At 02:16 PM 8/4/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JMHO, but I don't think he is being a wise ass and I don't think it
is tech bullshit.
I am pretty sure that if you have two shafts with 250 cpm butt
frequency and the mid sections of the shafts are 40 cpms different
and the tip sections are 75 cpm different those two shafts are not
going to play the same or feel the same.
So how would you label them?
Roy,
You're right, of course. But that still doesn't negate my poke at
TrueTemper's lack of standards, even in its own product line.
The Dynamic Lite was originally advertised as being just like the
Dynamic but "Lite"-er. They dropped that in a hurry, once people
actually measured them.
An S300 Dynamic Gold Lite measures 24-28cpm softer in butt frequency
than an S300 Dynamic Gold. Your point might apply if the Dynamic Lite
had a much stiffer tip or midsection than the Dynamic. But it doesn't
-- very much the contrary, in fact. And in actual use, the Dynamic
Lite plays a good two flexes softer than the Dynamic for the same letter flex.
While you and Tim are right that butt flex is hardly the whole story,
TFlan is completely correct that the manufacturers give us no useful
information about the shafts, and actually grossly mislead us with
the letter designations.
FWIW,
DaveT
