Bicycle Seat Type and Your Biking Style

By : Maxeka Lumuda 

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Bicycle seat is the most important thing if we talk about bicycle and its part. Wrong bicycle seat can be the factor of prostate problems, numbness, boils, infections, chafing, even impotency. This is not a good sign for bike big fan, maybe you too. But, do not worry. Those illnesses can be suffered if you choose the wrong bicycle seat. Therefore, in this article I will provide you some tips and bike seat type that is having high quality and healthy specification.

Some people claim that if we buy good quality bicycle you get good quality bicycle seat as well. But in fact, original bicycle seat does not support your different riding style. You still adjust your riding style with the type of bicycle seat. I do provide you some tips and type of the seat, but I recommend you to choose the seat that supports your health.

Here are the Steps to Perfectly Adjust Your Bicycle seat

You should wear special cycling clothe, put your bike at a trainer and adjust your position in a doorways so that you can hold your body up while cycling. Ask your friend to watch you while pedaling. Raise the bicycle seat and then pedal to backwards with your heels on the bike’s pedal, your legs are extended at the bottom of the stroke completely. If you rock your hips to reach the bike’s pedal, you must set your bicycle seat lower.

Seat Types
There are many of bicycle seat to choose from but they are included into seven categories. You must remember that there is a correlation between categories and types.

Race
This bicycle seat is suit for bikers who like to go riding in long distance, fitness and high rpm pedal. This seat is made from titanium or hollow seat rails, minimum pad, narrow shapes and nice stiff top.

Mountain Bike
A few mountain bicycle seat models are designed for aggressive off-road cycling, extra length feature for even more fore body position adjustments while riding.

Gel
This bicycle seat has medium weight (not light);  flexible top; may bump features supporting safe and comfortable for bone; can have high-tech look.

Suspension
Suspension is designed into the underside of the bicycle seat in various ways, usually by adding the rubber bumpers between seat rails and the seat. Beside that, the seat resembles a standard narrow racing bicycle seat with a sleek long top; it is light weight and high-tech look.

Cutaway
You have tried many bicycle seats and you cannot find anything to reduce pain, numbness and irritation. Some materials are removed from the saddle to eliminate pressure points; some have actual hole in the top; cutaway has a wide various models and high tech look.

And another bicycle seat types: Wide/Cushion, All-Leather, and Alternative

You can choose those bicycle seats as you wish depends on your riding style. However you need to find good brand before buying the bicycle seat. And today, you can buy it online from the right store.

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