My Girlfriend Has This Worry

ok guys,

My mrs is in the medical business and is saying that bike riding has been found cause impotence. Anybody out there got any thoughts on this? Ive seen the cut out and grooved saddles so am starting to wonder.

I have felt numb on long rides before now, never had problems to the extent that i got worried though and she hasnt complained about that yet.

thoughts would be appreciated......

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the bike porn thread will make you go blurry and possibly blind... apart from that, it sounds like piff.... well i hope it does anyway!

Apart from the saddle rubbing up against yer ass and nether-regions i can't see how if could affect ya balls?

it's obvious why your lady doesn't complain, because somebody else is banging her while you are on 'long rides'.

no offense like.

well that explains it

lord knows, she fkn complains about everything else

no offense taken

They've done several studies, and it can and does cause impotence. Get the right saddle and you'll be fine though, one with a cut out or groove. The Specialized Body Geometry ones are pretty good.

if you're talking numbness twixt balls and back door, change yer seat/and or position on an asap basis.

It'll be perineaum-based grief, and a very bad thing.

Bizzarro cut out saddles may not be the answer.

Go to a quality shop and seek advice.

You might make thing easier by trying a well-known seat so you have something to compare. A Selle Rolls is cheap and well-known as a starting point, for instance.

Yeah but if you wear underwear, of any kind, but especially tighter underwear, you're doing damage already!

simple dont have kids, you will be happyer live longer and have more money to spend on bikes.

oh we are talking aobut impedance, not infertility... oh well they make pills for that.

problems have been found to be caused but only in a small number of people

if you want kids, then freeze some swimmers, just in case, its simple really

As always the late great Sheldon has the answer.

http://sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html#impotency

Well, Chris Boardman has four kids...

Tell your GF that you could take the tube or drive everyday, get steadily fatter, sit on your ass all day, become slack in bed.

I wonder if anyone has done impotancey tests on truckers or taxi drivers.

Get a good seat, set it up properly, stand up every now and again.

Lance also has 3 children. His son Luke was born October 12, 1999. He also has twin girls born November 20, 2001. Their names are Isabelle and Grace.

and he only has one nut

I was knocking out 250 miles a week at the time my son was conceived. As long as you're set up right on the bike, move around during rides, etc, you'll still be able to get it up, and what's more, you'll have the fittest little spermatazoa in the neighbourhood :)

There was a husband and wife lying in bed on a Sunday morning at 6.30am, and as per usual, the alarm went off signalling it was time for the husband's weekly training ride. The wind was howling, rain was pelting against the windowpane, and it was freezing.

But, he got up anyway, dutifully put on his cycling gear, and shuffled out to the kitchen to get some coffee. He'd actually opened the front door and gone out before finally deciding that the weather was too bad to ride in, even for him.

He went quietly back into the bedroom, slipped out of his bibshorts, and slipped under the duvet.

"Jesus, it's fucking miserable out there, you'd be mad to go out in it" he whispered to his wife, putting an arm around her.

"Tell me about it," she replied. "My husband's still gone out for his weekly ride."

thin end of the wedge...

concerns about injury, then impotence..next you need to sell a bike to buy a fucking dining table or something..

I've seen men who rode their bikes every weekend and some nights in the week without fail reduced to simpering nobodies, with their fine stables of bikes watered down to one shabby commuter.

all by the evil of (non cycling) women

Stress makes you impotent, init. I would prescribe riding your bike. RPM might suggest dumping your girlfriend ;)

Or get a 'bent.

flickwg problems have been found to be caused but only in a small number of people

if you want kids, then freeze some swimmers, just in case, its simple really

did you actually write that?!? coz its almost funny.

Balls like a pair o raisins on me with the new Brooks.

I think there's also plenty of evidence that it doesn't IIRC.

Anyhow - I ride plenty & have shitloads of kids. Hope that helps!

adopt.

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I ride loads and just had a baby (I mean the mrs did), so no probs here.

I'm not sure of the problem here. Automatic contraception + sexy thighs + the best endurance out there = yummy!!!
Did I mention an amazing guy to girl ratio!?!? Tell your girlfriend to forget the kids and come out and play with us!