re: The 1st-gen Royal Enfield Himalayan thread! Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketan ah! going to need some training to do this entire thing. I'm just praying I don't get to face this situation on highways before I get myself trained. I have heard about basic workshop being carried out by RE, shall check with them and would like to attend one.
While planning to next trip to Kodi Bengre from Bangalore, I'm again reminded of the irritating seat experience from my past couple of rides. I don't want to buy those air bubble seats as yet, thinking of using my cycling short under the riding pant that has got the gel, but I'm concerned about how tight it is and would I be able to bear it for 10+ hours! I've used it for cycling as long as for about 6-8 hours so far.
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The service manager said we'll look into it but at the end of 5K service, they have cleaned and greased the bearings as usual. I don't want to visit the SC every 500-700 kms just to get the bearings greased, I have heard that we can use better quality grease (marine grade) that can go for few thousand kilometers before this issue shows up again.
Has anyone faced this T-stem issue with the BS4? Any working/ proven solution around this so far? |
I rode little under 1000kms and have not seen the t-stem bearing talking again, but while going on highways at very high speed, I feel I hear them! need to really figure out if the issue is going to come back, I shall come to know post a few more rides.
Regarding the irritation due to the 'so soft seats' we have on REH, this time, I have used my cycling bib short and it has made all the difference, I could just ride for the entire day. The problem here seems to be the soft nature of the seat which may have issues beyond an hour or two. Surprisingly, I did not see this issue during first 2-4 rides I had with this bike, assuming the seats may have lost the stiffness over a period of time!
As bblost mentioned earlier, using the ball of the foot on the peg helps, it does, by lifting your quads a bit, by not resting it for a long time. However, you may tire your leg by always riding on ball of your feet (unless you have stronger calf muscles to lift that quads + fat out there for long time).
I've not seen that issue, I don't have a lot of adipose tissues around quads and I don't rest my quads too much on the seat, even without the ball of the feet on pegs. However, I had to keep reminding myself about this position and keep adjusting it at certain interval to ensure I'm not resting my quads on the seat since the gel pads are only on the seat-bone area of my cycling bib, quads if rested for a long time on seat, may still create irritation is what I felt.
However, if you guys have a cycling short around, especially the one with the gel pads (the normal one should also help), please give it a try. It'll certainly make a difference. I rode 522 kms to get to Kodi Bengre (via mudigere, kudremukha, Agumbe) and rode 450 kms (via shiradi ghat) while coming back and I didn't have any irritations on my bums for these long stretches. It was really useful. Some pics I can share here..
Last edited by Ketan : 30th October 2018 at 01:59.
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