I had a crappy bike ride yesterday. Wow, I hardly ever say that.
I felt good on my bike ride for the first half of the 53 mile ride. Then my butt started to hurt alot from the new saddle, which I'm not used to and still not satisfied with position. I don't get why it didn't hurt my butt the very first time I rode with it. Unless maybe everything else hurt so much, that I didn't notice the pain in my derrier.
So, I stopped several times to fiddle with the saddle position. Big mistake, I ended up even more unsatisfied and in more pain. Then it started getting really hot. Just kinda dragged the last 15 miles. When I got home, here's what the weather said...
Blah.
This saddle is such a different shape than my old one, that I don't know how to position my butt on it. I'm thinking it was a mistake to switch my type of saddle.
I'm actually dreading my next bike ride, and that's just plain wrong.
I have an appointment with the bike fitter on Aug 11th. I guess I'll have to muddle thru the best I can until then. I am doing Bandit's Challenge this coming weekend. I signed up for it because I came out of Over the Mountain a stronger cyclist so wanted to do another really hard hill triathlon. I don't know if I'll get as much out of it if I don't have my biking mojo.
Bottom line here is don't fiddle with your bike position in the prime season! Wait until the off season!
