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$20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Motorized Bicycle General Discussion forum. So i got the $20 Bell Gel Seat from Wal-mart with the 2 Gel butt pads and i should ...  | 
12-01-2008, 06:46 PM
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| |  $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
So i got the $20 Bell Gel Seat from Wal-mart with the 2 Gel butt pads and i should of just saved a few bucks more and invested in something worth it. Its the most expensive seat they have so i figure you get what you pay for but it really isn't worth it. I have a 15 mile commute and im sure any seat would put on its toll but i was diappointed with the Bell. My next investment will be a suspension seat post and i will have to research on some better seats.
Just my 2 cents, or should i say $20 Bucks. |
12-01-2008, 07:13 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
The Science of Bicycle Seats
Jim explains this well from a bicyclist's and historian's perspective. Burried in it is a lot of info you can use and adapt to your riding style. a good quality mountain bike saddle works for me and wall mart does not carry a good one. When I raced and rode 500-1000 miles a month a narrow racing saddle was prefered by my butt. I just went along for the ride.
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12-02-2008, 08:16 AM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
Yes that gel seat sucks, but it's better than something worse. I had a skinny hard MTB seat and it hurt my butt like none other. This is much easier on the tush. |
12-02-2008, 03:03 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
I too have one of these Bell gel seats and find it to be acceptable. I assume you are talking about this one? I have not ridden more than 20 miles at a time but my posterior did not mind it that much. |
12-02-2008, 03:07 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
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Originally Posted by Ghost0  I too have one of these Bell gel seats and find it to be acceptable. I assume you are talking about this one? I have not ridden more than 20 miles at a time but my posterior did not mind it that much. | That's the one I have. I only ride 6-7 miles at a time normally, so it's not bad for me. it's not as comfy as I had hoped, but it works.
Speaking of your bike Ghost0, where'd you get your mirror? Is that the kind Spooky sells? Wasn't sure how the Spooky ones mount, but everything else I've found goes on the end of the bar and I don't like that...
(sorry to get off topic there) |
12-02-2008, 03:15 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
I had that seat until my Dog ate it when I pulled it off to do something and I left it on the floor. I was very happy with that seat  |
12-02-2008, 03:46 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
The mirror is also a cheap Bell item. I simply lengthened it using a piece of aluminum rod. It is now tall and wide enough to be usefull but not in the way like the end of the bar mounted ones. |
12-02-2008, 06:11 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
Yup Ghost, thats the seat. Its Okay, but thats about it. I think the next one cheaper would have been just as good. I think alot has to do with the Poly bushings rather rhen springs under neath the seat. |
12-02-2008, 06:25 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
The bushings could be softer for sure, but the spring seats I have seen in the same price range do not offer the support and gel that this seat does. So I guess IMHO, the seat is good but the suspension part could be better. |
12-02-2008, 09:33 PM
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| | Re: $20 Wal-Mart Bell Gel Seat..Save Your Money!
...well I guess if you have the gel bell and a spring seat, you could make some kind of hybrid  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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