[drivingpairs] Oops - still tandem stuff - Dave - don't read :-)
- From: Hzlax@xxxxxxx
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:01:08 EST
Sorry for late answer. First had to get that other stuff out of the way. No
problem with the different colors, but I think not a good idea to have
different width of reins, as if you hold them properly Achenbach in your left
hand, as
I described before, you want to hold them in your palm by squeezing sideways
between palm and ringfinger plus pinky. If reins are of different width, then
you can only hold the wider ones and the narrower ones slip through. Clear as
mud? And never mind some spagetti sometimes, it will all sort itself out with
a little practice. However, personally I find a rein clamp of great help, to
clamp the reins together in your hand behind your fingers. Much easier to hold
them, and that you can even do with reins of different width. No rein slips
through, your hand doesn't cramp, your muscles relax and you can concentrate on
driving instead of on pressing to hold the reins. Reins stay in position as
well and don't get mixed up so easily. Downside: You can't adjust rein length
so easily and have to find your proper measure, and purists think it's
cheating :-) . But you can always get "pure" again after you used it as a
learning
tool.
Hardy
In a message dated 2/3/2006 11:04:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I had Camptown Dave make me
> two different width reins . I find it is very helpful to immediately know
> whether I am looking at the leader or wheeler. I also put small amounts of
> different colored tapes for left leader, right leader, left wheeler, right
> wheeler. Yeah I know you can really tell I am a beginner :-)
>
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