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Re: [RC] preventing soreness from stirrup leathers? - Elizabeth WalkerYeah - I had that, but my experience might not apply to you. The saddle I had then was an Orthoflex, with the big Blevins buckles. The buckle hit right in the middle of my shin. Make sure you don't have a buckle or any metal right there.You might try a different style of stirrup - one in which you can ride without the leathers wrapping around so hard. Ones with a broad base seems to help. The other thing (which I'm really bad at) is learning to ride without having your feet all the way home in your stirrup. On May 12, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Mary Krauss wrote: The only thing that really, really hurt after my first endurance ride was where the stirrup leathers wrapped around the front of my lower leg. They pressed hard there, hard enough to cause lots of swelling the next day. They're hanging off a Freeform that so are re-positionable. I've always liked riding with my legs straight down, but would moving the stirrups forward eliminate soreness? Maybe I'm riding in more of a two-point since we're going faster? Anyone else have experience with this? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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