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"Junk in the Trunk"; Need new saddle
Topic Started: Jan 22 2007, 06:34 AM (395 Views)
HatTrick
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:P Can anyone recommend a saddle for someone with a little extra in the hips and butt? Currently they are riding in an older Collegiate Graduate but it appears to me they need a little bigger maybe wider saddle in the seat.
TIA!
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citydog
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Schooling
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Well, I think sometimes just going up a size or two is all one needs, although some brands just ride bigger. I usually ride in an 18", but rode very, very comfortably in a 17" Lucinda Green (great saddles, but hard to find here) and a 17" HdR. If you have someplace with a lot of saddles, used or otherwise, just go and sit in a ton of them (and don't look at the seat size numbers, just go for fit).

If you don't then give (or have your friend give) the folks at Trumbull Mountain a call. They're awfully good at suggesting saddles to vit various horsey and human anatomies. :)
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AtLast
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Magical Leopluridon
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The Pessoa Stadium has a wider seat.
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ByTheBay
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Weanling
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The Bates Caprilli tends to have a wider/deeper seat, as well as the Pessoa A/O.
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Thomas H. Cruise!
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Definitely try a Bates. I like to think it's helping "camoflague" my hinney....hinny...hinnie? I'm sure you know what I mean :P
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HJ049
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Thomas H. Cruise!
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Yes I agree I have seen the Pessoa A/O's and Stadiums with a wider seat, you can definitely tell when you hold a Gen-X and A/O next to each other.

LOL, I have to tell a funny story about "Junk in the trunk" though. My trainer was talking to us one time about how she had "junk in the trunk", but I had no idea what that phrase meant. So being the blonde I am (okay I''m really brunette), I tell her why doesn't she just clean out the trunk of her car. Of course everybody had a good laugh about that one, as I stand there totally confused! :lol:
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BeastieSlave
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I'm crushed to hear that my Bates Caprilli is actually a well-know 'trunk junk' hider :P
All this time I thought it was just perfect for my long thighs (and that perhaps my butt wasn't as big as I thought)!
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Thomas H. Cruise!
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I am not too proud to admit to my rather large collection of junk in the trunk. I ride in an Albion Kontrol that has a nice wide seat and panels.
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HatTrick
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Thanks everyone! We will check these out. :yes:
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