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RE: [RC] Checking saddle fit. - David LeBlancTruman Prevatt said: The impression pad is a good tool but it is not the ultimate sensor. It can be used to analyze saddle fit but it is not the final word on saddle fit. The impressin material is slowly moving which means it can't detect short durantion high pressure points. It's a great tool in the war on finding the best saddle for a horse, but it is only one tool and it has it's limitations particularly when it comes to the dynamics of saddle fit and in endurance how the saddle fits in the dynamic environment of the ride is what is important. What I'd ideally like to see would be a pressure sensor system - GPS combination that can record onto say a USB memory stick. You could then bring it back and be able to correlate speed, grade and saddle pressure points. It won't do you a lot of good to know that somewhere in the last 25 miles we had a spike - maybe the horse spooked, and the saddle undergoes some interesting dynamic reactions when that happens. I also bet that mounting and dismounting cause some unusual spikes. The big problem is that writing the software to make any sense of the data is non-trivial to say the least. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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