RE: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread susan cooper
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think one of my trails may be just like yours- it is about 2-2.5 years old, with a cordura flap, made during the period Skito was making them. Is that what yours is?<< Yes, Tom from Skito made mine, too. So it is the same era. Susan in NV Hap

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Janice McDonald
On 4/23/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> It slipped either forward or back, making it loose. > > I'm not sure I understand - which did it slip, forward or back? And are you > sure which is the cause, and which is the effect? If the girth is loose, the > saddle may slip a little.

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Janice McDonald
On 4/23/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> It slipped either forward or back, making it loose. > > I'm not sure I understand - which did it slip, forward or back? I'm not sure I understand either :) what I am trying to say is that it fit good when we rode out, and the only reason i

RE: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> It slipped either forward or back, making it loose. I'm not sure I understand - which did it slip, forward or back? And are you sure which is the cause, and which is the effect? If the girth is loose, the saddle may slip a little. Where was the saddle positioned when you got off - about the

RE: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> Yea, I was thinking about both saddles after I went to bed last night (me bad). Doesn't everyone think about horses, tack and saddles as they fall asleep? ;) >>> Doesn't the hybrid have a bit of a knee roll at the front and a thigh roll at the back? I love my Sensation, but knowing they have

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread susan cooper
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you think because I am fat, that I need to rig my saddle differently? tivar's girth was very snug at the start of the ride and very loose at the end.<< Does it have the hard use stirrups? What size shims are in your pad? Is it the Skito m

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Ann Cassidy
Judy has a photo of the Western Sendation on her "Sensation page" http://iceryder.net/sensation.html Ann

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Janice McDonald
he is looking like "oh lord kill me now" with bedhead HAHA Janice -- yipie tie yie yo

RE: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread susan cooper
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My impression was that the seat and pommel is about the same as the Hybrid, which I love, but the saddle has fenders instead of stirrups. I love my Hybrids.<< Yea, I was thinking about both saddles after I went to bed last night (me bad). Doesn't

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 23/04/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't find a picture of the western model right now, but I know I've seen > pictures. My impression was that the seat and pommel is about the same as > the Hybrid, which I love, but the saddle has fenders instead of stirrups. I > love my Hy

RE: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-23 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> I want to demo the Western style when it comes out in the fall. It looks like a comfy saddle! I can't find a picture of the western model right now, but I know I've seen pictures. My impression was that the seat and pommel is about the same as the Hybrid, which I love, but the saddle has fen

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-22 Thread Janice McDonald
today when I got off tivar at the end of the ride my saddle practically fell off. It had been unbelievably loose Lord only knows how long, and we had been trotting and even catering fast in and out trees, even one incident where I almost came off him grabbing a tree to catch my balance like an idi

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-22 Thread susan cooper
--- Cherie Mascis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think the hard use stirrup configuration Kaaren is sending you is the one I'm using on the Sensation Hybrid. I think you'll find it MUCH easier to adjust.<< I hope so! I spent an hour adjusting the stirrups, firt on the saddle stand, then on

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-22 Thread Cherie Mascis
Susan, I think the hard use stirrup configuration Kaaren is sending you is the one I'm using on the Sensation Hybrid. I think you'll find it MUCH easier to adjust. Cherie

RE: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-22 Thread Karen Thomas
So, thanks for her link! I am also interested in demoing one of the Sensation Western models when it comes out this fall! I've really enjoyed dealing with Kaaren. She's been great to brainstorm with - she's given me lots of ideas about things to try, especially for Cary. Karen Thomas [E

Re: [IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-22 Thread susan cooper
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Susan, here is the picture of the rigging thingy > that my local saddler made for me.<< I just talked to Kaaren Jordan, and because of my weight and time in the saddle (for endrance) the free swinging stirrups will not work for me. However, she does h

[IceHorses] Sensation rigging pictures

2007-04-22 Thread Karen
Susan, here is the picture of the rigging thingy that my local saddler made for me. Dana now makes one almost identical - I think it may be standard on new Sensations she sells now - at minimum, it is an option. Since webbers are made to slide onto a stirrup bar and this is a close