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I commute on my bike and there is no shady place to park it at work. So the black plastic seat bakes in the sun and gets up to about 1000F. Does anyone sell small covers that just go over the seat -- one I could use just when it's parked -- to keep it cool? Anybody try making something like this? I've seen the 1/2 covers that cover the entire bike but would prefer something smaller. I'm tempted to buy some reflective material, or maybe Tyvec, and make one myself. Just attach some hooks that can clip to the bottom of the seat.

Would probabyl have to jury rig something. Would this work?

Bring a bottle cold water from inside, dump it on your seat and carry a piece of towel to dry it off? if its only when your parked for work.

Living in the desert, this has always been a problem for me. Particularly in the days before I had a garage to park in. When it's 115 degrees in the shade, it can be pretty ugly trying to sit on a bike that's been parked in the sun for more than a few minutes. My solution was a simple sheepskin seat cover. Something like this :

http://www.blacksheeptrading.com/mtrcyccov.html

or

http://www.coloradosheepskin.com/seatcovers.htm (scroll down for MC)

I used a simple pelt that covered the front half of the (2 person) seat and it worked great.

Maybe this would work, could you buy the reflectors for a car windshield and cut it, put gromets on the sides and tie it to the pegs or a small bungie? Just an idea

My idea involved laminating tinfoil in clear sticky back plastic, and a bungee cargo net... But the sheep skin seems a better solution

This looks exactly like what you're looking for:

http://www.kwikover.com/

I see alot of guys in my area using the quickover- protects the paint too. not sure if they use that brand though

Nalian wrote:This looks exactly like what you're looking for:

http://www.kwikover.com/

Perfect! I was recently thinking about the same topic the OP had in mind. Score!

CO_Tim wrote:I commute on my bike and there is no shady place to park it at work. So the black plastic seat bakes in the sun and gets up to about 1000F. Does anyone sell small covers that just go over the seat -- one I could use just when it's parked -- to keep it cool? Anybody try making something like this? I've seen the 1/2 covers that cover the entire bike but would prefer something smaller. I'm tempted to buy some reflective material, or maybe Tyvec, and make one myself. Just attach some hooks that can clip to the bottom of the seat.

Yeah. You can pick them up in any KMart. They're called towels. Work really well.

If you are near an IKEA, they sell the sheepskins pretty cheap...

They're also great for those loooonnnggg distance rides...