First experience with my bead pad
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First experience with my bead pad
I get this pain about 40 minutes into riding. It hits me more on the underside of the thigh/but towards the middle front of the seat. I think it's where the frame of the bike is under the seat and it creates a pressure point for me........
Anyway, I bought a $7.99 car bead seat mat at Autozone yesterday. Figured I would try it for the heck of it after reading some things about the bead mats on this site. I had to remove some beads to fit it to my seat and retie the fishing string like stuff they use on them. Took about an hour and some patients to do in all.
My first experience is amazing! It must be that the beads now help spread those 2 pressure points I had from the seat/bike frame out acrossmy butt now. It does not hurt! Not to mention the air feels good!
Just FYI for anyone that might want to try it.
Anyway, I bought a $7.99 car bead seat mat at Autozone yesterday. Figured I would try it for the heck of it after reading some things about the bead mats on this site. I had to remove some beads to fit it to my seat and retie the fishing string like stuff they use on them. Took about an hour and some patients to do in all.
My first experience is amazing! It must be that the beads now help spread those 2 pressure points I had from the seat/bike frame out acrossmy butt now. It does not hurt! Not to mention the air feels good!
Just FYI for anyone that might want to try it.
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RE: First experience with my bead pad
I have one as well. Road 5000 miles last summer in 10 days, including an iron butt run on day 8. Never felt sore, sweatty, or uncomfortable. This all on a stock seat. Beats paying $$ for a corbin!
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Do you also drive a taxi-cab?
Just kidding. I was going to try a gel-pad, but maybe these would work.
Do you also drive a taxi-cab?
Just kidding. I was going to try a gel-pad, but maybe these would work.
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I posted a separate thread about this, but the title didn't attract anyone's attention.
I just did the bead seat thing with a pad from Walmart. Took about a half hour to remove beads and re-tie all the nylon string. I was completely shocked at how well this thing works. I rode 940 miles this weekend starting saturday morning and ending sunday early evening and my butt is not sore at all. I was amazed at how I could rack up the miles and not feel the need to stop because my butt was hurting.
The other thing I did was get a pair of under armour compression shorts made of their heatgear or heatguard material. It seemed that they would really make me feel uncomfortable because the boys were so tightly packed, but they seem to keep the sweat off your skin and combined with the beaded seat I experienced no monkey butt at all. Even on Sunday which was spent mostly in rain gear I had no issues with sweat and the resultant rash.
I just did the bead seat thing with a pad from Walmart. Took about a half hour to remove beads and re-tie all the nylon string. I was completely shocked at how well this thing works. I rode 940 miles this weekend starting saturday morning and ending sunday early evening and my butt is not sore at all. I was amazed at how I could rack up the miles and not feel the need to stop because my butt was hurting.
The other thing I did was get a pair of under armour compression shorts made of their heatgear or heatguard material. It seemed that they would really make me feel uncomfortable because the boys were so tightly packed, but they seem to keep the sweat off your skin and combined with the beaded seat I experienced no monkey butt at all. Even on Sunday which was spent mostly in rain gear I had no issues with sweat and the resultant rash.
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This sounds very very interesting. Could one of you post a picture of your new beads? I would like to try this, but not sure what beads to remove. I guess I would figure it out once I bought one and brought it home, but while I am offshore, it would be nice to get some ideas.
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I actually ended up with mine being bigger than the beadrider ones. Mine goes from the front of the seat up to the top of the back portion of the rider area. Not to the riders backrest though. I do have a friend who just cut his to curl up and over the riders backrest. Main thing is you don't want it touching your tank or it will scratch it up. You don't want it hanging over the edge of the seat or it will bother your thighs.
