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Verkauf und Versand durch Drittverkäufer: Sport & Go
Verkauf und Versand durch Drittverkäufer: Sport & Go
The Premiere High Tech stirrup pads are replacement pads for stirrups, in size 12 cm and in black. The stirrup pad is the insert in the tread of your stirrup: the part your boot stands on and the part that wears first. With a new pad that contact surface is whole again, without your having to replace the stirrups themselves. Meant for riders whose stirrup tread is 12 cm wide.
About these stirrup treads
A stirrup rarely wears out as a whole. What does wear out is the pad in the tread. It takes the weight of your leg at every stride, and sand, grit and water keep getting in between your boot sole and the stirrup. After a few seasons of intensive riding such a pad goes slippery, works loose or gets pressed in, and then it no longer lies flat. A new pad brings that part of the stirrup back to its original state; the stirrups themselves simply stay in use.
What Premiere states about these pads is limited. The size is fixed — 12 cm — and so is the colour black. The material, the shape of the contact surface and the weight are not published by the brand, nor is the question of which stirrup models this pad is matched to. High Tech is the name Premiere gives this version; we draw no properties from it that are not documented. What you can check yourself is the size, and that is what decides whether the pad fits.
Alongside this version, the range holds the Premiere Non Slip stirrup pads, likewise in 12 cm. That name points to a contact surface that lets the boot slide less. This High Tech version is black and therefore shows up little in a dark tread. Whether you take this one or the Non Slip is not a question of size: both are 12 cm. The difference lies in the version and the colour.
Replace your pads as soon as the contact surface is visibly smooth, the pad splits, or it starts to shift in the tread. Do it on both sides at once: two pads of different age feel different left and right. While you are cleaning your tack, keep an eye on the tread of your stirrups as well, because sand left under the pad grinds the material away faster. A stirrup pad is small enough to keep a spare set in the grooming box, so that a worn pad does not catch you out on the morning of a competition.
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