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Forget the Vitamin I, Sheri, you need a permanent biomechanical 
solution!

You could be right, T, but I'm going to guess another simple and easily 
overlooked reason.

Most people that have ridden in a set of EZ Rides for a while have 
compressed the thick neoprene footbed into a shape that matches their 
unique pressures from foot pronation, hip angles, etc..  When there is 
a deviance from just compressing it flatter (flatter means stirrup 
length ought to be lengthened for a while), I've most often seen a 
ramp, from the outside's low point to the inside's original height.  
From the ground, from the rear, it looks like a slice of pie.  That's 
what puts the unusual pressure on the knees, my $.02.  It might only be 
on one side.  So if you have Tevis in your almost immediate future, I'd 
take the neoprene pads out of the old stirrups, or shorten the duration 
of your training rides to allow your body to adapt.

Lynne


On Jun 20, 2004, at 3:48 PM, Truman Prevatt wrote:

>  Go back to your old stirrups and see if the pain goes. If it does you 
> have found your problem. It may be you need to shorten or lengthen 
> your leathers with the Ez rides. Maybe they just don't work for you.
>
>  Truman
>
>  Ridecamp Guest wrote:
>
> Please Reply to: Sheri Thompson magical44@xxxxxxxxxxx or 
> ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ==========================================
>
> I have just recently been having a lot pain on the sides of my legs 
> right at the knees.  I usually get sore after going 35+ miles but now 
> even just a short mile trot is making me wonder how I will be able to 
> do Tevis.  Everything has been the same except I did purchase new EZ 
> ride stirrups to replace the older ones I had but nothing else has 
> been changed.  Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong and/or what 
> can be done to correct it besides lots of advil???--
>
>
> ?? "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis.
>
> ??? It is necessary to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a 
> foundation."
>
> ?

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