A little update. I got back last night from a trip to Iowa. I rode out last Thursday and rode home yesterday. I rode straight through bith ways, 760 miles each way. I decided to use the Corbin so I could get a better idea of exactly what I wanted them to do to the seat when I send it in. I also had my bars at stock height.
This ride confirmed my belief that it needs to be built up where it is dished to level the seat out for me. This will raise me up a bit and take the soft parts off the hum, and will also raise my thighs up a bit, they were hurting where they hit the seat. I also want a bit more leg room, the Corbin sits you lower making your knees bend more. The position is very awkward for me, it is simply dished too deeply for me.
The Corbin was actually more comfortable when I first got it, before it broke in. I believe that is because I was riding more on top of it then and as it broke in and conformed to my shape, I sat down in it a bit more. I didn't have this much pain when I first received it, as a matter of fact, it felt good. Yesterday I was praying the Sargent would magically appear underneath me.
I took the handlebar risers with me, so I could put them on if I wanted. As I was riding I thought, "Did I only bring four bolts?" Sure enough, when I went to put the risers on the day before I rode home, there were only four bolts.
I had to go to the hardware store with my father anyway, so I bought two bolts. Unfortunately all they had were a lower grade and chromed. I decided that only one of a lower grade would be okay for the trip home, and I would change it out when I got home. Unfortunately, the new ones wouldn't thread in easily, evidently during the chroming process, they came out a bit oversized. One went in fairly easily, by hand, but the other would barely start. Unfortunately we had just moved my father's tools to his new garage my parents' new apartment and I didn't have any dies with me, other wise I would have chased the threads. I was there to help them move out of their house and get ready for a n auction. I decided to forget it since I didn't have a lot or time.
I'll put the Sargent back on along with the risers today.