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Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
By:Ken Blanton
Date: 6/11/2009, 8:21 am

To lower my CG, I ripped the hung seat out of my NDK and replaced it with a 1/2 inch polyolefin foam pad from a Walmart camping pad. As a result of the Law of Unintended Consequences ... I'm getting a fair amount of numbness in my legs and feet ... that I can periodically relieve by taking my feet off the pegs and straightening out my legs. I assume I'm squashing my sciatic nerve. I half expected this but I dunno what to do to fix it or at least make it better ... and I don't wanna go back to a higher foam seat. I figured I'd try a pad made from one of those squishy non skid Yoga mats ... 1/2 inch may still be too thin but it's worth a try. Does anyone have any other ideas?

Ken Blanton

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Other: Seating and Leg/Foot Numbness
Ken Blanton -- 6/11/2009, 8:21 am
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Allan -- 6/14/2009, 5:34 am
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LeeG -- 6/13/2009, 12:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 6/14/2009, 4:46 am
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LeeG -- 6/15/2009, 12:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 6/16/2009, 1:44 am
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vk1nf -- 6/11/2009, 9:50 pm
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Craig Robinson -- 6/12/2009, 12:40 am
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LeeG -- 6/13/2009, 12:23 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 6/11/2009, 4:34 pm
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Jay Babina -- 6/11/2009, 2:00 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 6/11/2009, 5:07 pm
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Reg Lake -- 6/11/2009, 11:12 am
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Ken Brunton -- 6/13/2009, 11:58 am
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LeeG -- 6/13/2009, 3:01 pm
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Ken Brunton -- 6/13/2009, 5:32 pm
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Terry Haines -- 6/14/2009, 11:47 pm
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Marc Ellis -- 6/15/2009, 1:32 pm