"Last Chance"

I am down to the wire now. I believe I have exhausted all potential solutions and it now comes down to a choice.

What you see here is the saddle that finally ended my numbness woes, and that I rode for the latter part of last year. The numbness was eliminated because of the wide channel down the middle.



The problem with it is the width. It causes me problems further back on my butt and in my hips, and I it seems to impede the natural pedal stroke.

So I went to this one which is significantly narrower, and still has some kind of a channel.



The problem this time is that the padding is too soft and the foam seems to collapse into the channel causing guess what? Yup! Numb nuts again!

So when I was at the bike show I had a chance to look at and hold this one. I was well aware of it from my Internet searching and in fact is made by the same company as one of my previous iterations. This saddle however costs more than any one I had previously bought and so I was afraid to order it sight unseen. Having a good look at it convinced me to throw my money away!



So this is the last chance. You an see that it has a fairly generous central channel and I can tell you that it is very firm. Weather permitting it will get it's first road test on Sunday. As long as I don't go numb I will give it a prolonged opportunity. If I do....well then I have a choice to make. Wish me luck.

It does look pretty cool eh?

(swim 750 metres)

“I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries”---Theodore Rubin

Love

Peter