Recently riding in the heat was baking my butt, so I was thinking of solutions. Then I remembered I had bought a mesh cover (it is supposed to keep your seat and butt cool.) long time back that was too small for NT and too big for GS (separate rider and passenger seats). The front pointy ends of the seat were not letting it fit.
I tried giving it away to friends, but that was not meant to be …
.... till few nights back , I had a light bulb moment (instead of putting front in, why not put the back in), if in the process the mesh cover gets destroyed, well , it was not getting used anyhow.
I started experimenting on various combinations of tying the mesh to the front of the seat to get the best fit.
The final setup does not cover the front pointy ends, but they are typically not used
Did a 100mile / 3hr Test ride today (highway, twisty mountain roads, twisty mountain roads with big and small potholes, twisty slow state highway) and the temp were upper 70ies to lower 80ies.
For me at least the mesh cover was a success, my pants were cool and not swampy .. I could literally feel the air flow … there was no slip and sliding between me and the cover and the cover and the seat, the cover was well planted and stable. There was no bunching of the mesh, or the mesh putting pressure on the butt and being uncomfortable. The seat was also stable, no issue in locking the seat.
So I would recommend them. for like $20ish, it worked relatively well.
If I did not have this lying around, I would have tried the longer cover in the image below.
I tried giving it away to friends, but that was not meant to be …
.... till few nights back , I had a light bulb moment (instead of putting front in, why not put the back in), if in the process the mesh cover gets destroyed, well , it was not getting used anyhow.
I started experimenting on various combinations of tying the mesh to the front of the seat to get the best fit.
The final setup does not cover the front pointy ends, but they are typically not used
Did a 100mile / 3hr Test ride today (highway, twisty mountain roads, twisty mountain roads with big and small potholes, twisty slow state highway) and the temp were upper 70ies to lower 80ies.
For me at least the mesh cover was a success, my pants were cool and not swampy .. I could literally feel the air flow … there was no slip and sliding between me and the cover and the cover and the seat, the cover was well planted and stable. There was no bunching of the mesh, or the mesh putting pressure on the butt and being uncomfortable. The seat was also stable, no issue in locking the seat.
So I would recommend them. for like $20ish, it worked relatively well.
If I did not have this lying around, I would have tried the longer cover in the image below.
