ridecamp@endurance.net: Improving comfort on long rides

Improving comfort on long rides

lizh@best.com
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:50:08 -0700

I need help from all of you veterans endurance riders! As I posted
yesterday, April and I had our first endurance ride last weekend, the Napa
25 miler, and I am sore!

1. My seat bones are aching. I rode in my Stuben. Would a sheepskin saddle
cover help?

2. I got a small blister on the inside of both legs, where the leather knee
patch of my breeches rode up above my half chaps, bunched up and rubbed.
Would wearing tights with no knee patch be the solution?

3. My calf muscles are sore from all the posting. Do you experienced riders
use different muscles to post the trot? or do you not post the trot and stay
in suspension on your stirrups? or?

4. Who is your favorite source to purchase a natural sponge with gromet and
leather string? how do you attach it to the saddle? I purchased an
artificial sponge a couple of weeks ago, the kind that comes in a colorful
net cover and the net is already torn after two rides.

Thank you for sharing your valuable experience with a newbie.

Liz
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Liz Henry
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