Fitting a Seat Pad

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Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by raotor » November 14th, 2013, 7:21 am

Hello,

After several long sessions on the erg at my local gym I have come to the conclusion that a seat pad would definitely ease the ache in my rear end.

I've been thinking of purchasing the inexpensive seat pad offered by Concept 2 which is apparently easy to fit according to the product description. What I'd like to know is just how easy is it to fit? Given that I would like to bring the pad along to the gym with me and set it up on one of their ergs and remove it again after each session, I don't want to be spending any length of time doing it.

Also, if anyone has a non-Concept 2 seat pad alternative they could recommend that's just as easy to fit and not too expensive then please let me know.


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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by hjs » November 14th, 2013, 8:08 am

The c2 pad can be put on in a second. Really no problem at al.

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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by rowbike » November 14th, 2013, 6:25 pm

I have used a $5.00 rubber stadium seat cushion I got at a sporting goods store which I simply set on the C2 and it stays in place while I row. Its a bit thicker than the C2 pad, and has worked well at 3.5 hour football games. Sometimes I use two of them, one on top of the other, if I need some extra padding. Since they are not attached to the rower, I can remove them with no issue. I looked online for specific rowing seat cushions, but they were all over $25 or much more, and had only mixed reviews.

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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by Bob S. » November 14th, 2013, 10:06 pm

hjs wrote:The c2 pad can be put on in a second. Really no problem at al.
The C2 pads that I have had (those available in the US) were sticky back with a plastic cover over the glue. I peeled off the plastic cover and put it on the seat as a permanent fixture. I suppose that it could have been used as a removable pad if I had left the plastic on, but I believe that it would not hold up for repeated use. I think that the plastic would begin to crack and expose the glue. I have an additional rowing seat pad that does not have the glue on the bottom and have used that as an extra pad for long erg pieces. However, it does not have a label and I don't remember where I got it. Like the C2 pads, it is made of a closed cell elastomer, perhaps rubber itself, but it also has a shiny cloth top cover which is apparently glued on. That pad is definitely designed to taking on and off the seat. there some difference in shape from the C2 pads. The back "wings" are somewhat shorter and the sitz-bone holes are circular rather than oblong.

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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by Ergmeister » November 15th, 2013, 12:11 pm

I use the C2 pad, and, when doing long sessions I also use a folded small hand hand towel and place it on top of the pad and that helps tremendously, and, I put them on/off at intervals to keep it from being one constant point. I used this approach during the last marathon I rowed (3 hrs) and it eased the pressure point significantly. The folded towel alone actually takes a good bit of the curse off the seat so try that before buying any pads to see that will give you sufficient cushion.

If you go the stadium cushion route, try to find one with dense cell foam instead of too cushy because of the very specific pressure point on the bum that the Erg creates. The c2 pad has cutouts for that point so it distributes the pressure across a broader area instead on that one point that feels like a you're sitting on a sharp point.

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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by John Hendrie » July 7th, 2014, 10:20 am

I have been using the c2pad for several years and it has been very effective but is now quite compressed
Has anyone ever tried placing a new pad over an older one for ectra padding
Would that be umwise
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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by RBFC » July 8th, 2014, 5:09 pm

This one is very good, I got it for Christmas.

http://shop.jlathletics.com/jel-seat-pad/dp/10176

Just set it on the C2 seat and row. No adhesive, etc. necessary. It also has a "label" area for you to write your name (if you leave it at the gym...)

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Post by sekitori » July 13th, 2014, 1:15 pm

I take a 24" x 24" piece of bubble wrap with large one inch bubbles and fold it twice so it ends up as a 12x12 pad. I then close the open sides with duct tape. I now have a one inch thick seat pad that is more comfortable than any one I have ever used. Others may prefer to use wrap with smaller bubbles but to me the larger ones provide more cushioning. This pad extends a couple of inches past the end of the seat so to get it to fit more exactly, use a 24" x 20" inch piece of bubble wrap instead. Mine last a surprisingly long time until they start to lose their cushioning--around several months. When they do, I take a few minutes and make a replacement.

I purchased a 2 foot wide by 8 foot long piece of this bubble wrap at a local mailing store. I'm pretty sure that UPS stores also carry this type of wrap. The cost was around $6.00, enough for four seat pads.

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Re: Fitting a Seat Pad

Post by kine97 » August 1st, 2014, 2:31 am

I use a folded up towel on my seat. I had the cushion, but it stopped sticking to the seat.
I make sure the towel doesn't overhang while rowing.

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