Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

>  The proper distance between the low point in the saddle seat and the
> stirrup bar, to sit in an upright balanced seat, is the same as the
> distance between the ball of your foot and your heel. This allows you to
> maintain shoulder to hip to heel alignment with a vertical stirrup
> leather. The wintec endurance only comes in a 17 1/2 " seat.
>   My guess is that your tall skinny husband has large feet and that the
> (relatively small) seat size forces your pelvis forward of the deepest
> spot.
Bingo on both counts--as I say, different builds of people are differently
affected by how the saddle is built.

> My other reservation about the endurance model is that the pro
> suede tends to stay wet, whereas the slick stuff the 500s are made out
> of never gets wet.
Hmmm.... Have yet to get ours wet other than cleaning them--guess living
in the desert has SOME advantages...  <g>

Heidi



=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html

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!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=