nimbus gel is kh seat?

anton005 · September 22, 2009, 4:13pm

I notice today as I was tightening up my very loose seat bolts on my new nimbus 26 muni that there is kris holm stamped in the base of the nimbus seat. Are the seat bases the same, with just a different pad/cover?

I missed checking the seat bolts after I got the Uni, I can’t believe UDC lets them go out the door without checking them. All were very loose.

davidp · September 22, 2009, 4:28pm

Yes, the new Nimbus Gel’s use the KH 2009 base. I don’t know if the foam is the same.

johnfoss · September 22, 2009, 5:21pm

Obviously those seats are both made in the same molds/same factory. Variations of them are also available under different names as well, I think including the Coker saddle. Since there has been so much innovation and variation since the KH saddles were introduced it can be hard to keep track, but if you have any of them, you have a really nice seat.

waaalrus · November 9, 2009, 12:28pm

I found this to be the case too on my new Nimbus trials unicycle from UDC. Even better, they gave me a KH rim. Sweet!

mbalmer · November 9, 2009, 1:53pm

Every unicycle I have purchase new (3) had loose bolts here and there. I lost one of the seat bolts out of my KH24. I learned to check the tightness of every thing when it comes. Then you should check it every so many rides depending on how long or aggressive you are.

sofauxboho · November 9, 2009, 3:13pm

I’ve been wondering about this myself. Does the Nimbus saddle use the KH Freeride base on the Street base?

jaco_flans · November 9, 2009, 4:27pm

both KH freeride and KH street saddle use the same base. only the foam and the cover is a little bit different. And Nimbus does use KH seatbases on their seats.

lunicycle · November 9, 2009, 4:41pm

Pretty sure Kris mentioned the new KH seat base was going to be used on other uni’s when it was announced.

Interesting thing is quite a few local riders including myself find the new Nimbus seat (that comes on the 20" Trials, 24" MUni, 26" MUni) to be an uncomfortable ball crusher. One young guy has stopped riding altogether until he can afford a new seat.

Also yeah you gotta check those seat bolts on new uni’s. A couple of kids here have had them drop out of new Nimbus uni’s which is a bit of a hassle. We keep some spares handy.

OneWheelLess · November 9, 2009, 8:41pm

Someone posted a while back (I think kh) that the new kh base would only be available on the kh ff and street saddles, and the nimbus street. All the other similar saddles are built on the regular velo base.
Every different saddle on the new kh base uses a different foam/ cover.

saskatchewanian · November 9, 2009, 9:01pm

Is it too curved? If you search the forums there have been a few threads on modifying seats to get a flatter shape.

lunicycle · November 9, 2009, 9:44pm

Dunno Eric, don’t use one myself, it’s the seat on the loaner

Not sure any of the young guys will be interested in modding seats as they’ve already tried other seats that are comfortable e.g. the older Nimbus seat, plus the stapled on cover makes it a bit of a hassle. Will pass that info onto them though.

sofauxboho · November 10, 2009, 1:51pm

Here’s info straight from the source:

danger_uni:

Hey All,

Redesigned Saddles. This was a major, expensive, 2-year project involving new injection molds for the saddle frame and rear bumper. Big thanks to Scott Wallis for completing the model drawings and frame stress model analysis. The frame is re-shaped to be stronger, stiffer, more comfortable, and easier to grab. It’s slightly wider through the back to better fit sit bones without interfering with pulling the seat out front. The rear bumper is rounded and reshaped to eliminate thigh irritation at the side corners of the bumper during seat-in-front riding. Front handle is unchanged. All 10 mm dome nuts are gone, replaced with 4 mm allen (hex) bolts that screw into inserts in the frame. The Freeride saddle has a deeper 30 mm cutaway that increases comfort; the top fabric is replaced with stretch-nylon that better conforms to the cutaway. The Street version has a similar foam & fabric to the existing saddle but with the new frame and bumper. The frame & bumper were also licensed to Nimbus for their Nimbus Gel saddle; otherwise no other saddles will have this frame. Both the frame and bumper are recyclable polypropylene and have the correct recycling symbol.

OneWheelLess · November 10, 2009, 7:07pm

Thanks sofauxboho, I was too lazy to dig it up. Nice to be able to read over it again, I had forgotten the ff saddle also got the stretch nylon and deeper channel similar to muniaddict’s mod.