| corbin seat
I bought a canyon (not close) before christmas.
Its a nice looking seat and certainly improves the bikes looks, but unfortunately thats most of the good bits.
It is hard, yes, which is another plus and does not get too uncomfortable on long rides.
I opted for the carbon fibre effect leather and pvc sides (leather sides are prone to splitting I was told), and the canyon style.
This choice seems to be the cause of my problems as the standard canyon style leaves your rump support so far back from the tank (I'm 5' 10") that your chin is on the tank when you move your arse back as far as it will go. The other problem is the carbon effect leather finish .. its just too damn slippery when wearing cordura trousers as I do (not really a leather man myself). So when I accelerate or break hard I cant help moving around which is sometimes really offputting.
All in all I would advise anyone ordering any custom made seat to look carefully into what they want and ask about how each finish performs. The dimensions of the seat are very important (I think 1/2 my troubles would have been solved with the canyon 'close' style - yer arse is closer to the tank {obviously}). Specifically with corbin , from my opinion they seem to see average joe biker as having a HHHHEEEEUUUGEEE arse, so bear this in mind.
All in all I have to admit that the seat is good and I am happy with it .. it just would have been better if I had spent more time on thinking about my specific requirements.
Oh .. and ask for the piping and tricholor too .. they look nice.  |