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    teachndad
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    Well,I treated myself to a recently acquired Scott Wallis seat base and
    Death Gripper handle. Then, on my MUni, I tore apart my old airseat
    with a standard CF base with Roach cover. The plan was to move the
    standard CF base over to my trials unicycle and keep the Roach cover for
    my Muni.

    Then it hits me. Can't mount the standard Miyata cover from my trials
    uni onto the CF base. No clips. Bummer.

    I look at uni.com and also Bedford Unicycles for a seat cover that
    attaches like the Roach cover. Came up empty with the exception of the
    leather cover.

    I would rather pay less for a seat cover.

    Are there any alternatives to the leather cover out there?

    Dang, a year ago, I thought about getting one of the kinport seat covers
    when they were still available, but dropped the ball. Arrrgh

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  2. Evan Byrne
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    Simple fix.....

    Go to a fabric store and get some pop in eyelits with about 1/8th"
    holes.Go to a shoe store and get some long laces that will fit thhrue
    the eyelits. take your myaita seat cover and poke holes barly bigenough
    for the eyelits....pop in the eyelits...take a cig lighter and burn of
    the fabric strands insite the eyelit......take the shoelaces and lace
    them thru the eyelits....TA DA Maita removable cover!

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  3. Evan Byrne
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    Your Welcome.

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  4. john_childs
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    I just put together a new seat for my trials uni last night. The old
    seat had the high volume Roach cover and was more bulky that it needed
    to be for trials. The new seat is slimmed down and better suited for
    trials style riding.

    For the new seat I used the KH Fusion seat cover, Viscount foam, Miyata
    style carbon fiber base, Kinport handle, and Miyata hardware and Miyata
    rear bumper. The KH Fusion cover fits nicely on the Miyata style carbon
    fiber base. The Fusion cover has room for slightly thicker padding if I
    choose to change the foam.

    So far so good. I like the way the Fusion cover fits the saddle. Time
    will tell for how well the Fusion cover holds up before it wears out or
    rips. If I can get ahold of the thinner KH foam I'll give that a try.
    The Viscount foam works OK but I think the KH foam would feel better.

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  5. teachndad
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    Evan Byrne said:

    *Your Welcome. *

    Evan,

    Thanks for that idea. That's a very resourceful idea and I would never
    have thought of it.

    John,

    Wuddya know. John adds another notch on his seatpost for unicycle
    modifications. I never would have thought the Fusion seat cover would
    fit the Miyata style CF base. When I checked out uni.com, I just
    immediately eliminated it. Nice to know it works.

    What does the underside look like. I want to be able to do seat out
    hops and not get my hand stuck in a nest of lacing. Do you think I can
    just lace near the seat post and leave the area mostly behind the seat
    post open? I figure the rear bumper will keep the back end of the seat
    cover tight.

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  6. john_childs
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    The underside is clean and snug. The front and rear of the KH Fusion
    cover has elastic that snugs everything up under the seat once the
    bumper and handle are on. You don't even need the lacing. I still have
    the lacing under the seat but it's all loose and doing nothing. If it
    gets in the way I'll remove it.

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