Remember folks, you get what
you pay for. I have seen the Chicks stirrups and they are not something I
would trust to hold up to the stresses of distance riding.
*I also wanted to update folks on what happened with
the neoprene sweet-spot cinch I "returned" due to the elastic pulling out
after less than month of use. It was discovered right before I stepped
on my green mare to do a ride; the elastic had pulled out just from being
pulled up loosely....upon inspection, there was only an inch or two of elastic
even stitched....only stitched around once, and with very bad thread....I
could have been seriously hurt.
My previous cinch was also inspected and I was
horrified to find the elastic almost torn through completely!
These were made in the good old USA by Blue
Ridge.
I send both back to Chicks....the older one also to
show that the elastic is simply not heavy duty enough....to their credit, they
did refund me on both cinches (and the older one was way past their return
policy), however I was pretty admamant in a letter that I send to Chicks that
they send these along to Blue Ridge, so they could see what
happened....
