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Hey Angie--you were holding out on me--I didn't realize you rode in an 
Ortho-flex.  Now I have to bug you privately with a whole lot of 
different questions for a friend of mine.....  :-)

And you're right--I read a lot of negatives about Ortho-flexes on 
Ridecamp, decided not to try one, then rode in a friend's short cutback 
and loved it!  Called the company and had an absolutely wonderful 
conversation with Acie, one of their development people (ie, technical 
development, not marketing).

Regarding your last point, in addition to noticing equipment at rides, 
I scan every picture in the Endurance magazine, trying to see what all 
these happy looking people are sitting on, but they seem to love 
headshots....  Someone had a great idea a while back about people who 
post adding a little bio blurb of info about their set-up:  e.g. 
"Joanna on Spot in her Orthoflex Amigo, Skito pad, and blah blah blah." 
 That's just how they do it on the "Coffee Jerks" site--every poster 
lists their espresso machine, coffee grinder, and style of roast.  
Sounds silly but it's really very fun.  And it proves over and over how 
much success people have with an enormous variety of equipment.  Kinda' 
reassuring really.

Mary K and Salima and Bruiser who wish their rider could tell you what 
she rides in so we could quit trying new equipment every day.....

On Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at 07:24 AM, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> > I have been reading all the posts regarding saddle fit
> > and although I don't have this problem (yet, maybe never)
> > I have considered trying a treeless because so many people
> > have had great success with them.
>
> Maybe they have, or maybe a lot of people who are happy with their
> experiment tend to post about it.  If I'm doing something "new" I'm 
> more
> likely to point out my good results to the list. I'd say the majority 
> of
> successful competitors are out riding and not posting something like,
> "It's still working" about their traditional saddles. >g< If I wanted 
> an
> idea of what's working, I'd go TO A RIDE and see, not judge by the 
> number
> of posts on the subject.  If I paid much attention to the posts I'd 
> sell
> my Ortho-Flex, think it was a total failure and a thing of the past. Go
> to a ride and wow, there's lots of them...on some very successful 
> rider's
> horses. Treeless may be great for your horse but I would judge for
> myself, not because "so many people have had great success with them".
>
> Angie
>
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