Carpetsmum
Active Member
Hello everyone
After hovering on the sidelines for a long time I've finally plucked up the courage to join the forum and ask advice/opinions on my current dilemma.
About 5 weeks ago I purchased a new saddle which was fitted by a qualified saddle fitter, but it is rolling all the time and seems to be sitting very high on him. I queried this at the time of fitting and was assured that it was normal for a new saddle and that it would bed in quickly, but due to the shape of my hairy old cob I may need to have point and balance straps fitted to eliminate the rolling problem.
Since then several people have commented on how high the saddle is sitting on him despite my riding in it virtually every day since I bought it to help the bedding in process.
I have a new riding instructor who is also a qualified spinal therapist and asked her opinion and she also thinks that the saddle sits too high and that point and balance straps may not help the problem. I was advised to get a second opinion on the fit before I add another £80 to the £1025 inc. fitting already spent.
I want to be fair to the original fitter but felt under pressure when I bought the saddle and have since heard some unfavourable comments about this person. Should I get the original fitter out first or get the second opinion so that I feel more confident about questioning the fit?
Sorry if I sound like a bit of an idiot but I just wondered what everyone else would do in this situation?
After hovering on the sidelines for a long time I've finally plucked up the courage to join the forum and ask advice/opinions on my current dilemma.
About 5 weeks ago I purchased a new saddle which was fitted by a qualified saddle fitter, but it is rolling all the time and seems to be sitting very high on him. I queried this at the time of fitting and was assured that it was normal for a new saddle and that it would bed in quickly, but due to the shape of my hairy old cob I may need to have point and balance straps fitted to eliminate the rolling problem.
Since then several people have commented on how high the saddle is sitting on him despite my riding in it virtually every day since I bought it to help the bedding in process.
I have a new riding instructor who is also a qualified spinal therapist and asked her opinion and she also thinks that the saddle sits too high and that point and balance straps may not help the problem. I was advised to get a second opinion on the fit before I add another £80 to the £1025 inc. fitting already spent.
I want to be fair to the original fitter but felt under pressure when I bought the saddle and have since heard some unfavourable comments about this person. Should I get the original fitter out first or get the second opinion so that I feel more confident about questioning the fit?
Sorry if I sound like a bit of an idiot but I just wondered what everyone else would do in this situation?
