Cheap JIN stirrups??

Hi diesel dog, I used to ride in sprengers with the cheese grate inserts and I loved them but I found if I lost my stirrup for any reason then as they are heavy they sometimes swung away from my foot and had a mind of their own. I thought I would try to jins but as my sprengers were £160 with inserts I thought I would try the fake ones to give me some idea as I may have hated them instantly but I like them! I feel more secure in them and have not lost my stirrups at all since riding in them.
 
dieseldog said:
I really want blue stirrups.

I am getting confused though, should stirrups be light or heavy and what are the advantages of both? Cheesegrater - do they make a difference?

Thanks!
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Good point, maybe I should be focusing on this rather than the colour hahahaha, I like the look of the grippy bit on the jins, NM why do you think they increase the stability of your lower leg?
 
I don't find the Amidale any more grippy than my normal Kieffers with normal rubber stirrup tread, less grippy if I had to choose. My amidales aren't 'spiky' at all like I thought they would be, the bumps on the tread are rounded off so quite slippy when wet..

They are really quite heavy and bulky. I was quite disappointed by how heavy they are to be honest, as I thought the whole point was that they were supposed to be light.

I do really like the look of them but that's about it I'm afraid - I would like them a lot more if they were lightweight, as that is why I bought them!
 
They're so light and the tread is grippy, I don't feel like I'm constantly fighting to keep my foot in place.

I have dodgy hips (dodgy everything really) and do find these place less strain on them.

Oh, and I LOVE the way they look!!!

RE: the price, how often do you buy stirrup irons?!
 
Got them from horse health :)

PS has found that lighter stirrups (her GOLDGOLDGOLD equipe ones) with a wide grippy tread have helped her lower leg too, so there is maybe theory behind that idea.
 
Oooohhhhhh lovely karly. Right I have ordered the shiny blingy silver ones. If in fact they are amazing and do make me suddenly able to go four star I might see if I can wangle an amazing blue pair for my jumping saddle for my birthday :-).... I needed them, it was essential.....
 
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