Thanks folks and very cool mercator! Same exact bike as mine but with goodies!...Thanks for posting the pic.

Well?...I'm on day 9 of no smoking after a few decades of committing suicide on the installment plan and I have circulation issues (along with some diabetic neuropathy) in my legs but did manage to get a 5 mile sun-setter in tonight (which is good for me so far) and?...

The Good: I wasn't getting spiked up the butt with road imperfections half as bad as I was with the stock seat so the veloplush seat absorbed more shock and smoothed out the butt ride end of things quite a bit and was very supportive.

The Bad?: When I looped back upwind?...my butt was feeling a just little squirmy and unsettled in the seat as I pedaled harder.

So I guess there's no free lunch but overall?...I feel it was $15 well spent over the stocker.