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Re: [RC] Saddle saga and pain - Aaron TurnageMel - I too used to have a great deal of knee pain in a western-type saddle. What I found was that the thicker and more rigid (especially if leather) western fenders did not allow my leg to swing as freely as necessary and would put too much pressure on my knees. What I have done that worked well so far (I did have some knee pain on my first 50 that I did two weeks ago) was to switch out the western fenders with 2" biothane stirrup "leathers". I bought mine from Trails End Tack (no affiliation) because they are the only one's I could find that did NOT use conway buckles, but rather the regular buckle that you would find on an english leather. I simply removed the western fenders and then ran the biothane leathers up and over the tree of the saddle (difficult but possible). I use EZ Rides too and this has helped TREMENDOUSLY! Crysta =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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