RE: RC: RE: Close Contact Saddles for Endurance

["Lone Pine Ranch" <lonepineranch@velocitus.net>]

WWW.reactorpanel.com Steph Teeter has a couple of Reactor Panel saddles
also. I am sure she would be happy to comment on hers. Before I bought mine
I sat in a slightly used (less than a year) VSD Mark II and thought I had
died and gone to heaven it was so comfortable. I was ready to trade in my
sofa. But alas, I felt the endurance model would be a little more secure (I
love to ride the really rough terrain in the Pacific Northwest & Mountain
Region). Marilyn

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Szeliga [mailto:emszeliga@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:00 AM
To: lonepineranch@velocitus.net
Subject: Re: RC: RE: Close Contact Saddles for Endurance


Do you know if Reactor Panel has a website?

Thanks,
Liz in Massachusetts


>From: "Lone Pine Ranch" <lonepineranch@velocitus.net>
>To: "'Carolyn Burgess'" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>,
><ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:  RE: Close Contact Saddles for Endurance
>Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:02:29 -0700
>
>I love my Reactor Panel Endurance Saddle that I bought this summer. It has
>wonderful close contact and is very secure on those "Man from Snowy River"
>downhills. The saddle feels very "deep and secure". I had an Orthoflex
>endurance cutback saddle for awhile and could not get used to it. I
>definitely felt "miles up" and "on top of the horse" rather than with him.
>Granted, I have a very high-withered horse that is also very wide right
>behind his withers (huge heart). In my Reactor Panel we can really work
>together. I definitely experienced a dramatic increase in stride length,
>especially on his left diagonal and when taking his left lead. So much so I
>had to ease him back away because I was making his left shoulder sore. He
>is
>fine now. I was enjoying our newfound freedom so much we overdid it at
>first. My husband has ridden his Orthoflex for 7 years now, rode in my
>Reactor Panel and now wants one for his up-and-coming young endurance
>prospect. It was comfortable from the beginning even thought it was not
>"broken in". I highly recommend it. Marilyn @ Lone Pine Ranch.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carolyn Burgess [mailto:carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 7:37 PM
>To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC: Close Contact Saddles for Endurance
>
>
>Karla:
>
>I have to comment on Carmi's reply about Reactor Panel saddles.  I have two
>girl friends and their next saddles will be Reactor Panels, both are
>endurance riders.  I went to one of Carmi's saddle fitting clinics and rode
>in a couple of the saddles.  As someone who loves a close contact saddle
>and
>feeling the horse under me, I was sure that these saddles with the panels
>would just put me too far away, much like the Ortho-Flex does.  Boy was I
>pleasantly surprised.  The Reactor Panel saddles I rode in were very close
>contact.  The one thing they aren't is flat.  I really like a very flat
>saddle and I can't find one yet that is suitable for endurance (I mean flat
>like a saddle seat saddle).  But if flat isn't one of your criteria,
>Reactor
>Panel saddles will give you a very close contact feel.
>
>BTW, Carmi is really great to deal with.
>
>Carolyn Burgess
>
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