[drivingpairs] Re: drivingpairs Digest V5 #33
- From: Hzlax@xxxxxxx
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 13:55:56 EST
Doug has a very good point here, and I am glad that we have another well
experienced voice here on the Pairs list with Doug now. Doug has competed with
pairs and fours from the very beginning of CDE driving in America and since
years
now is one of the top drivers in Coaching. Welcome.
Hardy
In a message dated 2/6/2006 11:03:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> From: KDougk@xxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:53:07 EST
> Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: Oops - still tandem stuff - Dave - don't read
> :-)
>
> I know from first hand experience how important it can be not to have a
> clamp
> on the reins. With a four when the main bars breaks, a rein clamp can be a
> disaster. Long story but short version, if the leader reins can play out,
> you
> are in much better shape then having the reins hang up on the wheeler saddle
>
> and not do so. You at least still have control of the wheeler and thus the
> carriage.
> And as you suggest, it is very important to learn to clamp the reins in your
>
> hand as suggested by Achenbach, in your left hand in the palm by squeezing
> sideways between palm and ring finger plus pinkie.
>
> Thus there is a real reason not just style, why purists suggest no clamp.
>
> Douglas Kemmerer
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