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Truman,

 

Very Good, saddle research project. However,  Do any of these saddle FIT? If the saddle does

Fit, how did the owner find the saddle? If the saddle does not Fit, why did they buy the saddle?

 

You may wish to notify the participants in your saddle survey that a Saddle Fit Database has been established, using a powerful Oracle 9i database, to answer question: Do any saddles "FIT"? Having conducted your saddle survey with 300+ participants and one question, you will appreciate this new saddle research with dozens of questions, is such a complicated research effort it requires an Oracle database to handle the large amount of data.

 

The goal of the Saddle Fit Database is to gather a cross section of both positive and negative Saddle Fitting Experiences in an effort to determine the frequency, severity and cause of poor saddle fit.  BY COMPARING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL SADDLE FITTING EXPERIENCES THE DISCREPANCY CAN BE IDENTIFIED AND SOLUTIONS FOUND.

 

If you or any of the participants in your saddle survey would like to receive an advanced copy of this research paper, you can fill out the simple form, on the web at http:///www.saddletech.com > ?information? > ?saddle fit database? and contribute your saddle fitting experiences. Once the data is compiled you will receive the first edition of this revealing report, by e-mail. If you provide a code of some sort for the participants in your saddle survey in the  "additional comments" section, I can pull that data out specific to your group, for your analysis and comment.

 

Keep up the good work

 

Robert Ferrand

Fellow Saddle Researcher

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Truman Prevatt

To: Ride Camp ; enduranceriders

Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:07 PM

Subject: [RC] Saddle

The saddle survey has been up quite for a few days so we are taking it down. . The results are given below. Of course steubin is stubben - but most people seemed figure it out. As far the "not listed" - from feedback I had it is really a bunch of "cats and dogs" with no saddle having a large contribution to the category. There were a lot of not listed English saddles in this group.

The six most popular saddles were (in order). 
Sports Saddle (13.74%)
Wintec            (12.78%)
Ractor Panel   (8.63%)
Ortho Flex      (8.63%)
Abetta            (5.43%)
Annie George  (5.11%)

These six made up 54.32% of those that responded.
Truman

Which type of saddle do you presently ride in? If you use more than one, choose your favorite.

Wintec (all types) (40 votes) 12.78%
Reactor Panel (27 votes) 8.63%
Big Horn (8 votes) 2.56%
Desoto (12 votes) 3.83%
Stonewall (4 votes) 1.28%
Bob Marshall Sports Saddle (43 votes) 13.74%
Torsion (3 votes) 0.96%
Ortho Flex (27 votes) 8.63%
Free & Easy (2 votes) 0.64%
Steuben (8 votes) 2.56%
Synergist (8 votes) 2.56%
Sharon Saare (14 votes) 4.47%
Boz (7 votes) 2.24%
Solstice (3 votes) 0.96%
Frank Baines (1 votes) 0.32%
Abetta (17 votes) 5.43%
Sommer Oakfield (1 votes) 0.32%
Annie George (16 votes) 5.11%
Not Listed (72 votes) 23.00%
( votes) 0.00%
(Total Votes: 313 )