do you know why ?

[micko and jack]

CHAIRDE   FRIENDS

 

as you all know I have been collecting racing rings for jack in the hope that when he's older it will be a good hobby for him to grow up with collecting rings and having your own fantails I think will be a great start for him and who knows maybe he will decide he's going to race one day (homers that is NOT his fantails lol)

 

I have been sorting his rings and going through the German rings I have noticed over the years the different inside diameters of the rings why is this

 

A pigeon legs getting thinner

 

B just the manufactures trying to save money on smaller rings

 

C as suggested BY GANGSTER to cut down on the weight when racing

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

dont know why they have got smaller . but if you look at the gb rings they have got bigger i had a 2004 ring next to a 2009 ring and you can see the difference .

[Guest Freebird]

CHAIRDE MICKO. Have a look at this for ring sizes to fit different types of pigeons.

 

http://www.achughes.com/pigeonsizes.html

[Razvan]

I don't know... every country with its rings... your first suggestion can be the true one, becouse I don't think that a country like Germany is saving money with smaller rings, and the rings aren't heavy, even for a pigeon...

[Guest]

I was contacted by a chinese manufacturer of rings, think they just googled pigeons and got me, they said they manufacture using the lightest materials so maybe that is the reason?

[pjc]

The different styles of ring are down to different manufacturers and the GB rings have increased in diameter due to rings having to be cut off because the legs have become larger.