ROTATING STIRRUP BAR
DESIGNED BY TREVOR JAMES ENSURES FREE MOVING FRICTION FREE RIDE.
With the ever increasing
popularity of fender saddles an emphasis has been placed on the ability of the
fender to "swing" as the name "swing fender saddle"
implies.
The American style rawhide
covered tree is a true work of art and there are many Australian style fender
saddles available built on rawhide covered trees. Their trees are carved from
pine timber, rawhide covered and are very strong. However, they do not contain
the steel gullet used in Australian saddles in order to support a stirrup
bar.
The fender strap passes
around the side rail of the tree. Once again this is very strong but has
certain disadvantages.
Firstly the fender is there
for life, it cannot slip off like an Australian Stirrup leather can. Secondly
it cannot swing freely. Because it passes around the side rail and runs
through a recess in the underside of the tree so no lump is created by the
fender strap, it is locked down tight when the saddle is girthed up.
Trevor James of James
Saddlery has recognised that these features are totally alien to the
Australian rider who demands the safety aspect of the fender or stirrup
leather to come off the saddle should the rider fall and be dragged. With this
in mind all fender saddles made by James Saddlery have the fender mounted on a
conventional stirrup bar, which also allows a foot forward position if the
rider prefers that style or is simply galloping downhill.
This type of fender mounted
on a stirrup bar such as in the Santa MK III has proven enormously popular
with the safety conscious Australian market and of course the stirrup bar is
recognised world wide as a distinctly Australian feature.
The stirrup bar has remained
essentially unchanged since its conception a couple of century's ago. However,
with the increasing popularity of fender saddles Trevor James has seen the
need to improve the stirrup bar. He has designed a stirrup bar, which is
mounted on a sealed roller bearing and the whole stirrup bar rotates in unison
with the fender. This bearing mounted fender ensures the ultimate free
movement but still allows the fender to slip off as with a conventional
stirrup bar.
This rotating stirrup bar
can be disassembled to service or replace the bearings very easily and the
assembly has a lock off point so that at a certain point no more rotation is
possible and the fender cannot come off during normal riding but has the
ability to slide off if the rider is being dragged. The new device can be
fitted to any of the James brand swing fender saddles. These saddles are
designed with strength, safety and the ultimate in a free moving friction free
ride provided by the new bearing mounted fender designed by Trevor James and
available exclusively from James Saddlery.
This Fender Strap passes
through a slot in the tree. It can not come off the saddle if you are being
dragged and can not swing freely because it sits in a recess in the
tree.
This fender on this tree is mounted
on a steel hook bar, giving better fender movement and the fender can pull off
if the rider is being dragged.
The fender on this tree is mounted on
the Rotating Stirrup Bar, it incorporates a roller bearing, is free moving,
provides perfect balance and the fender can come off if the rider is being
dragged.
QLD
HEAD OFFICE
Unit
7/14, Wyllie
Place
Paisley
Drive,
Lawnton
QLD,
4501
AUSTRALIA
Phone:
(07) 3205 5839
International:
0011 61 7 3205
5839
Email: jamessaddlery@hotkey.net.au
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