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[RC] Nylon Stirrups - shermanTitle: MessageI had the same
experience this past weekend at the Wild West Ride with my aluminum stirrup
breaking and falling off. After reading about the possibility of a foot getting
caught in a crushed aluminum stirrup, I'd convinced myself that I'd buy a nylon
set to replace the broken ones. I'm surprised that the nylon ones were nearly
new when they broke though. Could it have been a defect in the
manufacturing process? Surely even with the stress of posting for several
hundred miles, they should last a year or 2? My aluminum ones were probably 2
years old at least, and had had a few encounters with trees, boulders, etc, and,
if I'd checked them before the ride I would have seen the stress fracture
starting. I suppose there would be nothing visible to check with the nylon
stirrups? I have decided (after riding a bouncing 16H, stressed out horse for 17
miles without 2 stirrups) that I'd carry a spare set of stirrups, something
small, probably English...anything to avoid what I went thru this past weekend.
But for my new wide
trail stirrups, maybe I'll have to stick with the aluminum and just hope my foot
doesn't get caught up in it if my horse falls and crushes the
stirrup...decisions, decisions!
Kathy
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