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Re: Other: custom seat
By:Allan
Date: 8/1/2011, 5:10 am
In Response To: Other: custom seat (craig webb)

I have found two things guaranteed to make my backside and legs go numb: the front of the seat too low, and the sides pressing in on my backside.
More than once I have found that a seat that created "numb bum" stopped doing it if I raised the front of the seat or made the sides a bit wider or a bit of both.
I have even had situations where I while I was paddling my legs had gone numb within about an hour but the numbness went away in just a few minutes after I stuffed something under the front of the seat to raise it about two inches. I didn't even need to get out of the kayak to fix the problem.

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Other: custom seat
craig webb -- 8/1/2011, 4:54 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Allan -- 8/1/2011, 5:10 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Bob Johns -- 8/1/2011, 5:49 am
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risto -- 8/1/2011, 5:59 am
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Wes Ewell -- 8/1/2011, 9:50 am
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Rod Tait (Orca Boats) -- 8/1/2011, 9:33 am
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Mike Bielski -- 8/1/2011, 11:12 am
Re: Other: custom seat *PIC*
Dan Beatty -- 8/1/2011, 12:15 pm
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StephenHJ -- 8/1/2011, 3:15 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/1/2011, 4:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 2:00 am
Re: Other: custom seat
Craig Robinson -- 8/2/2011, 3:23 am