Value of Seat Modification

[the Ferret]

sorry

(but that's what it felt like )

I had tried a pair of padded "bicycling shorts" but the foam was in the wrong places. They are meant for a skinny pointed bicycle seat instead a broad flat seat like a motorcycle has.

I must say the thinking behind the MotoSkiveez was right, and they are exceptionally well made, with different densities of foam in different places, and mesh for cooling, but for me they didn't make riding long distances any better and they made being off the bike and walking feel awkward.

Then again, I didn't do any better with an air hawk pad, or a gel pad on top of the seat either.

[Gone in 60]

Somehow I don't picture wearing a comfort item like seat padding... on myself.
I've been losing a lot of weight lately, and was wondering if losing "natural padding" would make a difference in seat comfort. It has actually been feeling better. Maybe due to less gravity pushing me down into the seat?

[Charlie Bravo_imp]

I don't get off the bike to fuel up, just pull up close and stick it in there.

[Gone in 60]

I don't get off the bike to fuel up, just pull up close and stick it in there.

I wish I had that much coordination. Between trying to get a glove off to unzip my pocket to get my wallet, getting out my credit card and then reaching over to stick it in the gas pump, somehow I see myself wedged between the pump and my tipped-over bike.

[the Ferret]

in case you've never seen em

the padding in Motoskiveez



the mesh

[Whoops]

in case you've never seen em

the padding in Motoskiveez



the mesh

I'll admit, when I read posts about them being padded, I didn't realize just how padded they were. Those are indeed padded differently than cycling shorts. Not sure how effective memory foam would be after it reaches body temperature though, but if you have $75 you don't know what to do with, I guess why not?

[GoldOxide_imp]

Somehow I don't picture wearing a comfort item like seat padding... on myself.
I've been losing a lot of weight lately, and was wondering if losing "natural padding" would make a difference in seat comfort. It has actually been feeling better. Maybe due to less gravity pushing me down into the seat?

Sounds good, Gone. Congratulations!

And that would also be less meat jacket to spread around on the tarmac if some terrible were to happen. That is a bit of a bonus.

[Gone in 60]

Eeeew. Nasty. I'm cheap, my riding gear and dress-up (trade show) clothes were getting tight, and I don't want to buy new stuff in a bigger size.
Not gonna go as skinny as I did about ten years ago. People were asking my friends if I was sick.

[GoldOxide_imp]

... as long as the helmet still fits, then there is hope.

[Gone in 60]

Yeah, head didn't shrink too much, just the rest of the body.
My face goes from Jolly to more of a "Mike the old guy in Breaking Bad" look.