just give it try.i bought one a month ago and it felt really ackward when i put them on.even my wife think its funny i wear an azzpad
but i don't care.anyways,i normally dress pretty much when i go up the mountain so i have to drive with this on,it felt like i was seating on a booster chair but not bad.i guess that help me adjust so the chairlift did not bother me at all. so far this pad help me so much on all my crashes except for the rib shot i took from a tree
so just use them a few times and you might get use to it.