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Re: Custom seat advice

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  1. maestro8 said:

    *Sounds like your stiffener plate is broken... this is a metal plate
    that sits on top of the plastic seatbase to provide extra strength.
    Find someone with a welder to fix the plate ($), get/make a new one
    ($$), or look into a carbon-fiber seatbase ($$$$). If you keep riding
    with a broken plate, a broken seat base will follow...
    *

    George Barnes has been working on making a beefed up stiffener plate for
    the KH saddles. Something probably similar to the 'Miyata stiffener
    plate' (http://www.unicycle.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=607). A bit
    heavy, but better than a broken saddle.

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  2. Hey,

    Thanks guys. I do think I broke my stiffener plate. Sometimes, when I
    pull on the handle, my seat makes a weird cracking sound. And then
    it'll go away for a day or two. Weird . . .

    Anyway I'm still really considering being put on the waiting list in the
    next two weeks for the attached image.

    I've got a thompson post.

    Now for the cover. Maybe I'll go back to a regular miyata.

    I really like how low the new gel seats look. The cf base can run air.
    I think I could cut my current foam, or some miyata foam, and find a
    cover that doesn't use staples to be attached to the base. I know that
    I cut the foam thinner in the front, with the seat being tilted.

    As far as handles: kinport. I like the white ones people are using. I
    could also save a little money and get a miyata rear bumper.

    Now, I have to make the single-ply, or whatever it's called, air-pillow?
    Won't it make my seat heavier with a regular sock?

    I want a great base. The parts that take the abuse, i.e. cover/bumpers
    aren't that big of a concern to me. I just want function and a little
    comfort.

    Doesn't Dan Heaton run a regular miyata seat with a little air in it?

    Later,
    Evan

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