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[Ross K]

Dave,

Seems you have no choice but to take the bloke to the 'resolution centre'.' Follow the procedures to the letter. Research the process and cover yourself. Along with actually getting ripped off, it's another of the pain in the a*** aspects of transactions of fboy. Sometimes though, it has to be done, and it looks like it's one of those times for you, unfortunately.

Coincidentally, I have a PD Team, which was bought off fboy a few years ago, with a similarish crack around upper throat. Firstly, though I think the racket plays actually quite soundly, the frame makes a distinctive unhealthy, sharp, pingy, twang noise that is definitely related to the crack. But, secondly, the seller warned me of the defect in the listing, and I got it for next to nothing.


All,

Anyone notice anything? Er... have some posts/pics or whatever been deleted from this thread recently? Anybody?


R.

[Ross K]

Originally Posted by Ross K

All,

Anyone notice anything? Er... have some posts/pics or whatever been deleted from this thread recently? Anybody?


R.

^^^IGNORE!

This is actually wrong I now realize immediately... sorry, not another 'night of the long knives' type purge of our UKRH thread after all!


R.

[forthegame]

Originally Posted by Meaghan

Let us all know who it is Dave for future reference.

I hope Dave doesn't mind: phoenixproducts

Dave, let me know if you want me to remove the seller's name.

[origmarm]

Dave those frames are awful. That's just a disgrace. Best of luck getting that sorted out. I don't think for a minute given the condition in those photos that it was an honest mistake.

Orig

[jazar]

Another nice day for tennis; probably better than yesterday. Yesterday was too bright and sunny really; plus half the court I was playing on was shaded so it was difficult to pick up the ball sometimes due to the change in light. Just want to get back on court, hit some balls and hit my groundstrokes better than the last few times I've played.

[Dave M]

Originally Posted by forthegame

I hope Dave doesn't mind: phoenixproducts

Dave, let me know if you want me to remove the seller's name.

No it's true and only fair in case they re appear sometime!
He's emailed me back saying he got them when clearing his Mums house and didn't notice the cracks when selling them
Shall see if he offers a refund but thanks for the support everyone and i'll keep you informed!

[jazar]

Played better today. Groundstrokes were nearly back on form. I think my grip had slid around a little too much the past couple of weeks, which would explain why I've not been hitting as clean as I would like.

On another note, the Prince Tour is quite a decent poly. Think I probably strung it a touch tight, as yesterday the sweetspot felt a bit small. Could have gone 25/26 instead of 25.5/26.5.

[forthegame]

Originally Posted by jazar

Played better today. Groundstrokes were nearly back on form. I think my grip had slid around a little too much the past couple of weeks, which would explain why I've not been hitting as clean as I would like.

On another note, the Prince Tour is quite a decent poly. Think I probably strung it a touch tight, as yesterday the sweetspot felt a bit small. Could have gone 25/26 instead of 25.5/26.5.

Does 0.5kg make a big difference?

[Dags]

I've finished my testing, so a mini ball review. A recap of balls I'd already tried:

Dunlop Fort: very heavy, lack of bounce, like hitting bricks when it was cold.

Slazenger Wimbledon: decent bounce, fuzzy up very quickly, didn't retain pressure too well.

Wilson Championship: lighter than premium balls, pretty rubbish after one outing.

Tecnifibre X1: retain pressure well, don't fuzz too badly, expensive.


And the three I play-tested:

Wilson US Open: didn't have that uncontrollable 'just open' feeling when they'd just been opened. The felt stayed nice and tight for the first session, then started fuzzing up. Have retained pressure well.

Wilson Australian Open: as with the US Open, not too bouncy when fresh. Fuzzed up very quickly. Good pressure retention.

Head ATP: bounced a lot initially, didn't fuzz too badly. Had lost a lot of pressure before their second outing, far more so than either Wilson ball.


