It seems pretty okay, thanks for the thought, I'll mention it to my 'driver' though. Just spent some time on Mean City Cycles website, pretty sure it's the shape and construct of the seat. They talk about the onset of butt burn in 30-40 minutes. Sounds right on target. I'll be calling them on Monday about custom rebuilding the seat. Sounds cheaper and way more successful than buying a new seat.

I need to check the leg angle idea. That was suggested to us on the ride but we didn't have the allen wrench needed to take off the pegs to see if there's another hole to set them in. Anybody know if there is a standard angle the knee is supposed to be at? Or hip/leg?

We rode mostly on secondary roads, so I can move around a bit, shift weight, lift up a little, lean back a little, and my 'operator' is totally great. But I have to throw him under the bus just a bit. We have angus (and dairy) and the other day we loaded some young angus bull calves. Which means they are about 4 months old and already powerful - designed to defend themselves. I got kicked in the shin. Never made a sound, didn't flinch, we kept loading and when the cattle truck left I had the first look. Probably a surface fracture of the bone by the way the bone bleeding has seeped down the leg and filled my ankle area. I was 4 days out from that kick on our ride. He made the mistake of suggesting I might have to 'gut out' my butt pain. I reminded him that I know a thing or two about gutting it out.