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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and
erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
Peter McCallum Wrote: British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA The height of the handlebars is my first guess as a risk factor - les weight on the legs and arms = more weight and pressure on the seat Obviously this is limited by the flexibility of the rider, but 320k sitting upright (!?!?). Ritch. PS. Interestingly - no recumbent riders in the test.. -- ritcho |
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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
ritcho wrote:
Peter McCallum Wrote: British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA The height of the handlebars is my first guess as a risk factor - less weight on the legs and arms = more weight and pressure on the seat. Obviously this is limited by the flexibility of the rider, but 320km sitting upright (!?!?). Ritch. PS. Interestingly - no recumbent riders in the test... I reckon I'd have a bit of disfunction after 320km - something to do with being dead or in hospital. I would have thought even elite athletes might be a little less amorous after that. DaveB |
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DaveB wrote:
ritcho wrote: I reckon I'd have a bit of disfunction after 320km - something to do with being dead or in hospital. I would have thought even elite athletes might be a little less amorous after that. DaveB The article doesn't say the rides were all done in one hit. They may have been multi-day events like the Cycle Queensland. They do say "bicycle rides of AT LEAST 320 km" (emphasis added) so I imagine that they'd be over several days. P -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
Peter McCallum wrote:
British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct ROFL. It was the Bristish that said having a bicycle allows you to put it about more. Now they are saying that it stops you doing it. Has anyone seen these "saddles" they are talking about? Does anyone know if the rides were analysed seperately? Does anyone know which rides they are talking about? |
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Terry Collins wrote:
ROFL. It was the Bristish that said having a bicycle allows you to put it about more. Now they are saying that it stops you doing it. Has anyone seen these "saddles" they are talking about? I think they mean ones like this: http://www.branfordbike.com/saddles/saddle2.html but definitely not this: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/real-man.html Does anyone know if the rides were analysed seperately? Does anyone know which rides they are talking about? -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA |
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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
Peter McCallum Wrote: British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct -- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA Well that's just great. I'm doing Around the Bay in a Day next weeken on my mountain bike -- jazmo |
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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
jazmo wrote:
Well that's just great. I'm doing Around the Bay in a Day next weekend on my mountain bike. Isn't it less then 320kms? No problem then. {:-) Seriously, if someone rides a road bike, is there more chance that they know/have been taught how to ride and have the bicycle set up better? MTB's are not usually set up for most efficent road[1] riding position and are usually purchased by the "least bicycle knowledged" persons. |
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Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling
"jazmo"
Peter McCallum Wrote: British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct Well that's just great. I'm doing Around the Bay in a Day next weekend on my mountain bike. Do you really think you're gonna feel like a shag after ATB? If so, you're a better man than I!! ;-) hippy |
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So when is ATB and how long a ride does it work out as?
"hippy" wrote in message ... "jazmo" Peter McCallum Wrote: British Medical Journal has some interesting info on cycling and erectile dysfunction. Basically the incidence is increased by use of a mountain bike compared with a road bike. Surprisingly cut out saddles increased incidence but this needs further investigation. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...29/7470/0-f?ct Well that's just great. I'm doing Around the Bay in a Day next weekend on my mountain bike. Do you really think you're gonna feel like a shag after ATB? If so, you're a better man than I!! ;-) hippy |
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