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RE: [RC] [RC] Wintec endurance saddle - Laurie Durgin

So people with big feet --have a different balance point Laurie (8.5).But Hubby 6.1 has size 10. son 6.2 has size 15.Daughter 5.7 has size 10. HHHmmmm


From: <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <qhll@xxxxxxxxx>, <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [RC]   Wintec endurance saddle
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:27:32 -0600 (MDT)

>  The proper distance between the low point in the saddle seat and the
> stirrup bar, to sit in an upright balanced seat, is the same as the
> distance between the ball of your foot and your heel. This allows you to
> maintain shoulder to hip to heel alignment with a vertical stirrup
> leather. The wintec endurance only comes in a 17 1/2 " seat.
>   My guess is that your tall skinny husband has large feet and that the
> (relatively small) seat size forces your pelvis forward of the deepest
> spot.

Bingo on both counts--as I say, different builds of people are differently
affected by how the saddle is built.

>My other reservation about the endurance model is that the pro
> suede tends to stay wet, whereas the slick stuff the 500s are made out
> of never gets wet.

Hmmm.... Have yet to get ours wet other than cleaning them--guess living
in the desert has SOME advantages...  <g>

Heidi



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