it may be a while before I know - my first saddle will be the kestrel, so I'll have a bunch of new crap to figure out and practice with here in the coming weeks - and some credit cards bills LOL. I'm also curious how many stepps I'll need once I learn to use the aider as well - my "plan" is to use stepps for the platform....another thing to master... Probably going to be a season where I split between traditional stands and experimenting with the saddle until I get more proficient - been reading this forum until my head hurts the past week