wow fitter, how much?

[carthorse]

Daughter off to Richard Davison's this afternoon to have her secondhand wow saddle fitted by David.[wow fitter]
Richard didn't know how much he charges ,anyone had a fitting and know cost.Hope the panels will be ok and it just needs another headplate and air adjustment. Fingers crossed

 

[catembi]

Mine was fitted by Fiona, Partoow's fitter, & it cost £50 for a v detailed fitting, changing the front plate, riding around getting it inflated/delated etc.

 

[carthorse]

Couldn't get hold of Fiona, think she has been in America ,so Richard said David was going to his place and could do it, would be lovely if it only costs that much!

 

[I_A_P]

Fiona is back she had been on holiday through december.
She charges £50 for a fitting normally

i do believe

 

[flyingfeet]

David was £70 to fit 2 saddles (both mine)

So imagine he'd be £50 or possibly less. New headplate = £20 in steel, £80 in magnesium. Then it get complicated if you need different panels.

 

[flyingfeet]

Also forgot to say - David is the best WOW fitter you can lay your hands on. So worth driving further / paying more for him anyway!

 

[carthorse]

Thank you hope its just a headplate change.Maybe steel will have to do ,didn't realise how expensive the magnesium were.

 

[flyingfeet]

Yeah - mine are steel, I'll just have to loose weight to compensate!!!

 

[I_A_P]

im lucky in the fact that so far i have just swapped plates with fiona.

 

[Thistle]

Fiona is good like that, she keeps the old one, you get a new/secondhand one that fits and she just charges for the fitting. She is so lovely she did this for panels for me too, saving me approx £500

 

[flyingfeet]

Would she do this if you didn't buy the saddle from her?

 

[Thistle]

I didn't buy it from her, it was from ebay!

 

[flyingfeet]

Fantastic!

A fitter near me (not one I have used) would charge for everything unless you bought a saddle from them. They have since stopped selling wows!

 

[carthorse]

David was amazing[apparently] she needed a H girth and he altered the air and she said Rafi stared to really move ,his shoulder was much free er[ how do you spell that]
She needed less air in one side because she broke her ankle a few years back and she has less flection in that side.She only had to touch his sides and he was forward.
She rode for an hour without it slipping but it will need checking again in about a year as he will change shape.
He didn't charge for the fitting ,just the girth [but they are expensive]