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mleuck

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Carbon Seats
May 28^th, 2010, 1:07am

Some guy in Poland is selling Kevlar-reinforced carbon seats (medium size) if anyone is interested, I recently bought one for $169 and it's narrower than my large Optima seat but half the weight at 500 grams. Odd thing is he always sells another one for $319.

Here's the one for $169

http://cgi.ebay.com/RECUMBENT-CARBON-SEAT-m5-velokraft-challenge-optima-/1805127 41213?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a0765d75d

And the one for $319

http://cgi.ebay.com/RECUMBENT-CARBON-SEAT-m5-velokraft-challenge-optima-/1805127 41583?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a0765d8cf

Also some guy in the UK is selling a standard fiberglass version for $70

http://cgi.ebay.com/Recumbent-bike-seat-size-L-/320539059744?cmd=ViewItem&pt =UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item4aa19de620

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Brad Bedell rbent member Posts: 158	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #1 - May 28^th, 2010, 7:36am Nice guy, good response to email and pretty well packed for shipping. I have one of these carbon seats in the attic(new never mounted) if someone wants it. I'll take whatever the going rate for it is.
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3311	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #2 - May 28^th, 2010, 8:58am Those are CCK seats. I had one on my Roadster.
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Re: Carbon Seats
Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2010, 10:02am

and if remember correctly, John Schlitter used them on at least one of his weight weenie carbon aeros or corsas. The dude that makes them worked for Kamil at velokraft and left to do it on his own as a side business. There is some argument over wether he is using his own design or not, but I don'r exactly trust Kamil anyway about a lot of stuff.

I'm in it to Schwinn it.

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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3311	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2010, 11:38am Yes, John used them for his solo RAAM ride. They're not super stiff, and can be flexed (yes, Thomas, you really did see mine flex that day at Glen Rose; I checked afterwards). They are pretty narrow. I liked mine on the Roadster, but the Euromesh on my Corsa has always been more comfortable for long rides for me.
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mleuck Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1105	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2010, 1:55pm Quote from Brad Bedell on May 28^th, 2010, 7:36am: Nice guy, good response to email and pretty well packed for shipping. I have one of these carbon seats in the attic(new never mounted) if someone wants it. I'll take whatever the going rate for it is. What size? Jayg was looking for one
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Brad Bedell rbent member Posts: 158	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #6 - May 29^th, 2010, 7:07am Most likely a large, let me dig it down and see if it's labeled.
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mleuck Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1105	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #7 - May 29^th, 2010, 6:30pm Quote from Brad Bedell on May 29^th, 2010, 7:07am: Most likely a large, let me dig it down and see if it's labeled. Let me know, I'm interested
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mleuck Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1105	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #8 - May 30^th, 2010, 1:33pm Just got an email from the guy selling the seats, the expensive version is lighter with stronger carbon fiber for identical durability He's only offering medium sizes but can build the larger size although he hasn't yet
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Brad Bedell rbent member Posts: 158	Re: Carbon Seats Reply #9 - May 30^th, 2010, 10:33pm Mark, Sent you an email. I dug it out, not sure what size, most likely a large as I waited a bit for a different size than was listed.
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