The easy answer to the question “Can I wear guys cycling shorts?” Yes! The hidden answer after that is, as long as they fit you. For a very long time women were lucky to have various types of moderate level shorts. There has been a few companies that come to mind that have been doing [...]
About 3 months ago, my shop started carrying the Ideal Saddle Modification (ISM) Adamo saddles. These saddles, at first, look very goofy. There is no nose on the front of the seat and often are referred to as the tuning forks. Flash forward the last three months and these saddles have themselves on more bikes [...]
A beautiful fi’zi:k Vesta showed up at my doorstep a couple of weeks back. Quickly, I snapped some photos and then installed the saddle on my cyclocross bike. Since then it has been on my goto bike for long road rides, and my daily commute. Initial Feel The very first feeling of the saddle is [...]
For the past few years I have named the cut out or indention in the saddles for women “cooter holes.” No, it isn’t PC but neither are all the people making saddles for women with out even having a variety of women testing them prior to selling hundreds to unknowing souls. fi’zi:k knows saddles. They [...]
Here at Bike Shop Girl we realized long ago that finding the right saddle is a very personal, unique and often the hardest part of bike riding. This is Part I of our on going Saddle Talk, I welcome all comments, questions and feedback on this subject. Our Intro was a short and sweet piece [...]