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  1. So I got a 28" Sun and it's great. I love how quickly it accelerates,
    the ease in maintaining a fast pace, and the way it rolls over anything
    that gets in it's way.

    *But*, after only a few miles on it, I find myself looking for a place
    to sit down; anywhere but on the unicycle seat. I was hoping that I
    could just switch my modified Torker LX saddle with the Sun one, but
    not only is the LX seatpost a few millimeters too wide to fit in the
    neck of the Sun, but the seats have different bolt
    patterns/dimensions.

    What are my options?

    I've been looking on udc for a better seat (for the Sun), but I don't
    have any experience sitting on different seats, and it's difficult to
    get a 'feel' for the seat from a picture.

    -Joe

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  2. I think you should get a thompson with a kh rail adapter from udc. They
    are durable and light and fir the 4 bolt pattern. SO yea good buy

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  3. The only problem is they are expensive.

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  4. Thanks, but I don't think I need a top-of-the-line, bombproof seatpost
    for my commuter, but maybe if I ever move somewhere with mountains and
    start mUni'ing I'll consider it.

    The Sun and Torker saddles both have a 4 bolt pattern, but the spaces
    between the bolts on the Sun are smaller than those on the Torker.

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  5. burjzyntski said:

    Thanks, but I don't think I need a top-of-the-line, bombproof seatpost
    for my commuter, but maybe if I ever move somewhere with mountains and
    start mUni'ing I'll consider it.
    The Sun and Torker saddles both have a 4 bolt pattern, but the spaces
    between the bolts on the Sun are smaller than those on the Torker.

    you can order a new seat post that will fit a Torker saddle, but make
    sure its the right diameter.
    http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=608
    this one will work for anything, but its a liiittle pricey.

    http://tinyurl.com/4w2l
    something on this page will do the job though.

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  6. burjzyntski said:

    The Sun and Torker saddles both have a 4 bolt pattern, but the spaces
    between the bolts on the Sun are smaller than those on the Torker.

    The Miyata and Torker LX saddles use the Miyata bolt pattern.
    Almost all other saddles use the much more common and universal Schwinn
    bolt pattern, including the KH seats, Viscount seats, Torker DX seats,
    Semcycle seats, Sun seats, and others.

    'Here is a picture' (http://tinyurl.com/afc5p) at Municycle.com that
    shows the difference between the Miyata bolt pattern and the standard 4
    bolt Schwinn pattern.

    The picture of the GB4 universal seat post also shows the difference in
    the bolt patterns.

    There are also a few other seat bolt patterns out there but those seats
    are not in common use.

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