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[RC] Free and Easy saddles - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Paula prasler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I also started endurance with a Stubben saddle and I did many hundreds of miles with it on my mare. When I switched horses I immediatly had an issue with saddles. I tried more saddles then I can remeber. One that fit well was a Synergist, but I am an english style rider, and I just couldn't get used to the idea, among other things. I finally tried a Free and Easy, and I haven't looked back. I got the endurance special, which is a little heavier then thier stripped down models. I put wintec webbers plastic easy-ride sturrips, wintec girth, a full sheep skin cover, a cantel bag with water bottles, and a breast coller.It does weigh in with all of that at 26 pounds give or take depending on how much water and extra stuff I carry. I think my stubben at Tevis was 25 pounds, but I had a lot hanging off of it. So it will weigh a little more, but it fits so well, it doesn't move an inch and it can be adjusted for other horses. I also can make some adjustments for my seat. I would be surprised if you didn't like it. It puts me in the best postion for hill work of any saddle I have ever ridden in. The down sides of it are. It doesn't come in a really small seat, so unless they have changed and now have a 16" saddle,my really small friends don't like it. I had one malfunction in two and half years, but Moss Rock got the part to me ASAP, so I missed a ride, but was back in the saddle again in less then a week. The moral to that story is clean and check your equipment more then a week before the ride. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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