Hey all.
My name is Andy, I am from near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I am 23 and got a Mongoose Squid for X-mas. I quickly realized I needed something with much better quality. So I traded the squid in on a Nimbus muni 26. I am absolutely loving it. In the last 4 days I have gotten free mounts and turns down pretty pat(though not the prettiest!).
My question is about my inner thigh. I initally had some bruising very high on my thighs. Now the bruising is gone but I have a very large lump on both thighs right near the artery. Is this commen? Should I change the pitch on the seat? Is it to high? Too low? My legs are almost completely opened up at the bottom of the pedal stroke.
Welcome to the forum Andy.
Congrats on learning to ride, that’s
“…one more of us, one less of them.”
I siuspect the chafing will go away in time.
Your seat height sounds about right, I think it’s just a normal part of the learning curve.
You may be gripping the seat a little to tightly with your thighs while turning.
Welcome to the forum Andy.
Congrats on learning to ride, that’s
“…one more of us, one less of them.”
I siuspect the chafing will go away in time.
Your seat height sounds about right, I think it’s just a normal part of the learning curve.
You may be gripping the seat a little to tightly with your thighs while turning.
When you’re learning you’re typically very tense while riding. Being tense and uncontrolled can cause chafing and squeezing and uncomfortable contacts with parts of the seat. Once you learn to ride you’ll get relaxed and that will become much much less of an issue.
General rule of thumb for seat height is to have the seat as high as you can go without causing your hips to rock when pedaling with your heels on the pedals. Then put the balls of your feet on the pedals and your legs will be slightly bent. That’s just right for regular road riding and indoor freestyle riding. For off-road and general ride around fun with some jumping and drops you lower the seat a bit from that. For trials where you’re jumping a lot you lower it even further.
I got these exact symptoms, and I’ve heard plenty of mention of them from other people on these forums. The sore areas will toughen up over time - I found that after about a month of riding almost every day the pain/swelling was gone, and it hasn’t come back since.
I found that when it got too bad I’d just have a day off from riding and everything would be good again the next day. It’s difficult when you’re doing so well but it might be worth it before you do yourself a serious injury…
Oh, and hi from a fellow noob! I started riding back in August, and it’s the best thing I ever did!
It’s not so much about toughening up over time. It’s more about getting to the point that you can ride relaxed, not be tense, be able to move about on the seat, that sort of stuff.
Hmm, yes, that sounds pretty much like it. I just assumed that I’d toughened up or maybe destroyed enough nerve endings that I couldn’t feel it anymore!
Well the wife was in a good mood. So i showed her my “bulges” told her I was done seeing the mistress for good. She laughed. Then asked if uni had adverse affects on baby makin. I said it depends on which way you look at it. But does it? Its a good question I suppose
I used to joke that riding my uni was the only form of birth control the Catholic church allows, but A) I now have a son and B) he looks a lot like me… also, I was there throughout the pregnancy as well as when my wife give birth to him, so I know her reproductive abilities weren’t harmed by her riding
