RE: [RC] [RC] synthetic shoes/shock absorbing - terry banisterI forgot to mention that the photos of the Easy Boot Epics are on barefoot horses.Easy Boot shock absorption, no shoes needed :-) Terry "May the Horse be with you" >From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx >To: mfarm@xxxxxxx >CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [RC] synthetic shoes/shock absorbing >Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 20:52:53 -0500 > > I like the idea of reduced concussion and dampened > > vibration of > the synthetic shoes.Some of the shoes have builtin pads. > >I did a little low tech experiment. I put a steel shoe, a synthetic shock >absorbing pad and an easyboot on a slab of concrete. Then I took a hammer >and hit each hard. When I hit the steel shoe I could feel the vibration >right up my arm. The pad wasn't much better. The easyboot made the >biggest difference by far. > >Trail Blazer did an in depth article on the different brands of synthetic >shoes a couple of months ago. Maybe you can check on that. > >Angie > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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!! > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > _________________________________________________________________ Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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