Original Story Here (http://www.theage.com.au/national/born-to-be-um-mild--and-possibly-damp-20081122-6ejg.html)
Born to be, um, mild - and possibly damp
* Kate Benson
* November 23, 2008
SUFFER in your jocks, bikers. Yes, that means you, you wussy Hell's Angel. And you, Bandido boy. The secret's out. You aren't just overweight, smelly, middle-aged drug dealers with more tattoos than teeth. You are soft in the pants department - and quite probably bedwetters, as well.
And guess what? These afflictions are caused by riding motorcycles.
That's right, a new study has found that men who ride them risk impotence and urinary problems because the engine vibration damages nerves in their penises.
A survey of more than 230 motorcyclists who ride for about three hours every weekend found that almost 70 per cent had problems getting an erection or emptying their bladders.
The news is alarming for Victorian men who have turned to motorcycles and scooters in the past few years to beat rising fuel prices and growing traffic congestion.
Doctors in Japan, who published two studies on the dangers in the Inter-national Journal of Impotence Research, said most motorcycle seats put undue pressure on the area between the anus and the scrotum, cutting blood flow to the penis.
Vibrations from the engine also caused a decrease in two growth hormones in the bladder and prostate related to bladder relaxation.
Impotence affects most males during their lives and can be caused by emotional issues, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking or alcohol.
But all men should avoid sitting too long on hard bicycle or motorcycle seats, particularly ones with thin, pointed ends, to prevent compression of pelvic floor muscles, Impotence Australia chief executive Brett McCann said yesterday.
About 76 per cent of riders aged 40 to 49, and 93 per cent of those aged 50 to 59, reported severe erectile dysfunction, compared with 37 per cent and 42 per cent respectively among those who did not ride motorcycles.
John Sbrocchi has been riding a scooter to work for 2 years. His sex life had not suffered.
Scooters normally have wider, softer seats than motorcycles, but vibrations can still affect the genitals.
"I do have urinary flow issues, but I'm not putting it down to the scooter," Mr Sbrocchi said.
"I'm a man of 62 and when you get to that age you get prostate problems.
"I think scooters are one of life's greatest innovations - so it would take more than that to put me off."
Most seats are too hard
Saw this earlier.. .didnt want to post it because I was in denial. :-[
So the extension of my manhood could cause problems in the extension of my manhood??
[laugh]
Well put!
As a cyclist, I am familiar with this concern. My best advice is to support yourself by the ventral extremities of your ischial tuberosities (the boniest part of your butt). Curl your butt under like a dog tucking his tail between his legs. It should feel like you're poking two butt bone holes through your seat. Exercise key pelvic muscles...
The area you want to protect is in the neighborhood of the bulbospongiosus muscle (introverted dick-looking part):
(http://www.bartleby.com/107/Images/small/image542.jpg)
Which is why they design bicycle seats like this:
(http://wheelworld.com/images/library/large/spec_sad_toupe_130_blk_06_m.jpg)
There is also a risk of damaging hand nerves/blood vessels from the handlebarsâ€"but you should keep your weight off your hands, anyway.
I do not get numb at all with my Fizik Arione [thumbsup]
This is the one of the reasons cyclists get prostate and testicular cancer in higher percentages? just wondering cause my uncle has it and there is no history in the family, yet he is the only "serious on the road all the time" bike rider.
Quote from: Raux on November 23, 2008, 11:52:45 PM
This is the one of the reasons cyclists get prostate and testicular cancer in higher percentages? just wondering cause my uncle has it and there is no history in the family, yet he is the only "serious on the road all the time" bike rider.
First I've heard of that. But I don't think pressure could cause cancer anywhereâ€"unless the pressure triggers something else that acts as a carcinogen (a possibility). Sorry about your uncle. :-\
For make the beast with two backs's sake, this gives you cancer, that gives you ringrot, Sackstretch or brainburn....
everytime you turn around something else is going to kill you or give you cancer, I have stopped listening to this shit, because in a few years time they'll discover we live longer because we have less stress.
Everything kills you, then a couple of years later they were wrong and it's now good for you [roll]
FFS
PS: If I met this "Kate Benson" in the street I'd tell her to make the beast with two backs off and give her a piece of my mind, I don't sell drugs, I'm not overweight and I don't smell. Report the facts of the Story, not your one eyed biased opinion about bike riders. Stupid pregnant dog.
Now that you mention it, that is real shit reporting. And it ends mid-sentence.
Correlation doesn't imply causation, anyway. :P
Quote from: CairnsDuc on November 24, 2008, 03:13:17 AM
For make the beast with two backs's sake, this gives you cancer, that gives you ringrot, Sackstretch or brainburn....
everytime you turn around something else is going to kill you or give you cancer, I have stopped listening to this shit, because in a few years time they'll discover we live longer because we have less stress.
Everything kills you, then a couple of years later they were wrong and it's now good for you [roll]
FFS
PS: If I met this "Kate Benson" in the street I'd tell her to make the beast with two backs off and give her a piece of my mind, I don't sell drugs, I'm not overweight and I don't smell. Report the facts of the Story, not your one eyed biased opinion about bike riders. Stupid pregnant dog.
No one gets out alive. ;D
Living leads to death - fact of life :o
Quote from: Big Troubled Bear on November 24, 2008, 05:17:08 AM
Living leads to death - fact of life :o
Still trying to avoid tht part ;D
Quote from: Slag on November 24, 2008, 06:31:10 AM
Still trying to avoid tht part ;D
and i must say, thus far i'm doing a hell of a job at being immortal.
Quote from: Slag on November 23, 2008, 05:01:05 AM... said most motorcycle seats put undue pressure on the area between the anus and the scrotum, cutting blood flow to the penis....
The least she could do was refer to that area using the correct terminology of "gooch" or "taint" instead of the vaugue and vulger terms anus and scrote. [roll]
Quote from: Schmitty on November 24, 2008, 09:10:10 AM
The least she could do was refer to that area using the correct terminology of "gooch" or "taint" instead of the vaugue and vulger terms anus and scrote. [roll]
Did you like my picture? ;D
Quote from: wark on November 24, 2008, 04:10:49 PM
Did you like my picture? ;D
The only word I could make out in that whole picture was scrote. :-\