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25 Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ? (Read 13336 times)
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Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ?
Reply #50 - Apr 3rd, 2018 at 6:26pm
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Solus, It is form fitting. The higher back side helps carry some of the pressure. For me with the reg seat I ended up with all my weight sitting on my butt bones. But it's probably not a big deal tripping cause I enjoy getting out to explore ever hour or so. I did get one for my pro boat when I was training for a race were the 1st portage was over 6 hours away and it was just right (for me). Half the prep for a race like that is getting super comfy.
  
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Re: Portaging a Placid Rapidfire . . . ?
Reply #51 - Apr 3rd, 2018 at 9:48pm
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Yeah- I got the foam seat to relieve the butt bones- Piragis gave me his seat to try on one trip (ZRE lays them up I think) and I then bought one. Added bonus is that it's warm in cold weather.
  
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Reply #52 - Apr 4th, 2018 at 11:40am
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I took a tip from another board and got a small air pad that REI makes for sitting.  If the pressure is low it really works great for the butt bones.
  
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