Salmaglie, I just talked to Martin, he made the seat I have now. This seat on a large pan is $450.00. I know he does a lot of Ebay selling, this one might be there now and seeing as the name on the seat elliminates most of the competition you might be able to get it a lot cheaper. I picked up my first seat for a $250.00 winning bid. All of his seats are one off so no 2 bikes have exactly the same. As far as the ice storm, I was in So. Maryland at the time and without power for 9 days. Working for the electric company, I wasn't home for 2 weeks. Now I have an 80kw generator and 250 gallons of fuel, and 50k chickens for food. I think I'm set.