Gel pad installed hot and uncomfortable
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RE: Gel pad installed hot and uncomfortable
ORIGINAL: heyrob
I have a LePera seat. I customized a few things, but the customer service rep (who was excellent) talked me out of the gel insert. She said the gel gets hot and retains heat (or cold on the winter) like a gel pack that you would put on sore muscles. She also said it was comfortable for long rides but hardanduncomfortable for shorter rides.
I have a LePera seat. I customized a few things, but the customer service rep (who was excellent) talked me out of the gel insert. She said the gel gets hot and retains heat (or cold on the winter) like a gel pack that you would put on sore muscles. She also said it was comfortable for long rides but hardanduncomfortable for shorter rides.
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RE: Gel pad installed hot and uncomfortable
ORIGINAL: heyrob
I have a LePera seat. I customized a few things, but the customer service rep (who was excellent) talked me out of the gel insert. She said the gel gets hot and retains heat (or cold on the winter) like a gel pack that you would put on sore muscles. She also said it was comfortable for long rides but hardanduncomfortable for shorter rides.
I have a LePera seat. I customized a few things, but the customer service rep (who was excellent) talked me out of the gel insert. She said the gel gets hot and retains heat (or cold on the winter) like a gel pack that you would put on sore muscles. She also said it was comfortable for long rides but hardanduncomfortable for shorter rides.
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From: Midland, TX
RE: Gel pad installed hot and uncomfortable
Well after second ride it was much better. I think I know what happened. Upholsterer put some "tack" stitching on the upper sides of pillion that he said he would remove later after he is assured leather is stretched to seats form like it was originally. He didn't want my covering to get off to one side and wear in that way. This made it really tight the first night I rode it. Now that the leather has stretched some, seat is back to comfortable again. Yea!
It was about ten degrees cooler tonight but I rode longer with no heat issues. I know some put gel inreal thin seats and I wonder if those would get hot.
The Saddlemen seat look very comfortable but they didn't have a reduced reach model. Wish I had searched site further to see that they would have custom made me one. Oh well...maybe later! If I recall, Saddlemen is the company that makes the Travelcade gel pad I installed. Hopefully that's a good thing since their seats are well respected.
It was about ten degrees cooler tonight but I rode longer with no heat issues. I know some put gel inreal thin seats and I wonder if those would get hot.
The Saddlemen seat look very comfortable but they didn't have a reduced reach model. Wish I had searched site further to see that they would have custom made me one. Oh well...maybe later! If I recall, Saddlemen is the company that makes the Travelcade gel pad I installed. Hopefully that's a good thing since their seats are well respected.
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