Bike seat tips

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Creative Commons License photo credit: cleverchimpNow it is better to say something about how settling the saddle’s tilt-angle.
Try regulate the seat a little at a time. Go from one extreme to the other leads until you’ll find the right tilt-angle.
To distribute pressure across a wide area the saddle must be relatively horizontal.
If you tilt the saddle far up at the front, you will slide forward on the saddle, and your most delicate parts will make pressure up the nose of the seat.
If you tilt the saddle too far down at the front, you will ride pushing back from the handlebars. This will create a lot of tension in your shoulders and arms.

Generally, consider that the top of the handlebar don’t be lower than the top of your saddle.

Some bikes allow small height difference:
-with a smaller road bike try to keep this difference to 5cm (2 inches).
-with a mid-sized road bike keep a difference of 6cm (2.5 inches).
-with larger bikes keep this difference not over than 8cm (3 inches).

Sometimes lesions aren’t due to a wrong seat settlement, but the cause can be your riding style.
If your ride on the saddle without taking a break, you’re much more likely to have problems.
The best way to avoid this is to stop and stand up for a bit.

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