I know this isn't entirely necessary, but I'd like to keep my brand-spankin'-new Fusion seat looking that way. I put duct tape on the front and back of my old seat to prevent it from getting chewed up in falls, but I think it's especially important now that I have a handle, if the handle gets chewed up it could hurt my hand when I try to grab it. What do you guys do to protect your seat from falling and damaging it?
Putting duct tape on your handle to keep it "looking new" is like putting plastic covers on your sofa; I'd rather have something become ugly through use than start out ugly.
Let the seat take its knocks. The plastic handle can take it. It's not going to get chewed up so much that it will hurt your hand. Replacement KH handles are only $9 anyways.
It's the people who do seat drags outside on pavement or concrete that have to worry about grinding away their front or rear bumpers. The rest of us don't worry about it at all.
I've got black hockey tape on my muni handle and bumper, but that's only to cover up the ugly Miyata green rather than to offer any protection.
*I know this isn't entirely necessary, but I'd like to keep my brand-spankin'-new Fusion seat looking that way. I put duct tape on the front and back of my old seat to prevent it from getting chewed up in falls, but I think it's especially important now that I have a handle, if the handle gets chewed up it could hurt my hand when I try to grab it. What do you guys do to protect your seat from falling and damaging it? *
Fall? Why fall? Just stay up.
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I have a KH saddle and I do seat drags on rough cement all the time. My bumpers are worn down a lot, and the edge on the front one is a little sharp, but it's not too much of a problem, and I think they still have a long ways to drag before they need changing. I did crack the back bumper, because I had been trying to ride normally, then punch the front bumper and go directly into seat drag in back, but that's another matter.
I am constantly amazed at how many rough falls my seat has gone through without any damage. Unicycle saddles are very tough.
