Favorite Stirrup Irons for Jumping?

[Oberon13]

[QUOTE=Far_North_Equestrian;6074109]
Yup, I did this once too! Wound up with a nasty gash on my pubic area as well.

I’ve been told that peacocks are not really meant to support the weight of an average adult rider though - supposedly if you’re over about 120# they can bend enough to suddenly snap one day (the metal, not the elastic).[/QUOTE]

shudder for both…the gash and the possibility of a breaking stirrup. Aaack!:eek:

[deltawave]

I weigh about 155, and have never visibly bent the metal on my peacocks, one pair of which I’ve been using steadily since about 2001. :lol: Happily I’ve never put them to the test, either–when I get dumped my feet normally just pop out. If they break, they break . . . I can live with that possibility. Any piece of tack can fail. But I’ve yet to break a stirrup. And I jump off, not slide off . . . haven’t impaled myself yet.

I’m not saying they’re the safest, but they meet my needs. I have tried the S-shaped ones way back when and was sort of ambivalent about them because for some reason, IIRC, one of them was always getting caught up on my spur strap or my half chaps. I’m sort of also like GM in this one regard–I dislike “funny looking” gear. :lol:

I’ve no objection to the ones that release, either, but this is nothing to do with the OP’s question! :lol: I just have not found mobile or jointed stirrups any more or less comfortable than regular ones.

I do have the ones with the “eye” rotated 90 degrees on my dressage saddles, as they make it easier for me to reclaim a lost stirrup, which only ever happens to me in the dressage saddles.

[ltmac]

I LOVE my Bow Balance irons!! I just put my first Super Comfort pads on them (Christmas present!) and I can already tell the difference! I use them on my jump saddle, and I feel like they have helped my lower leg positioning. I put a second pair of Super Comfort pads on my Fillis irons for my Dressage saddle.

[JumperJane]

@eventer_mi

I’ve tried the Royal Riders, the MDC Intelligent irons, and the Herm Sprenger Bow Balances, and i’ve stuck with the BBs. I have multiple issues with my joints due to multiple accidents over the years, and the BBs are the only ones that address these issues. I am no longer crippled after a long ride with these stirrups. They, for me, are WELL worth the price, and I can easily sell them on Ebay if they no longer work for me. FWIW, I bought them off Ebay for a little under $200 ($190 if my memory serves me correctly).

What are BB’s?