Ventisit seat material?

DH said:

I finally ordered a seat cover (of sorts) for my Giant Revive. I saw this
material (Ventisit) at a recumbent fair last year in Tilburg, The
Netherlands which is a few minutes from my house. I tried in vain to buy
the material in bulk but could not.

I paid 60 Euros for a seat cover and attached it to my bike with plastic
ties. This material might be known as something else elsewhere. My wife
claims to have seen similar material sold in camping stores to be placed
under the mattress in your caravan to allow air underneath. It is pricey.

At any rate, I should give it a test today. I'm sure it will keep my back
dry as there is not so much compression from my back in a sitting
position. I am expecting the seat not to work as well as most of my
weight is there (in a sitting position).

I spoke with the guy who makes these seats and he will not sell the
material in bulk. He will only make seats, period. His command of
English is quite good so if you're interested send him an e-mail. He has
a full time job and just does this on the side. I'm just passing this on
and will follow up with a more detailed report after I've used this stuff
for a few days. I biked yesterday without it for about an hour and my
back and clothing was all sweaty. It was a typical spring day yesterday,
not hot, not cold, just cool enough for a very light jacket (or none).
Dave Horne

http://www.ventisit.nl/

I saw one of these on the way back from a ride last week (on the train,
and I don't have a recumbent... yet..). Was puzzled as to whether it
would be a recumbent or not - but certainly looked very interesting,
potentially very comfortable from the looks of the seat and back rest,
but my bum seems to dislike quite padded seats in preference to rather
harder ones.

I'm curious as to how easy it is to cycle, especially with the
suspension that's there (front and rear) - does it soak up much in the
way of effort you expend, or is the way it's designed with the recumbent
position negate that in the way that uprights with suspension don't?

Looked quite heavy to get on the train too, but that could have been
more bulk than weight.

Piqued my curiosity, I can tell you.

Velvet

Velvet, there have been many thread here re the Giant Revive. The hard
core recumbent riders look at the Revive as a recumbent wannabe. Take a
look here at those threads and if they don't answer your questions, write
back.

BTW, the Revive AFAIK only has the suspension under the seat. There's a
Dutch brand, Gazelle that has a similar bike that is much heavier but has
more features. The Revive is not perfect and I will probably trade that
in for another once Giant starts listening to the suggestions from some of
us.

Dave Horne davehorne at home dot nl

DH said:

Velvet, there have been many thread here re the Giant Revive. The hard
core recumbent riders look at the Revive as a recumbent wannabe. Take a
look here at those threads and if they don't answer your questions, write
back.

BTW, the Revive AFAIK only has the suspension under the seat. There's a
Dutch brand, Gazelle that has a similar bike that is much heavier but has
more features. The Revive is not perfect and I will probably trade that
in for another once Giant starts listening to the suggestions from some of
us.

Dave Horne davehorne at home dot nl

Ta, might google for them then. The one I saw looked to have suspension
both under the seat and front forks, but I could have been wrong. I was
a bit tired after my ride and the brain's not always working well by
that stage.

Velvet