On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 06:32:12PM +0200, Skise wrote: > > as a rider and teacher i have one thing i LOVE LOVE LOVE about the fixed > > stirrups: they stay where they are when you drop your stirrups. > > [...] > > For me that's just why I dislike the fixed stirrups. If I want to work > without stirrups they still hang there and bang against my legs when "normal" > stirrups could be lifted up (like this, just a random pic found with Google > http://www.naantalinratsastajat.net/kuvagalleria/tiinankurssi25.9/pohje.jpg ) >
*laughs* no pleasing everyone! i don't like the way the "lifted" stirrups feel; the leathers seem to end up in a twisted lump under my thighs, and if we're going faster than a walk i don't like to see the irons banging on the horse's shoulders. but as short as my legs are anyway, the "fixed stirrups" pretty much don't move more than half an inch or so when i drop them. --vicka
