Take a seat!

During a build, one of the things that I’ve noticed is often left as an afterthought is your seat. Usually, what happens is that you plan the build, build it, go over-budget, swear a lot, finish it in the nick of time and then either make changes, ride round on it for a while, or sell it because you’re bored, or want to start a new project. However, changing the seat, for some really quite strange reason, is a somewhat cathartic process. It’s not just the pampering of your hardened buttocks from years of riding, nor is it just because you’ve run out of things to put on your bike; no no no no, it’s because it makes you feel that you’ve actually got a new bike.

Every time you walk up to the bike, look at it in the shed/garage, or out on the street, one of the first things you’re likely to look at is the seat. To this end (and yes, of course, here comes the sales pitch), take a look at our seats. We predominantly sell them for scramblers, café racers, brat bikes and bobbers. We’ve got superhumanly cheap and cheerful, to not so cheap, but very well made and legend has it that by October, we’ll have some new, different styles coming through as well. Like everything else that we sell, they’re universal and you’ll have to make them fit, but hell’s teeth, isn’t that part of the fun?

Now, once you’ve chosen your seat, think about the comfort side. If you’re like me, all this need to look cool for 5 miles, then bear excruciating botty pain isn’t on. You can easily (and inexpensively) send your seat off for memory or gel foam inserts. I’m not going to ruminate over which is better; that’s down to your buttocks, but I will say that having experienced it many times over with a variety of seats over the years, it does work. You’ll find companies online that do this very easily. They’ll even re-cover it with leather if you want. Ours are vinyl (like most seats), but if you do go for this option, make sure that you regularly treat the leather against the elements and for protection against water ingresses, or it’ll rain and stay wet for ages. You’ll then look like you had a trouser accident and face huge embarrassment.

Lastly, go well on the roads. It’s getting chilly in the mornings after that sodding insane summer.