RE: Ortho-Flex stirrup pinch/wear

["texastwist" <texastwist@ev1.net>]

I take a neoprene cinch cover. Cut it to fit one time around the biothane.
Put Velcro  on it length wise. In other words it becomes a neoprene stirrup
strap cover that is removable. It does not wear the saddle, or half chaps.
Excessive leg swing from being unbalanced will however, even with this
modification. I notice around 75 miles my leg starts to get sloppy and I
have to  really concentrate on holding good form.


Regards :  Roger


Texas Twist Ranch
World Class Longhorn Cattle
Arabian Performance Horses

Roger & Jackie Garlitz
1000 Creek View Lane
Lucas Texas 75002
Phone 214 5470749
E-mail  texastwist@ev1.net
Web Site Texas Twist Ranch

-----Original Message-----
From:	guest@endurance.net [mailto:guest@endurance.net]
Sent:	Wednesday, May 23, 2001 10:24 PM
To:	ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject:	RC:  Ortho-Flex stirrup pinch/wear

Laurie laurierussell@hotmail.com
I'm riding in a O/F cutback endurance saddle-it's so comfortable with one
exception.  The stirrup leathers pinch the inside of my leg(my calf muscle)
unless I wear my half-chaps.  So I wear my half chaps (suede) and they are
causing alot of wear on the saddle leather.  This type of saddle has no
stirrup fender, it's very similar to a dressage saddle in its stirrup
design.
Also, the Biothane stirrup leather seems to be rubbing/wearing on the saddle
leather too.  So I have the leathers wrapped with a cover made by O/F but
they wearing out quickly.
I'm thinking of buying a wool saddle cover but the stirrup leathers are
still going to rub against the saddle fenders.
This seems like a flaw in the design, yet I see alot of O/F saddles out
there.


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