Re: Re***bent Comfort

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Edward Dolan wrote:
>>
>> An awful lot of guys who ride re***bents have iron *****. I mean, they 
>> could sit on a fence rail all day and not complain. I on the other hand

>> am like the canary in the mine. I will warn you early on what is wrong 
>> with every re***bent seat. That is because I do not have an iron ass. I

>> am sensitive back there.
>>
> Well, there was the person who replaced his BikeE seat base with a piece

> of plywood covered Astroturf® [1].
>
>> The BikeE seat was an abomination as was the early Tour Easy seat. The 
>> Cobra seat was also strictly for those with iron *****. Any re***bent 
>> seat must be adjustable for the lean back, that goes without saying.
All 
>> the RANS seats are comfortable provided you get the seat base foam
right. 
>> But the most comfortable seat ever designed was the Vision seat.
Nothing 
>> else can compare to it.
>>
> Nonsense. The Earth Cycles seat is the most comfortable, particularly
when 
> it is used on a suspended Dragonflyer.

All full sling mesh seats will benefit from a foam pad. It is easy to get 
re***bent butt without the foam.

>> When you get a re***bent, you might as well got the comfort right
because 
>> that will determine what you will ride. Only masochists like to ride 
>> bikes that give them pain.
>>
> Like those odd looking bicycles that have a little wedged shaped saddle 
> and put the rider in the same position as an equestrian?

I challenge anyone who can ride an upright for 6 hours a day for a week at
a 
time and experience not only lots of discomfort, but some pain. Pain is
not 
good. It is your body's way of telling you to do something different.

> [1] For E.D., ® is ALT0174 (numbers on the keypad, not those above the 
> letters).

It is probably good to know details like this, but we needn't bother for 
Usenet. Most posters here border on being illiterate and I am pleased if 
their simple sentences make sense.

Regards,

Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota