How to Ride a Bike With Prostate Problems

The prostate is a small gland in men that, with age, never fails to cause problems. Some non-cycling people will argue that cycling can exacerbate the enlargement of the prostate. But true cyclists know that the enhanced cardiovascular health from regular cycling far outweighs any possible detraction that cycling can have on the prostate. There are definite precautions to consider that enable a cyclist with prostate problems to cycle his entire life into old age, and in doing so, improve his potency and prostate comfort.

Things You'll Need

• Body geometry saddle
• 4-mm Allen wrench
• 5-mm Allen wrench

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Instructions

• 1

  Remove your old saddle using a 5-mm Allen wrench, and put on the body geometry saddle. Loosen the seat post bolt using a 4-mm Allen wrench. Get on the bike next to a chair, and bring the saddle up to your crotch as you put one hand on the chair to balance. When your leg is extended with a 5-degree bend at the bottom of the pedal stroke, get off your bike and tighten the seat post bolt.

• 2

  Loosen the seat's nose-bolt adjuster with the 4-mm Allen wrench and drop the nose of the seat from flat to approximately 3 degrees down in front. Tighten the bolt. Sit on the bike. There are two bones just inside your upper thighs. Slide around on the saddle until you feel these two bones taking weight. If you are sitting too far forward or too far back on the seat, loosen the 5-mm Allen set screw and slide the saddle the appropriate direction so your sit bones to take weight when you sit on the bike.

• 3

  Check your stem position. Most bikes have a reversible stem that can be in the low or high position. If yours is in the low position, use the 4-mm Allen wrench to loosen the pinch bolts and the handlebar bolts. Loosen the head post bolt with the 5-mm wrench, flip it over and tighten everything back on. This will set you back on the seat, taking pressure off the perineum, where your prostate is located.

• 4

  Ride your bike. Make it a habit to stand up at stop signs. Take off from stop signs continuing to stand on the pedals for the first few hundred yards. Stand up when cornering, going over bumps or railroad tracks or any rough spots on the road.