I installed a Thor seat with ventisit pad, the Carier model, size medium on my Quest 2.0. My original seat I upholstered the seat pan with a silicone cushion honey comb material to act as a suspension and used a Ventisit 3mm cushion over that. It was pretty good, even after 2-1/2 hours of steady riding I had only a little recumbutt pain. The narrow back rest was quite noticeable though. With the Thor Carrier pan and matching Ventisit pad the seat pan is noticeably better. The comfort even without the silicon pad is about the same, but when pedaling hard it is my pelvis that engages the seat, giving me a solid connection to push against, allowing me to engage (tighten) my core muscles pulling my back off the seat. This is especially useful off road where sitting up increases manouverability to that of an upright mountain bike, and on road seems to increase power to the pedals. My complaint at the moment is that the wide shoulder area hurts my shoulder blades, there is no pocket for the scapoli to fit into and the pressure points are painful. I will have to solve that. Esthetically it looks a bit bizarre and another change I will have to get use to.
Installation was a bit difficult, i used a 1/2” aluminum pad with quarter in rubber pads on top of the welded mounting platform. The seat is forward of the original seat, to mount it further back I would have build a support to mount the seat on. Instead I replaced my adjustable 1-1/2” headset with a fixed zero extension headset and and extended the boom. The weat of me (160 pounds) and the 40 amp hour battery pack hung from the seat (36 pounds) has been moved forward yielding a noticeably lighter motorized rear wheel when I lift it onto to the centerstand. I welcome that, and bike performance seems on changed.
Installation was a bit difficult, i used a 1/2” aluminum pad with quarter in rubber pads on top of the welded mounting platform. The seat is forward of the original seat, to mount it further back I would have build a support to mount the seat on. Instead I replaced my adjustable 1-1/2” headset with a fixed zero extension headset and and extended the boom. The weat of me (160 pounds) and the 40 amp hour battery pack hung from the seat (36 pounds) has been moved forward yielding a noticeably lighter motorized rear wheel when I lift it onto to the centerstand. I welcome that, and bike performance seems on changed.
