Women's Bike Seats: A Pressing Matter for Competitive Female Cyclists

Cut‐out and narrower saddles negatively affect saddle pressures in female cyclists. Effects of saddle design on pudendal nerve sensory function were not apparent in this cross‐sectional analysis. Longitudinal studies evaluating the long‐term effects of saddle pressure on the integrity of the pudendal nerve, pelvic floor, and sexual function are warranted. Guess MK, Partin SN, Schrader S, Lowe B, LaCombe J, Reutman S, Wang A, Toennis C, Melman A, Mikhail M, and Connell KA. Women's bike seats: A pressing matter for competitive female cyclists. J Sex Med 2011;8:3144-3153.