Am I going nuts?

[Jessey]

Just seen these used safety stirrups for sale on facebook

 

[Bodshi]

Is Uri Geller selling them?

 

[Jessey]

Its not some new fangled idea then it's a bit naughty selling knackered safety items!

 

[Bodshi]

How have they got like that though? I could maybe imagine that one might get bent in a nasty accident but both of them?

 

[MrA]

This is why they have a weight limit then.

 

[Jessey]

How have they got like that though? I could maybe imagine that one might get bent in a nasty accident but both of them?

Adult riding in child size ones? Or just excess weight for adult ones? Or maybe someone thought they were bent and straightened them

 

[Bodshi]

Adult riding in child size ones? Or just excess weight for adult ones?

Ah yes, I never thought of that, knew I was missing something

 

[Trewsers]

Is Uri Geller selling them?

Hahaaaa

 

[horseandgoatmom]

I thought at first they were shaped angled to hang straight like some western o we are and I've seen English ones with offset stirrup leather openings
But those seem extreme.

 

[Jessey]

This is what they should look like @horseandgoatmom, I've not seen off set peacocks before but you see them a lot in fillis irons.

 

[horseandgoatmom]

Yes that makes sense

 

[newforest]

This is why they have a weight limit then.

Yes as that's what mine did.
They also collapse if you get foot caught foot in a gate, it stops it from getting out!
That's when I got told the weight limit is 8 some and adults should not use.

 

[Trewsers]

Yes as that's what mine did.
They also collapse if you get foot caught foot in a gate, it stops it from getting out!
That's when I got told the weight limit is 8 some and adults should not use.

Yes there is definitely a weight limit on their use. Where I had regular lessons I was quite worried as that was all they offered me and I was nine and a half stone. Hmm. I invested in the MH ones asap when I got my own horse.

 

[newforest]

Yes there is definitely a weight limit on their use. Where I had regular lessons I was quite worried as that was all they offered me and I was nine and a half stone. Hmm. I invested in the MH ones asap when I got my own horse.

I guess the thing here is yes the weight limit is 8 stone when the rider is just doing normal activities.
If you start jumping just think of the potential extra weight on that stirrup leather and stirrup, either could snap.