Customer Reviews

Mongoose Gel Bicycle Seat Cover

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

Pros:
-Comfortable: It softens the seat so you can ride longer.
-Inexpensive: A bargain, and a fraction of what you'd likely pay for a new seat.
-Great quality: It is sturdy and well-built from the fabric to the anti-sliding surface inside the sleeve.

Cons:
-Shifting: If your seat is slim like mine and you stand a lot while biking it may shift slightly to one side over the course of a long bike-ride. However, I can't imagine a better seat cover so this won't affect my rating of the product. I have met beginners who have tried this seat-cover and prefer not using it for balance reasons (possibly due to shifting). It's just something to note with covers in general.
-Heavy: With great quality comes a certain weightiness compared to say a non-gel cushion. The gel is somewhat heavy in my opinion. It is worth it, don't get me wrong... but I have a folding bike and I fold and carry my bike before and after each ride. I try to minimize weight wherever I can. If you have a folding-bike and want to minimize weight, I'd give rate this product 4 stars.
-Not perfect: This seat-cover will soften your seat but at the end of a long bike-ride I sometimes can still feel a little bit of soreness. I also don't know that this seat-cover would help people with serious comfort issues (people who have had prostate surgery, etc.) Some bicyclists I know are far more sensitive to pain and have purchased and tried various seat-types before feeling comfortable riding. For riders like them, I don't imagine this cover would do much to reduce pain. For most people, though, I think it will be just right. You might as well try it before you spend money on expensive seats that might not fix the problem. By the way, everyone with pain-issues that I personally know who got a replacement seat eventually settled on some form of a gel-seat.

For me, this seat-cover gets the job done. I would recommend this product to anyone who wants an inexpensive solution to an irritating problem. I am giving it five stars because I can't imagine a product of this nature made any better.

I purchased this seat for the spin bike at my gym. Perfect fit and comfort! Makes spin class much more emjoyable.

Great addition to my bike to help with the longer trips. Tie strings little to long, had to cut them shorter, other then that it fit great, stays in place, and is a great deal. Have used it on a ride that lasted more then 5 hrs on rough areas and was not hurting when it was over.

I bought this seat cover when I purchased the Marcy Upright Mag Cycle because a lot of the reviews recommended that you get a gel seat. This seat was listed under the "Customers also bought ..." section. So for $13.00 I thought it was pretty risk free. I should have researched the size of the seat vs. the size of the cover but I figured if Amazon matched the bike & cover as compatible - I was good. Wrong. This seat is about 1/2 the size of my bike's seat. I love the bike but it definitely needs more padding. It's not worth the trouble sending the $13.00 seat back so I'll give it to someone who can use it. I just ordered the "1-1/2" Thick - 9" to 11" Wide Bicycle Seat Cover / Gel Pad - Medium" by DerriAir & it looks like that will be the perfect fit. I'm just hoping to save someone from buying this seat with the particular bike I bought. I give it 3 stars because on one hand it doesn't fit my bike but it does seem like a quality product that would work well on the right bike.

This cover only fits narrow bike seats. It will not fit older wide seats or wider comfort bike seats. I passed it on to my kid for his bike. He loves it.

My last one was a Bell from Wal-Mart and it lasted like 6-7 years. This one looks like it'll be done in about a year. It hasn't been bad though, but I think it should have lasted longer.

I ordered this seat cushion to fit my Stamina 9200 CPS Indoor Exercise bike. The seat didn't fit this bike seat. It was too small. Apparently it's made for a narrow bike seat. Otherwise, it seemed like a good cushion. I think I would have been happy with it if it had fit.

I have had this seat cover for about 2 months. It is really comfortable. I do a lot of bike riding and find that this cover makes a big difference in the comfort of my ride. It slips on easily and doesn't shift.
My only complaint and it is very minor is that if my bike is left out overnight the seat cover is wet from the dew and it takes a little while to dry. The moisture doesn't sit on top of the cover and can be wiped off; it actually soaks into the cover and need to dry over time. I would buy this product again.

Well, I get pain DURING spinning but not after. There are comfier, more gel filled seats out there. This seat does its job: when I get off the spin bike, I don't ache for days. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got!

This seat cover fit my spinning bike seat perfectly and feels nice and cushiony. Very good for the price too.