Suspension seats

[jeffstevens763@g]

Luxury Mono Coil Suspension Seating

might be of interest

[breezeblock]

had a sit on one at humber they look ok I didn't realise there was that much dosh in them

[Xk59D]

that is cheap for a suspension seat but it still looks overpriced-they all do to be fair IMO.

[breezeblock]

the first thing I thought when I seen it was mmm that looks like an easy build

[Xk59D]

first thing i thought was that looks pi$h but to each their own

it doesn't look like a good design to me, looks like you would be falling forwards a lot.....happy to be wrong though!

[breezeblock]

Originally Posted by Xk59D

first thing i thought was that looks pi$h but to each their own

it doesn't look like a good design to me, looks like you would be falling forwards a lot.....happy to be wrong though!

no I think your not far off the way the geometry is ,scot seat etc looks like a parallelogram type linkage to keep the seat at the correct angle

[jeffstevens763@g]

i agree with the geometry not looking right it hinges at the back so forward and backward movement but i fail to see how the up & downward forces are supressed since the rear legs are fixed, on my coastal pro seats they traveled back as well as down giving around 125mm of travel if i remember right

[Pikey Dave]

Look like they were designed to go on a Ribeye

[matt h]

look like a bar stool with a honda c90 shock absorber thrown in for good measure

[breezeblock]

Originally Posted by matt h

look like a bar stool with a honda c90 shock absorber thrown in for good measure

haha thats exactly what it looks like

[GuyC]

I'm struggling to see how that would meet any shock mitigation standard. Your back is in line with the rigidly attached part and your legs would be fighting against the shock absorber particularly as you would be pitched forward every time you encountered some deceleration.

The mountain bike community have some clever geometries for mitigating shock. I'm trying to get my head around the idea of a torsion bar rather than a spring.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Look like they were designed to go on a Ribeye

Not sure what you mean PD?....

Like your Ribs might exit through you're eye sockets in the Rough!??...
...or maybe the seat!?
Certainly doesn't look very strong or "capable" to me...compared to The Big two..(16 stones pluss making passage in a Gale puts plenty of stress on stuff!)
but then again a lot of what some people put to Sea in these days doesn't!

[MatFromPoland]

looking at the picture these seats require airbags on the console.
to minimize shock of the striking head ...

[two stroke mick]

Has anyone actually tried these seats?

The seats look good, as to their performance I do not know,

TSM

[jeffstevens763@g]

humber has been making boats for 50 years dought they would risk a duff design of a shock seat.
if you look at the design of the coastal pro its just a sizzor frame dampered, direction of travel down & back & they work well.
maybe the humber damper works in both directions along with the coil spring

sent humber a mail see what comes back

[gtflash]

Originally Posted by two stroke mick

Has anyone actually tried these seats?

The seats look good, as to their performance I do not know,

TSM

Rib mag had a feature that included them several years ago. Paul lemmar said something along the lines of being surprised how good they were

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by gtflash

Rib mag had a feature that included them several years ago. Paul lemmar said something along the lines of being surprised how good they were

Didn't Paul end up with a serious spinal injury as a result of suspension seat testing?

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by gtflash

Rib mag had a feature that included them several years ago. Paul lemmar said something along the lines of being surprised how good they were

"Surprised" Oh yeah ...that's what I heard!

[ribraff]

How about these:

[Xk59D]

don't like the base, just offer a square if need be.

who makes them and cost?