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Peter Clinch said:

Just did my first unicycle commute!

Good for you. On the Muni, I presume. How far? How fast?

I rode my Coker on Wednesday for the first time in 4 months (having taken 6 months over replacing
the bearings). I hadn't ridden either of my other unicycles much in that time either, and I think
I've only ridden my upright bike once, so I'm no longer used to sitting on a saddle. I was rather
sore after only about 4 miles - I need to build up my tolerance again!

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Danny Colyer said:

Good for you. On the Muni, I presume. How far? How fast?

It's not far at all: 10 minutes walk (why I don't usually commute by bike!). Part of the way is
across a grass field, so the bigger wheel and silly tyre are quite nice to have along there.

Didn't time it, but it was quicker than walking. For an encore I then Muni-d into town along the
Riverside bike path, which is ~2-3 miles. Didn't manage it one go, but looking at the 1:25K map I'd
say that each section between feet down was just over 1 km, so I'm very pleased. That was with quite
a strong tailwind: trying to come back I thought "this is a job for public transport!", and took the
bus (though with a contrived finish home from the bus-stop, up over a wee hill and down the other
(not so wee) side).

Quoted message said:

I rode my Coker on Wednesday for the first time in 4 months (having taken 6 months over replacing
the bearings). I hadn't ridden either of my other unicycles much in that time either, and I think
I've only ridden my upright bike once, so I'm no longer used to sitting on a saddle. I was rather
sore after only about 4 miles - I need to build up my tolerance again!

Because I use the Brom so much I haven't lost the saddle habit, but the one on the Muni sure ain't
no Brooks!

Pete.
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Peter Clinch said:

Because I use the Brom so much I haven't lost the saddle habit, but the one on the Muni sure ain't
no Brooks!

The Pashley Muni comes with a Viscount saddle as standard, the same as the Coker. I actually rather
like the Viscount, but most people hate
it. One regular on rec.sport.unicycling refers to it as the "Viscount de Sade". It's not great for
distance riding, anyway.

Until last year, the saddle of choice for most distance riders was a Miyata air seat - a standard
Miyata unicycle saddle that has been converted by removing the cover, drilling a valve hole in the
base, inserting an inner tube and gluing the cover back on. But strangely I find the unmodified
Viscount more comfortable then a Miyata air seat. I tried an air seat conversion on an old Viscount
that I had laying around, but it didn't work well.

Now the saddle of choice is the Kris Holm Velo saddle, designed specifically for spending a lot of
time on. I haven't had the chance to try one properly yet, but when I had a quick go a few months
ago I found that the nose seemed too wide. Several people have made the same comment.

So it looks like I'm stuck with the Viscount for now, unless I can get a seatpost of the right
diameter for the Coker adapted to fit a DM contoured saddle.

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Danny Colyer wrote: [stuff about uni saddles, snipped]

Thanks Danny, I'll file that for reference. I'm finding the Viscount "acceptable", and given the
basically harder job it has to do compared to my bike saddles (all my weight, plus some grip for
feedback to the cycle) it's better than I thought it would be. I've got it about 3" up from where I
had it last year, which has made a huge difference to my knees, if not my bum!

Pete.
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Danny Colyer wrote: [stuff about uni saddles, snipped]

Thanks Danny, I'll file that for reference. I'm finding the Viscount "acceptable", and given the
basically harder job it has to do compared to my bike saddles (all my weight, plus some grip for
feedback to the cycle) it's better than I thought it would be. I've got it about 3" up from where
I had it last year, which has made a huge difference to my knees, if not my bum!

I can vouch for the comfort of the Kris Holm saddle -
unicycle.uk.comshopdisplayproduct.aspOpen ↗

I got one when they first came out and I recommend you to buy one - your backside will thank
you for it!

Have (pain free) fun!

Graeme