About this episode

The episode discusses saddle pain in cycling and offers insights on bike fitting and equipment changes to alleviate discomfort.

If you’re a cyclist who’s ever thought saddle pain, burning, or saddle sores were just part of cycling this episode is for you. And while my conversation about bike fitting does lean towards female problems I think that this is an interesting conversation for both anatomies! Today, I sit down with Phil Burt, former bike fitter to British Cycling and Team Sky, to talk about the most common but least discussed problems in the sport. We get into why so many cyclists and women in particular are suffering in silence, why discomfort is not something you should just push through, and give you some simple bike fit and equipment changes that can make a huge difference. Go check out Phils online bike fitting service at https://www.myvelofit.com/ A BIG shoutout to our incredible sponsors - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Parlee Cycles ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ "Whether it's a tough day, a gruelling training session, an epic road trip or sitting on the side of the road, exhausted and wondering how you'll get to the top... The answer is regularly to just get back in the saddle and ride. Ride The F...ing Bike. RTFB!" Go check out their amazing bikes at https://www.parleecycles.com/…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Walsh

Guest: Phil Burt

Topics covered

• saddle pain
• bike fitting
• cycling discomfort
• equipment changes
• female cyclists

Keywords

• saddle pain
• bike fitting
• cycling
• saddle sores
• discomfort

Sponsors

Parlee Cycles, 4Endurance, Bikmo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Cycling, Team Sky

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