How to measure width in saddles
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 7:12 pm
You'd think this would be easy, right? I've been riding forever, and you'd think I know it.
And in trying to find an answer, I can't get one. Look it up, and it's just talk about what is wide enough. Schleese has a video, but it doesn't make sense to me because it has no detail as to how to measure and what the width is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQe4h5tUyWs I like the WIntecs because you can change the gullet and it says if it's medium, wide, narrow, etc. I've seen many people measure from the inside point where the nameplate/hooks are, but I don't know what those mean. I measure my own saddles, and the Wintec with the wide plate measure at about 5 1/2 inches (inside to inside) and the Klimke which is supposed to be too narrow is 5".
I never got an answer from the saddle makers. Sheryl Lemke showed me with her fists the width. A friend just bought a very expensive used saddle ($4k!) because it was an amazing deal at half off and she loves it, but she says those saddles don't even mention width.
The whole saddle pad thing confuses me to see if it's too tight at the shoulders. Some people say the dry spots are where the saddle is too tight and does not sweat. Some people say dry spots have no relation to the saddle. My supposedly too narrow saddle on the fleece pad leaves a fluffier spot right behind the shoulder, meaning, to me anyway, that that area is not being compressed and it allows movement. The rest of the pad shows even compression of the fleece under the panels.
Can anyone educate me with what you know? Send me somewhere?
I'm still looking to see if I can find a "better" saddle, but I have NO idea how to find the "right" width except eyeballing it.
http://www.viva-iberica.com/printable/F ... addles.pdf
And in trying to find an answer, I can't get one. Look it up, and it's just talk about what is wide enough. Schleese has a video, but it doesn't make sense to me because it has no detail as to how to measure and what the width is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQe4h5tUyWs I like the WIntecs because you can change the gullet and it says if it's medium, wide, narrow, etc. I've seen many people measure from the inside point where the nameplate/hooks are, but I don't know what those mean. I measure my own saddles, and the Wintec with the wide plate measure at about 5 1/2 inches (inside to inside) and the Klimke which is supposed to be too narrow is 5".
I never got an answer from the saddle makers. Sheryl Lemke showed me with her fists the width. A friend just bought a very expensive used saddle ($4k!) because it was an amazing deal at half off and she loves it, but she says those saddles don't even mention width.
The whole saddle pad thing confuses me to see if it's too tight at the shoulders. Some people say the dry spots are where the saddle is too tight and does not sweat. Some people say dry spots have no relation to the saddle. My supposedly too narrow saddle on the fleece pad leaves a fluffier spot right behind the shoulder, meaning, to me anyway, that that area is not being compressed and it allows movement. The rest of the pad shows even compression of the fleece under the panels.
Can anyone educate me with what you know? Send me somewhere?
I'm still looking to see if I can find a "better" saddle, but I have NO idea how to find the "right" width except eyeballing it.
http://www.viva-iberica.com/printable/F ... addles.pdf