English Horse Saddle

3 Responses to “English Horse Saddle”

1. Lozzi says:

   October 3, 2010 at 12:30 pm

   Wow well first off, im 14 and have loved animals since i was little, i have 3 horses myself now and i would never give or sell such a beautifull horse, it is probably worth quite a bit but don't it is to gorgeus and looks like you two have a good bond.
2. moriya says:

   October 17, 2010 at 12:21 pm

   Right, so pro TT rigs are kind of an interesting case. Frame builders usually have several events in mind with their aero rigs, but mainly UCI ProTeam TT events and professional triathletes. Tris are interesting because you can operate without the pesky UCI breathing down your neck with their rules. One of the big problems with UCI rules in aero events is that they state that non-essential items cannot be added to the bike for aerodynamics sake. Fine, but what does that mean exactly? Let’s use the [Cervelo as an example – you see that triangular water bottle right above the BB cluster? Well, that actually makes the bike MORE aerodynamic – they actually design the bike in the wind tunnel with the water bottle in mind. This is A-OK in tris, but unfortunately the UCI says no dice for TT’s – you can ride a P4 in a UCI event, but you have to remove the water bottle. I’d imagine this is a similar situation – Selle Italia makes a saddle [very similar to – it could be the case that they trained with the particular saddle with the integrated bottle holder, but the UCI wouldn’t let them put a water bottle in it due to their rules. Either way, sights like this have more to do with regulations than aerodynamics.
3. says:

   November 21, 2011 at 8:18 pm

   Note to Feldard:

   Miklos has bought a pack animal to carry the party heavy goods, food, grain, water and armour – it certainly wasn't intended to be used as a mount – he deliberately didn't buy a saddle for that very reason.

   Miklos lead the pack horse up the long road out of Specularum. He glanced around at his friends, Nicolai on his new horse cut quite a figure and might have passed for a lesser noble if it wasn't for his guarded manner and lack of hauteur, Feldard marched along with a mile eatting easy gait he had a preoccupied looked and had held back from his more customary position leading the party. Maruc also seemed to have his mind on other things. He'd put his new burnish platemail and shield (which he'd had polished up and refurbished) on the horse along with his backack and seemed to be rather enjoying the walk not being laden with armour.

   Miklos put his hand in his pocket and produced one of the smooth pebbles he had enchanted with permanent light whilst practising his new spells. He'd enchanted five so far.

   His thoughts returned to the task ahead. The search for the Rahib and the cleanising of the ruins of the Darker Tower…]]>