LOL...and people say they are not smart...right:)
Well, I know definitly that I have a major problem:(. I'm almost 100% sure my saddle does not fit Harley real well, and if I continue to use it I'm going to sore him up. I'm not sure why with the new pads it's really showed up, I was hoping they would help, but it's real clear now the saddle isn't right. I've had suspicions for a while.
I've noticed I have trouble keeping it centered when I ride, it has always seemed to kind of roll. I asked my son to take a look at it awhile back. We set it on him with no pad so we could see how it looked. It seemed fine, so I quite worrying about it and figured it was just me not sitting good. About a week before I got the new pads I noticed when grooming him that he had a spot on one side of his whithers that seemed like he was developing a skin fungus or something. You know it was crusty and the hair brushed out in clumps. The skin looked fine, nice and pink, not red or flakey, so I still wasn't worried. But the two times I've ridden him with the new pads it's been clear that he has dry spots on either side of his whithers when I pull it off and the spot where I thought he had some fungus or something is in the center of the dry spot.
So does anyone know what to do about this problem, other then buying a new saddle:(, I really don't want to have to do that....I've been told more pads, or different pads won't really help.
I may run him over to the saddle shop and have them take a look at it with it on.
Becky
Actually, a good saddle fitter can fix some fit problems with custom padding... the saddle guy here carved and made custom pads to fill where Bay had voids.
They can't fix a saddle that is too narrow for him, and a saddle that is too narrow would sit too high and might give you that rolling sensation. If the tree is too narrow, more, thicker padding would make it worse. It could be that a thinner, but fitted pad, would work better than the bulky one, and a good saddle fitter would know. Taking him in, and your gear, is the answer. Bay's custom pads and his work on them cost about $150, if I recall.