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Re: [RC] Shoes for the Rider - Linda Mirams


Idea:

  Stirrups are out-of-date.  Just because the Normans invented
  them in 800 AD and used them to conquer all of Western Europe
  doesn't mean we should still be using them.  What we really need
  are shin-bindings.  These are things (lots of hand-waving going
  on here :-) attached to the lower skirt of the saddle that the
  rider kicks-into upon mounting.  They support the entire lower
  leg like a firmly flexible glove.  They have dials so that the
  rider can change the support points throughout the ride as
  particular muscle sets fatigue.  Ride-by-wire systems are tuned
  to release automatically if a fall becomes *necessary*.

Only semi-joking...

Linda Mirams


  

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