Originally Posted by saddlesore
What are they suppose to do?



If you ever look at someone from behind while riding you'll notice the persons legs going out at an angle. The shorter the legs and/or the fatter the horse the angle is even more.

Your body will naturally put more pressure on that outside of your foot and after a while it can just plain hurt, plus your balance isn't as good as it could be as your not getting all the contact you could be or it's not evened out if you look at it that way.

The slanted stirrups help alleviate such conditions and the twisted/slanted stirrups just help to keep your stirrup at a 45 degree angle with the saddle (the way they're supposed to be).


Several pro Rodeo Cowboys use the slanted stirrups and from my experience they're worth the investment.


edit: Scroll down and look at the pics
http://crookedstirrups.com/

Last edited by cal74; 02/14/12.

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