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If it is  just when you go up and down, I bet it is the angle---maybe 
lengthing or shortening your leathers a notch..... And/ Or getting your legs 
under you more.......

> The down side was that I used my new saddle on the first day and became 
> really sore.  The right stirrup leather rubbed my calf even though I used a 
> full length wool fleece cover.  I have a large bruise on my inner calf.  
> Then also, my right knee just couldn't take the concussion.  Trotting was 
> really painful.  And there were miles of trotting to do.  As long as we 
> were trotting on truly level ground, I could post without pain, but even 
> any slight rise or fall, and my knee really hurt.  Curiously, walking on 
> the ground didn't hurt my knee.  I think that the wide endurance stirrups 
> with the thick cushion had too much bounce for me. I think I need the kind 
> that I have on my old saddle, wide but a firm thin pad.  For the 2nd day, I 
> used my old saddle and half chaps that I borrowed from Robin Everett.  
> (Thanks)  But my knee was really shot and after the first 5 miles on day 2, 
> I knew I couldn't ride a third day.
>
> The real down



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