Twist?

[hoofhearted]

Ok, I'm going to show my ignorance here :o - have seen posts regarding saddles having a 'twist' - could someone explain what that is please? Thanks.

[The Original Crazywoman]

Difficult to explain ... well for me anyway! ... but when you look at a treed saddle, it has a narrowing in the middle. Some treeless saddle seat areas are quite rectangular in shape, rather than having the hourglass shape. So I believe that the twist is the narrowing in the middle of a saddle seat.

However, I'm sure someone on her can probably explain it better than me! ;)

[Wally]

The twist is the place where the seaming in the seat narrows and the seat narrows and is starting to rise up.

[No_Angel]

basically the more twist makes the saddle feel narrower

[Wally]

This is very true, some treeless saddles have no twist at all and you need to be very open in the hips to get any length of leg in them.

A bit of a twist makes it easier for you to drop your legs long around the horse.

[hoofhearted]

Thanks!