Ortho-Flex saddles - System 3

["Linda B. Merims" <lbm@ici.net>]

Kimberly Huck wrote:
>  The distributor indicated
> to me that the reason some people had had loin rubbing was due to the way a
> person rode in the saddle.  If a person had a tendency to stand in the
> saddle, as an example, it would tip the saddle forward just slightly enough
> to raise the panels up.  Therefore, the loin rubbing was actually being
> caused by friction rub.  So, I'm guessing that if you are a person who
> likes to stand a lot, the Ortho-Flex may not be the best choice?

This is the Ortho-Flex party line when a person who has just paid $2000
for the supposed end-all, be-all saddle fit system discovers that their
saddle rubs their horse's loins and calls up to complain.  It's not the
*saddle*, it's *you*.  Len Brown even came on Ridecamp several years ago
when somebody criticized their Ortho-Flex for rubbing and gave this
explanation:  it is because you don't know how to ride correctly.
It did not go down well.

IMHO, any saddle that rubs simply because one is riding two-point
wouldn't be worth 2 cents.


Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Massachusetts, USA
(Who rides lots of two point and whose Ortho-Flex does not rub.)


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