How much difference does the low seat make?

Technical V85TT
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Hi All

had a test ride of a V85TT last week. Lovely bike, but its definitely on the uncomfortable side of tall for me. But I am waiting to get another test ride with the lower seat fitted. Has anyone got the lower seat fitted and how much difference does it make?

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Hi Gwen,

Peter has one with the normal seat. He says the low seat is 20mm lower.
But he heard in the V85TT FB group that a guy in Spain has reshaped his seat (making it slimmer) and that has made a lot of difference.
Peter is thinking of doing this as well with his spare seat (he got a ‘comfort seat’ as normal, so can experiment with the standard one)

Cheers Uki

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Thanks Uki. I am waiting on a test ride on a lower seat. Im hoping that will make a difference because with the normal seat when I was testing the bike there were a bit to many moments of panic just trying to keep the bike up right at stops. I do hope it works cos everything else was great about the bike.

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I am six feet tall and still found planting my feet securely not a comfortable reach. I read that some folk had removed the rubber bungs under the seat. I tried this, but only the front four, and it has made a world of difference. There is a little bit of play which I will cure with some thin sticky pads.

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Hi, By removing the front 4 rubber bungs, has it made the seat rub the paint off the side panels or frame etc? Cheers

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Hi, did you try this and did you have to put anything between the seat and the frame etc.

Cheers

Jon

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I tried it. I didn’t need to put anything between seat n frame, it made very little difference to ride height, but what it did do, was make it far less comfortable on the seat, so I put the rubber bungs back on, hope that helps you

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Thank you for your feedback, most appreciated.