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Re: [RC] [RC] Knee galls - heidiOK, here's mine. You might want to change your saddle completely. A total overhaul because I suspect you've reached that age in life where you need more help from your saddle than you used to. I'd recommend going to an endurance saddle that's more of a western type. There's tons of them out there as I'm sure you know. The inexpensive ones are the Abetta and Big Horn. I'm seriously looking at that Torsion that Bobbi Jo wrote about in this month's Equs; looks really cool. Bobbi Jo rocks! The leathers on a western saddle with those wide fenders certainly wouldn't gall--but alas, they also don't have the freedom to get the stirrups under you on our really STEEP hills. (Imagine, Howard, that you took Florida and stood it on its side--that's what the hill outside my back gate looks like, and it goes pretty much straight up for 3500' in elevation. Heck, one old-timer said that if you shook the canyons and mountains out of Idaho and laid it out flat, we'd be bigger than Texas...) :-) I <ahem> "outgrew" my Stübben, but the Wintec Pro Endurance has plenty of seat room (seems to be a major complaint about it from some of the featherweights) and it fits my horse. It suits me pretty well too, other than this one little problem... But thanks for the offer... Heidi ============================================================ I don't think you have to join a gym or buy frilly outfits to get some fitness. A decent set of shoes and a 15 minute dismount here and there will help. ~ Jon K. Linderman, Ph.D., FACSM, Assistant Professor of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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