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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 28, 2011 at 1:52am

I'm not a kitten-stomping jackboot or a breeder so my Brooks works just fine for me.

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on June 28, 2011 at 3:41am

Who hurt you?

James Baum said:

I'm not a kitten-stomping jackboot or a breeder so my Brooks works just fine for me.

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on June 28, 2011 at 3:42am

I love that these articles glaze over the extra weight a noseless saddle puts on your hands and wrist. That can cause quite a problem also.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 28, 2011 at 4:10am

Big Noseless Saddle^tm want's you to buy their product.

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on June 28, 2011 at 7:25am

Well I don't know about you guys, but I would really like my boner while sleeping time to increase!

The article said:

During his sleep, when he wore a monitor, the measure known as “percent of time erect” increased to 28 percent from 18 percent.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 25, 2011 at 11:36am

From an email I received:

 

 

The Chicago Police Department and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have created a one-minute YouTube video to create interest in the use of noseless (no-nose) bike seats among bike patrol officers. This brief video quickly dispels some purported problems of noseless seats.  The officers are able to ride in traffic, conduct police work, and have complete bicycle control to the extent that they can ride “no-handed” all while using a noseless bike seat.

 

After a decade of research studying the reproductive health effects of the bicycle seat on bicycle police officers, NIOSH has shown that the noseless (no-nose) bicycle seat is a good intervention to relieve harmful pressure in the genital area and at least in part, restore sexual function.  While the science is strong and has been published in highly respected medical journals, recommendations have been made, and the seats have been integrated into major police departments like Chicago; the shift of large numbers of police officers or the bicycling population to this “healthier design” has been slow.  In an attempt to raise awareness of this important intervention, NIOSH created a video showing how the Chicago Bicycle Patrol officers have integrated the noseless seat into their standard safety equipment.

Click here to view the YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEzfgS36eEE

We ask that you share this link with your membership and others that may be interested. 

For more information please contact NIOSH at sms4@cdc.gov or visit http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/bike/.

 

Steven M. Schrader, Ph.D.

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

Phone 513 533 8210

sms4@cdc.gov

Dr. Steve Schrader leads the Reproductive Health Assessment Team for NIOSH and has been conducting occupational studies on reproductive health since 1983.  He was the project officer for the NIOSH bicycle research studies.

 

Sgt. Joseph Andruzzi

Chicago (IL) Police Department

Joseph.Andruzzi@chicagopolice.org.

 

Sgt. Joe Andruzzi has been the commanding officer of the Chicago Police Department’s Bicycle Patrol

Unit since March 1999. He oversees a fleet of more than 450 bicycles and trains 100-200 officers yearly

for bike patrol. He also is an avid user and advocate of the noseless bike seat.

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago video - 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Jason Greenberg on April 14, 2012 at 7:15am

The author states the obstacle to acceptance seems to be embarrassment with having a bike seat that makes the rider appear different or highlights a "problem down there." Is this really an issue that would prevent you from trying new bike seat/saddle designs?

I'm curious what other bikers think...who has used the noseless seats? Any reports about their comfort, ease, advantages or disadvantages?  Saddles have already been moving in that direction to lighten their weight and improve airflow to that potentially moist "damp zone" of contact with the seat. Isn't this the next logical step?...

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Permalink Reply by Jason Greenberg on April 14, 2012 at 7:28am

Whoops...just found some more of this dialogue/feedback at: 

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/study-looks-at-bike-seats-...

Still would like to hear from more bikers about your "on road" user experience with the noseless seats...

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on April 14, 2012 at 9:57am

Get yourself one of those new-fangled airless tires while you are at it.  Flats are a thing of the past.  

There is always some inventor out there trying to prove that PT Barnum was right.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on April 15, 2012 at 2:21am

They handle like crap.

Do you want your bike to ride like a tank or a skid-steer?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on April 15, 2012 at 4:36am

When I was doing a 7-8 mile commute it was a little uncomfortable but then I tilted the seat a little forward also I ride less. 

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