Lumbar pad and belt

[Fedster]

I just got my lumbar pad. Great product, well made. I got it because the frame hits my butt in some circumstances with the new thinner belt. I need to dial in the filling but it does what I need it do do, and seems to do it well.

Yet, strictly speaking I'd rather not use it (standard floating belt works well for me), and just looking at the ingenious way I can put or take out the padding makes me wonder why isn't the belt designed so one could add or replace the padding. While the new belt is an improvement in my opinion (softer and I like the greater adjustment), being able to add some foam would have solved my problem without needing the pad. I know, some people would get grime and stuff in there, but I'm a grown up and I could take care of a belt where I could change the padding. I'm leaving this idea to SO...

[Fedster]

Incidentally, is there a way of fixing the pad to the center of the belt? mine tends to slip a bit to the left or to the right.

[kevin_t]

[Fedster]

I keep it floating (best way for myself) and it is literally as tight as it can be.

[Fedster]

I have a solution -- since I have not figured out how to post images here I will email you.

[Fedster]

For those who might be interested (you need to have the pad to make sense of the following), rather than opening the Y and then sticking the hooked velcro tongue between the two fluffy velcro bits, I just stick the hooked velcro strap down against the belt, then I just bend down the short branch of the Y over the hook velcro. That gives me a tighter grip on the belt and it does not slide around anymore.