The title of the thread is a little misleading since we all seem to be
talking about road riding here. The requirements of other types of
riding are different so that's a factor in which seat's best for what.
My favorite seat so far for Cokering is an old air seat with a carbon
base and ripped Roach cover that Chris Reeder put together many years
ago. I acquired it from him in 2002 or so with a rickety Trials
unicycle he was discarding. It's still great (for me), except for that
first half of the Tahoe ride last year when it was flat. 🙁
I've been putting lots of miles on Robert Allen's Nimbus 36 with
Schlumpf hub. It had a KH Freeride on there, which we both hated (for
that cycle). For my RTL qualifying ride, I replaced it with a much
older KH seat, possibly a 1st-generation one. Much better but still not
as good as my air seat.
I've now got a KH Fusion Freeride Air, but haven't put it on any of the
cycles yet to compare.
The thing is, I think your body position and riding style are also
major factors in what kind of seat is going to work best for you. On my
own Coker, I have a low pair of bar-ends that give me a slightly
aerodynamic position. This puts my pelvic area at a different angle
than on a Nimbus with T7 handle, for instance, which leaves me sitting
up. I think A good bike seat is probably better for a road uni where
you've got a good handlebar system and are all dialed in. A narrower
unicycle seat that still has a handle on the front (for those steep
spots) might be a future option on the market.
My original air seat (circa 1997) used a skinny 20" tube in it (because
that's all they had at the store, in 1997, and I was in a hurry). But
it worked out great because you can position the skinny tubes to create
somewhat of a channel down the middle. But I agree with most that the
problem with air seats is they tend to put even pressure everywhere,
which requires you to reposition a lot or have to stop for "circulation
breaks."
So that's my two cents at the moment. More RTL training will surely
refine my opinion.
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johnfoss
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