moist-stretch-resistant Lightning seat, was: P38 Seat and Zip Ties

Scott Yoho Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:08:57 -0500
> Last year I posted about a problem I've had in the rain. Once my
> lightning P38 gets wet, the seat fabric (and/or the cording holding
> it in place) stretches enough so the seat back rubs on the rear tire
> - particularly when "pushing hard" from a dead stop - and I'm a
> lightweight rider.

I get this even on merely humid/sweaty days, which for a northern guy
in N Carolina is about half the year 

> Under the seat fabric I added a grommeted "underseat" made of
> Phifertex fabric

> http://store.valueweb.com/servlet/poweron/Detail?no=3D82

> Early results are very positive - I've ridden in the rain multiple
> times without any hint of a problem, and I had problems every time
> it rained before.

Great! and I see @

http://www.sailrite.com/Categories/Phifertex-Mesh

that it comes in a mesh. I'm wondering, does anyone make replacement
Lightning seats out of that, or some other material that does not
stretch when moist? Or has Lightning solved that problem? (My seats
are ... I forget how old, probably about 5 years.)

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche <at> pobox.com>
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