Registered: Nov 2003
Location: michigan
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I've been a recumbent rider for 20 years and a GRR rider for 8. Has anyone else experienced problems with saddle sores on the tailbone? I wear recumbent shorts, but develop sores during rides of 40 miles or more. Is there a seat adjustment I should try or perhaps some other remedy?

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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Detroit suburbs
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Originally posted by ctodd1
I've been a recumbent rider for 20 years and a GRR rider for 8. Has anyone else experienced problems with saddle sores on the tailbone? I wear recumbent shorts, but develop sores during rides of 40 miles or more. Is there a seat adjustment I should try or perhaps some other remedy?

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Registered: Jun 2007
Location: Portland OR
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I modify seat base's for riders in my Bent Shop here Portland OR.

To do this - - -

1. - Untie the seat cover cords that pull the seat cover tight over the seat base. The cords are located under/bottom/back of the seat base.

2. - Make sure to use safety pins to pin the ends of the seat cover cords to the hem of the seat cover when untied. WHY? - This is so you don't accidentally loose them inside the seat cover loop when you pull the seat cover back over the seat base. It is really time consuming to fish them back out - so use patience - safty pin the ends to the hem of the seat cover - you won't be sorry.

3. - Now wrap 120 grit sand paper around a used paper towel/toilet paper center. I use a few drops of super glue to bond the sand paper to the roll.

4. - Pack newspaper, rags, most anything inside of the roll so it will not collapse. This makes a cylindrical sanding block - yea - I know - an "oxymoron term" LOL

5. - Now carefully sand the foam away in the area of the seat that is irritating your tail bone then clean up.

6. - Stretch the seat cover back over the seat base - un-pin the safety pins - pull the cords tight - carefully tye a bow knot "not a square knot" why? You might want to get back under the cover again to do more shaping of the foam. Oh - and wrap the bow knot with tape so it will not accidentailly get pulled loose.

Walla - a custom seat base just for you

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Registered: Nov 2009
Location: boise idaho
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Originally posted by ctodd1
I've been a recumbent rider for 20 years and a GRR rider for 8. Has anyone else experienced problems with saddle sores on the tailbone? I wear recumbent shorts, but develop sores during rides of 40 miles or more. Is there a seat adjustment I should try or perhaps some other remedy?

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Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Connecticut, USA
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Dinkster, excellent post. Very thorough.

Back to the op: you're reporting a slightly different problem from mine but maybe this will help. I modified my seat base after I lost a bunch of weight and started experiencing Coccydynia (pain in or around the area of the coccyx, also called the tailbone). I basically did what dinkster suggests but I just used a knife to cut away a slot in the center of the seat base (from the middle to the back of the seat base). I then replaced the seat cover. Pain gone.

Works well but I think dinkster's solution is even better. Btw, they sell pads for this particular issue for using in cars and other "regular" chairs.

http://bit.ly/NYcmAG

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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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Originally posted by bogiesan
You'd need to be much more specific. Saddle sores mean way different things to DF riders, recumbent eoplel and horse people.

To help you along, I suffer a curious linear wound sometimes on longer rides. my gluteals rub against each other and there will be a vertical mark on each side. If I act quickly enough I only get a bit of a bruise but it can escalate under certain conditions and turn raw.

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