>>2066186>padded version?I was shopping specifically for a spesh Toupe clone, and several years ago the only only padded ones I saw were like what I got which was just a thin layer with the branding.
my first one was bare carbon and when I was test riding it for fit I was like "this is great" but after a few long rides I decided to look for padding. I was going to paint it blue anyway so when I saw the blue one I was like "I'll start with this and see what I get," more or less expecting to add more.
but the search on ali is so shit, I could easily have missed something. also maybe there's ones with good padding today but not then.
>>2066187no problem, that was a very good question. I'm just happy someone replied who isn't gatekeeping the semantical definition of "upholstery."
one thing I'll add is I built mine up in stages, testing it and adding more. so the gel cups were last but if I was going to do it again, I'd put the gel first (you can cut them to fit if needed) , then encapsulate them by gluing the thicker foam over (white, in my example) which is about 5mm thick (but I think thicker would be fine) and get it to where it covers/partly wraps the edges. you can see where I added more because the edges were digging into my ass flaps. so just do that all at once, then razor the right angled foam edge into a streamline shape. then make the template and wrap with the final color, which I did twice because the first layer looked rough and you can barely see but I razored it a little and added some material into the gaps before the second layer.
here it is today after many miles.
