New Guy with questions

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I just joined the forum. I am the advisor for the unicycle club at our high school. (So far only four members).

I own a Sun touring unicycle and rode for about 10 miles this weekend in Redding. My butt was sore. Any advice for a seat that is good for long tours?

Thanks.

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hm do u have an ideas on how to start a unicycle club @ my school?

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sweet. first suggestion: post in the RSU forum. second: something SOFT. :smiley: not those “foam brick” seats that come with the unis.

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Welcome to the forums!

And yes this should be in RSU but ill do mybest to help anyways. I assume your riding the stock sun saddle, correct? If thst true then a KH seat is clearly in order. For long distances and comforability i would say the KH gell Saddle or a custom made air saddle would be your best bet. For a gel saddle check out UDC. This is probably the best way to get unicycles and components in the US. For instructions on how to make a custone air saddle do a search on the forums for “Air Saddle” and that should turn out some good results for you.

Hope that helps

-Phil

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  1. Welcome to the forums
  2. These kind of posts belong in RSU
  3. I really hate to be a jerk…but please use the search function before posting something like this.
  4. Buy some bike shorts, and get a good-er seat
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Where on the site are the gel saddles? I couldnt find them when I looked.

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Welcome to the forums!

Its great that you have a club at your school, and are getting more people into unicycling, i have local city club, we are all going to ride downtown in about 3 more days, then the day after that we are giving uni lessons to a newcomer =p

For a better seat, the sun saddle sucks! i used it for about 2 years for just basic commuting, somehow i got used to it and don’t get sore onto it, but now switching to a KH style saddle, it feels like riding on heaven. Just look for air saddles, gel saddles, maybe cut some foam down and making a channel in the seat, also tilt your seat back a little so your sitting on the hard parts of your behind where you should be sitting at, and not the soft stuff.

Search around a lot, you’ll find great guides how to modify your seat.

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http://unicycling.org/airseat/

that’s a particularly good site to convert to an air-saddle, it’s for a miyata but might work on other seats