Make sure that the bolt that clamps the saddle rails is at least one grunt tight. You are probably not getting it tight enough with a multi-tool, becasue you just don't have enough leverage.
Allen wrenches are shaped like letter "L" and the longer arm varies in length based on the size of the wrench. That is, you should make a 6mm fastener tighter than a 4mm fastener, so they give you a longer arm for more leverage.
FatGuy-
1.61 miles total? Come on brother... ya gotta push.
My first ride back in Jan of 04 was a real lesson in how far I'd let my shit slide off the richter scale. Maybe 2 blocks before I was off the saddle and in un-fucking-believable pain... thighs screamin', ass on fire, balls smushed, palms of my hands half numb and overall euphoric as hell that I was out, about & trying.
In all honesty, 3/4 of the list above CAN ONLY go bye-bye through repeated rides... and no more than 2 maybe 3 days in between them. Cycling is a real Whoremaster in that way... if you don't stay after it-it quickly leaves you. i.e. any and all conditioning.
The last 1/4 was solved by investing in a Brook's saddle and tweeking saddle/handlebar heights as well as trying out different stems. All VERY worthwhile pursuits if you want to be comfy, and who doesn't??
You're big right? Get a Brook's B.67 and don't ever look back.
My last bit of advice is two fold...
1. Forget the riding clothes and other superfluous shit... the more crap you gotta strap on the more likely you are to create excuses around that process as a reason to bail on riding. And riding IS the point. For the amount of distance you'll be doing and at the speeds you'll be capable of... pants, a shirt, comfy shoes and a bucket for your head (helmet) is all that's needed. Oh, and your bike.
I wouldn't mislead you on all of this... us big guys gotta stick together.
Last-
2. Ride as a far as you can and SIT down for a few moments, some water and relish the day, the moment and you in all of that...
Haul your ass back on the saddle and keep going until you absolutely cannot...
SIT down for a few moments, some water and relish the day, etc, etc, etc.
Rinse & Repeat, Rinse & Repeat...
Before you know it (and I really mean it too) you'll be easily clocking 5, then 6, then 8, then 10 miles for your daily rides.
Ohhh, did you see what I called those rides... just in case you didn't...
DAILY!
-Me (Large Fella)
PS> Honestly, you're going too easy on yourself if your total is 1.61 miles... forget about stuff like total time, etc... JUST RIDE your cycle, don't watch your cyclometer at all and when you get home peak at your distance ONLY. That'll help keep you motivated!
And unless there is some absolutely medical-based reason for that HRM... I say, throw the fucker in the garbage. You're not Lance, you aren't training to be Lance and at your level of conditioning you don't need to know jack about "being in your target HR", blah, blah... you just need to ride.
You know what Large Fella, Go fuck yourself. To me, 1.67 miles is huge. You can do more, great. On e reason I hate exercise is that no matter how much I do or what I accomplish, some putz is there to tear me down.
I track my heart rate because I don't want to have a heart attack. I'm concerned that just a little bit of exercise puts me in the 80-90% range.
Blah, blah, blah, Fuck You.
I thought I was being very supportive... sorry you didn't think so. How, exactly, am I tearing you down?
I suggested a better saddle, a more easily accessible way to get out on your bike, etc...
The problem with some folks is not that they tear YOU down... it's that YOU can't get over yourself and your inflated sense of pity and accept & see help for what it is... help.
Oh, and by the way... no need for stuff like Fuck You, etc...
Ok?
Now go fuck yourself you silly cocksmoker...
-Me
Large Fella, Fat Guy's "fuck you" was inappropriate, but you can't claim that you didn't expect even some sort of negative response to what you said.
He was purely asking about the seat and you decided it was time to give a lecture about riding until you're ready to pass out, and you made a comment at the beginning of the post and the end about how pathetic you think 1.61 miles is.
For me, 1.61 miles would be nothing, but for people that don't ride, it can be a lot when they're starting out.
At least you didn't go into detail about some weight loss or exercise program and make comments about how lazy someone is if they don't follow it. Oh wait, that's exactly what you did, but without using the terms "weight loss" or "exercise program".
Also--the squished balls syndrome is NOT always the case and you don't have to "get used to it". Those that get used to it have a low sperm count, and it's just not very healthy to squish your balls that much for that long of a period of time. Just get a decent cushy seat, no matter how large or weird it may look, and you won't have that balls-hurting problem nearly as bad, if at all. Those typical mountain bike seats or 10speed seats are just rediculous--if one can get used to those seats, he or she could easily get used to sitting on the stools at a bar when they're upside-down--get one of those seats that is sometimes seen on, like, an old full-size one speed Schwin. The only problem with those larger cushy seats are the thighs can feel chafed after a relatively long ride--like 15 miles--or much much shorter if going up a lot of hills.
Also, Fat Guy--you really need to calm down a little when dealing with people like Large Fella. You know how fitness junkies like Large Fella are (you don't have to be thin to be a fitness junkie), and reacting like that to people who can't help it does no good.
Large Fella, I know you were trying to be helpful, but remember that not everyone is that much into exercise--don't try to push people so much unless they're asking for that kind of advice.
I think regular size cyclist don't don't have this problem as much cuz they don't have inner thigh fat squishing their balls down into the seat.
Incidentally, the Republican's deficit spending illustrates they are preditory on the next generation, preditory on children. And to say the Republicans deem the children as "acceptable losses" says something morbid.
Life used to be hard. People had to walk a mile to draw water. There was no refridgeration or canned foods. Now life is easy, but only in terms of life's "basic necessities".
The "salvation" dynamic is quite the opposite:::We paid for our easy lives with our very souls.
Life IS hard now. The gods have used their clone host tools to create the perception of evil rewarded (Italians, Japanese, etc) and then corrupted the disfavored with it. (Expect Asian Westernization is met with a European-style short memory span, allowing the gods to use their historical enemy, the Japanese, to corrupt Asians as they used the Italians to corrupt us).
Before life was easier, more simple, innocent, pure. Employing these temptations ensured corruption is EXTREMELY difficult to overcome, a tactic which progressively ensures fewer disfavoreds repair their relationship with the gods.
Jesus was good. The people the gods put around him were not. Perhaps more accurately said:::The people the gods put into these clone hosts come time to write the scriptures were evil.
The gods created a distraction, “savior”, preventing people from realizing Jesus’s original purpose, just like they did in this Situation::::Hurricane Boss and the associated $50 billion dollars of distractive temptation. Now people think I will save them, I have to pay for everybody, my death will absolve people of their evil, and they continue to fall for temptation no matter how evil the request. Sound familiar? This is characteristic of the gods inferred clues you need to interpret.
There is a bitter pill people must swallow. The sooner you understand and begin to behave appropriately the better your chances.
I personally believe this Situation is about the "new Boss", for positioning a Second Coming of Christ would imply The End and that would make people freak. Either way make sure you ask about ethnicity, because the gods offer clues like the Penis and The Boot to help us understand. Also remember the gods honor matrilineal descent and the women are the keepers of the blood. This tactic can serve to be quite deceptive.
Just as therapy sessions and AA meetings proves they enforce their psychoanalysis positioning, so will they enforce their Christianity/Manifest Destiny positioning, ensuring Planet Earth dies according to the Book of Revelations.
Even if there were a "new Boss" you will continually being reincarnated until you either ascend or are ultimately thrown away.
"Instant gratification" is a tactic the gods instilled about 25 years ago. Now they use it, ensuring a certain percentage of disfavored don't have the patience necessary to pursue the path, fix their problems and instead give up, continuing with their corrupted behav
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