Solomookie
Street Cruiser
I got my seat back from Seth Laam last week. The craftsmanship is excellent. Here is a photo of the Laam seat beside a stock seat. The "wings" are designed to spread the load across more of your butt which is the key to preventing bleacher butt.
Sunday, my C-10 was finally able to escape her snowy prison for me to take the maiden voyage. The first impression was not what I expected. I probably anticipated an "angels singing on high" moment as I sat down the first time. That was definitely not the case. The seat felt harder than stock, and because of the difference in shape, felt downright weird. My very first thought was that I might have flushed $400 down the commode.
I got out on the road and took a two hour trip. As I rode, the strangeness of the feeling started to dissipate. I did mostly highway ribbon because the back roads were still clearing from the near foot of snow we had gotten Wednesday. I was able to take some on and off ramps pretty aggressively and the seat design did not impair my movement for cornering position. I got back to the house after two hours, and that is when I realized that my butt felt the same as it had when I left. Considering that on my stock seat bleacher butt used to set in after a half hour tops; my concerns about wasted money vanished. I'll be taking a COG ride in two weeks that will cover around 500 miles. My expectation is that the seat will perform admirably.
While I am satisfied overall, there is one negative to report. The front edge of the "wings" interferes with my legs when my feet are on the ground. They make the bike feel wider, which in my case is ironic because I decided to throw money at improvements for my C-10 instead of buying a C-14 because the C-14 felt too wide. Hopefully, with use the wings will soften a little to lessen that feeling. I might contact Seth about the possibility of an alteration. Other than that, I am happy with the seat. Seth did a really nice job on it.
Here a couple of pictures of it on the bike. Seth has also covered my backrest to match and the backrest is on its way back to me. He expedited shipment of the seat itself because I ride year 'round and he accommodated my request for a fast turnaround.
Sunday, my C-10 was finally able to escape her snowy prison for me to take the maiden voyage. The first impression was not what I expected. I probably anticipated an "angels singing on high" moment as I sat down the first time. That was definitely not the case. The seat felt harder than stock, and because of the difference in shape, felt downright weird. My very first thought was that I might have flushed $400 down the commode.
I got out on the road and took a two hour trip. As I rode, the strangeness of the feeling started to dissipate. I did mostly highway ribbon because the back roads were still clearing from the near foot of snow we had gotten Wednesday. I was able to take some on and off ramps pretty aggressively and the seat design did not impair my movement for cornering position. I got back to the house after two hours, and that is when I realized that my butt felt the same as it had when I left. Considering that on my stock seat bleacher butt used to set in after a half hour tops; my concerns about wasted money vanished. I'll be taking a COG ride in two weeks that will cover around 500 miles. My expectation is that the seat will perform admirably.
While I am satisfied overall, there is one negative to report. The front edge of the "wings" interferes with my legs when my feet are on the ground. They make the bike feel wider, which in my case is ironic because I decided to throw money at improvements for my C-10 instead of buying a C-14 because the C-14 felt too wide. Hopefully, with use the wings will soften a little to lessen that feeling. I might contact Seth about the possibility of an alteration. Other than that, I am happy with the seat. Seth did a really nice job on it.
Here a couple of pictures of it on the bike. Seth has also covered my backrest to match and the backrest is on its way back to me. He expedited shipment of the seat itself because I ride year 'round and he accommodated my request for a fast turnaround.
