Q45 for Rando Rides?
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kizarmynot
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It may come down to comfort more than weight. You’ll find various discussions of recumbutt that is likely due to seat angle. If you’ve already been riding long distances then it should work. As for the weight question I’m sure there are plenty of opinions/thoughts in this forum.
Fullcount
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I am new to this bike and the Cruzbike world. I have about 75 miles in now and liking how it feels. I only had instance with reccumbutt years ago on a Tour Easy, so I know how it feels. Not getting an indication that this will manifest itself on this bike. I guess I will know as I get more saddle time in. Thank you.
kizarmynot
Well-Known Member
Good luck! I posted about my experience around this time last year. In short, I did a 2 week tour, was fine early on but by the end I was experiencing significant RB after about 15 minutes. It’s also clear in the forum that some folks are not affected.
I recently did a longer multi-day ride. I started on the thicker stock seat pad and did 80 miles. I had recurrent episodes of RB and my rump was sore that night. I changed to the Ventisit pad and did the remaining 340+ miles with no pain at all. Correlation, not causation but made me a believer. I believe the reason some experience the pain and others do not is at least partially due to the variation in our anatomy. Though generally the same, the nerves, vessels, bones and muscles may be in slightly different positions in relation to each other.
Fullcount
New Member
I read that post about your trip. I was kind of surprised that RB showed up. Thank you for your detail about your bike setup. I do not plan to tour on this bike, but rather some 100, 200 and possibly a 300 K ride. Immediate goal is to ride the Psycho 48 in NC this October and try to do a P12 starting next year.
IyhelM
Létrange MBB
One major factor is leg length and X-seam as changing the boom length changes the BB height, the hip angle and thus the way one supports their weight.
