, +1 on Adamo saddles. I just switch to the old TT saddle (I think it's called the 1.0 or 1.5 now... Not sure) and got for to that. I'm loving it so far!

FYI adamo saddles were designed by John Cobb before he started his own business. If you like adamo you will find something in the Cobb line up you will like as well. Cobb also has a free trial period.

I have an Adamo Prologue saddle and while it is designed for comfort, I still experienced some soreness on the trainer or rides outdoors longer than a few hours. The Adamo still works, but I had to make the nose more narrow. So, I bought a $1.50 hose clamp from the local hardware store and started compressing the rails to make the nose more narrow. My issue was rubbing/chaffing in my inner thighs, and a bit of numbness on the gooch (Google this if you don't know what it means). Anyway, I also tilted my seat down ~3%...not a lot, but enough to get much more comfortable. Now, I ride for 4+ hours on the trainer without any discomfort. I still lube up for longer rides, but all the discomfort is gone.