this saddle has been my workhorse for the last 5 years. My suggestions. Put the buckingham suspenders on it get the hdp roller, . Makes a nice sliding bridge. If the bridge is too slidy I epoxyed the roller to the hms beaner so it won't rotate , now it slides but not too much. For the lanyard attach a delta link mallion rapide to the last loop on one side of the bridge and your lanyard adjuster to the other side. No hip squeeze when you lanyard in. My last mod was to get the stein pully with the two attachment points. Using it as a slacktender for a vt on the lanyard put a mallion rapide thru the second attachment point on the stein pully .to set up a second tip I switch my lanyard adjuster from a loop on the bridge to the bridge itself so it can slide hit a second tip and clip my snap to the screw link quickly setting up a sliding second tie in.