I must be really backward.I have never heard or seen these. What are they suppose to do?

On long rides,the out side of my foot ( little toe) tends to start to hurt from my weight in the saddle and that edge of my foot pressing outward. I probably tend to use more weight in the stirrup than most, as I ride a lot of rough country hunting. Going up hills isn't a problem. Coming down is.

Or it might be that sometimes I have pack animals that think they need to do some thing else, and I have to dally to pull them along and then I must counter balance with my foot to keep the saddle in place.

I can't use them anyway as I have the STI breakaway stirrups that cannot be fitted with these.

Interesting though and I'm always ready to learn more things. How about explaining them?


If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles