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| My rubber bands aren't staying put on the stirrups on my Crown C like they did on the stirrups my old saddle had. I may change the stirrups out for my old ones anyway, but I was wondering how you all usually put your bands on?
I use to just to from my toe under to my spur on my old stirrups. Now I put a twist in the band as I go under the stirrup, otherwise they slip up the side and end up around my ankle and the stirrup.
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 7:13 AM
My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well.
^^^Agreed!! Best way to put on rubber bands. I like this method because you most likely wont lose them when you take them off. It wont go flying across the parking lot. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | spitzh - 2014-04-04 9:15 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 7:13 AM My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well. ^^^Agreed!! Best way to put on rubber bands. I like this method because you most likely wont lose them when you take them off. It wont go flying across the parking lot.
Or shoot another horse with it!! I've done that before. I apologized like crazy but inside I was giggling like mad. |
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| I tie two rubber bands together. Now you have two loops. I put my boot in one loop, around the arch of my foot, and the other loops just dangles. Put foot in stirrup, grab the "dangle" loop on the back side of the stirrup (toward horses tail), and bring it forward, running along the outside of my foot and outside of the stirrup and put the rubber band around the ball of my foot. |
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 10:13 AM My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well.
We basically do the same thing. You go under stirrup, I go around stirrup.  |
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Location: Randolph, Utah | CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 8:13 AM
My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well.
This is how I do it. |
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| Thanks guys, I'll give that a go tonight. I've seen it done that way, don't know why I didn't think to try it! |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I just put a large band around my stirrup and boot at ankle level. |
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Location: Texas | Ive always twisted mine like you do now OP.
Foot in stirrup, band around my toe, twist it, band around my spur. |
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Location: Pennsylvania | I used to do the twist under the stirrup, and have tied two together and both ways seemed to work good. Currently I put the rubber band on my boot infront of the heel where you wont walk on it, then put my foot in the stirrup, pulldown on the rubber band, give it a twist, and bring it up over my toe. It has worked great for me, its easy to do myself, and when I'm finished I just reach down undo the toe and the band just stays on my boot! |
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Location: Nebraska | I just put them on the stirrup and figure 8 it around my toe. That way I can kick out my foot if I need to. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | I just put a large band around my stirrup and boot at ankle level. |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | brlracerchick - 2014-04-04 1:33 PM
I just put them on the stirrup and figure 8 it around my toe. That way I can kick out my foot if I need to.
This is what I do also. I attach it to the side of my stirrup and then when I run I stretch it around my toe. And they never fly off when I undo them!! |
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Location: Nebraska | svincent - 2014-04-04 3:48 PM brlracerchick - 2014-04-04 1:33 PM I just put them on the stirrup and figure 8 it around my toe. That way I can kick out my foot if I need to. This is what I do also. I attach it to the side of my stirrup and then when I run I stretch it around my toe. And they never fly off when I undo them!!
Yup! I've tried it the other ways but I feel trapped! |
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| Also a good suggestion...the idea that they might not break gives me a little paranoia |
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Location: PNW | OhMax - 2014-04-04 3:55 PM
Also a good suggestion...the idea that they might not break gives me a little paranoia
Which way gave the idea they wouldn't break? The stirrup-toe way I do, they most definitely break when/if you need them to. Lol. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 9:17 AM spitzh - 2014-04-04 9:15 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 7:13 AM My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well. ^^^Agreed!! Best way to put on rubber bands. I like this method because you most likely wont lose them when you take them off. It wont go flying across the parking lot.
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| svincent - 2014-04-04 5:18 PM
OhMax - 2014-04-04 3:55 PM
Also a good suggestion...the idea that they might not break gives me a little paranoia
Which way gave the idea they wouldn't break? The stirrup-toe way I do, they most definitely break when/if you need them to. Lol.
The way you do it sounds like a more sure fire way it would break (or at least that my foot would pop out in the event i get distracted and only remember to undo one band before getting off...) |
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The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic
Location: PNW | OhMax - 2014-04-04 5:07 PM
svincent - 2014-04-04 5:18 PM
OhMax - 2014-04-04 3:55 PM
Also a good suggestion...the idea that they might not break gives me a little paranoia
Which way gave the idea they wouldn't break? The stirrup-toe way I do, they most definitely break when/if you need them to. Lol.
The way you do it sounds like a more sure fire way it would break (or at least that my foot would pop out in the event i get distracted and only remember to undo one band before getting off... )
Haha doing that is EXACTLY how I know they WILL break. |
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| Well...didn't break but my left foot popped out around the 1st.
Still posted the best time so far this year for us. Makes me stoked for next weekend, gunna have to keep experimenting on the rubber band front, or maybe put my old stirrups back on... |
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Location: North MS | I also do it like someone else has already mentioned- I take two bands and loop them together. I tie one band to the outside of my stirrup. I use the 2nd section of the band and flip it over my toe. When I get done running and forget to take the band off, my foot just slides out the back and I can get off with no issues. When the band gets older it pops when I slide my foot out dismounting and I just replace it. |
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Location: Texas | CYA Ranch - 2014-04-04 9:13 AM
My buddy showed me how to tie to rubber bands together, put the toe of your boot through one of the band ends, put your foot in the stirrup and then pull the other end of the band underneath the stirrup and around your heal. Since she showed me that its worked really well.
This is also how I do it. |
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | OhMax - 2014-04-04 11:17 PM Well...didn't break but my left foot popped out around the 1st. Still posted the best time so far this year for us. Makes me stoked for next weekend, gunna have to keep experimenting on the rubber band front, or maybe put my old stirrups back on...
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Rubber bands - how do you put them on?