All three had a decent price point when buying in bulk, being over a pound per tube cheaper than the Tecnifibre. I've got a few tubes of Tecnifibre left, so will open one of them as a final test: right now it's either stick with them or give the US Open a run. I'm also tempted to switch to 3-ball tubes and open them more frequently: 3 is plenty when playing sets, and there are only a couple of people who will drill with me.

All of this was on carpet.

[Dags]

Originally Posted by forthegame

Does 0.5kg make a big difference?

I'm curious as to why you choose to string in kg rather than lbs. Given than 0.5 kg is 1.1 lbs, unless you use smaller increments than that then the jumps in tension are less precise. Is it because you're so young you think in metric? Is it because more pros use kg than lbs and so you're more used to it? Or is it for no particular reason?

[Ross K]

Q for jazar...

Mate, you routinely handle frames of the pros... what, off the top of your head and 'guess-timating' a bit or whatever, but... what would you say would be an average strung weight figure for the pros/their rackets these days?

BTW I'm presuming it's somewhat lower than about ten years ago, but quite how much lower... hmm, I'm curious.

Ta


R.

[jazar]

Originally Posted by forthegame

Does 0.5kg make a big difference?

0.5kg obviously doesn't sound a lot and it isn't really, but I think it does make a difference to me when I'm hitting. It might not be a huge difference, but I think the string certainly would have played better the first time out if I had done it 0.5kg looser.

Originally Posted by Dags

I'm curious as to why you choose to string in kg rather than lbs. Given than 0.5 kg is 1.1 lbs, unless you use smaller increments than that then the jumps in tension are less precise. Is it because you're so young you think in metric? Is it because more pros use kg than lbs and so you're more used to it? Or is it for no particular reason?

On my Star V the increments in kilos are 0.1, while the increments in lbs are 0.5.

Originally Posted by Ross K

Q for jazar...

Mate, you routinely handle frames of the pros... what, off the top of your head and 'guess-timating' a bit or whatever, but... what would you say would be an average strung weight figure for the pros/their rackets these days?

BTW I'm presuming it's somewhat lower than about ten years ago, but quite how much lower... hmm, I'm curious.

Ta


R.

The fact that there is so much variance and that a lot of players are using "custom" frames makes it pretty hard to give an average. You still get some players using incredibly heavy rackets, but at the other end of the scale you get players using rackets you would think are perhaps too light for a hard hitting pro. The vast majority of the top pro players I've strung for have leaded up frames; but I have strung for a few top 100 women who just appear to use stock frames. If I had to guess I would say for the men between maybe 330 and 340g and for the women between maybe 310 and 320g (that would be for like top 100/200 players).

[jazar]

Just had yet another set of Beast XP turn up, though it is with the old packaging. Free of course.

[Aggro]

Not as match fit as i used to be!!

Our team didn't win a set yesterday and worse of all i got a crack in my racket!!! a guy swung a slice out wide on the duece side and i slightly misjudged where the post was
THEN broke a string on my other racket so had to borrow another players spare racket - microgel radical mp. Is it bad i wanna change back to a radical all ready ?? stupid heavy racket!!

played their firsts and lost 6-0, 6-4 - they are ranked 4.1 and 4.2 so i didnt think the 2nd set was a bad result!! The courts had dried up by that time and the balls were bouncing at a reasonable height.

Lost to the 2nds 6-4, 6-4 just one break from my partners serve each set.

By the time we got to the 3rds we were both shattered and lost 6-2, 6-3 being 3-1 in the second!!

Might see if i can grab a radical or 2 in the next few weeks :s

[Ross K]

Originally Posted by jazar

0.5kg obviously doesn't sound a lot and it isn't really, but I think it does make a difference to me when I'm hitting. It might not be a huge difference, but I think the string certainly would have played better the first time out if I had done it 0.5kg looser.



On my Star V the increments in kilos are 0.1, while the increments in lbs are 0.5.



The fact that there is so much variance and that a lot of players are using "custom" frames makes it pretty hard to give an average. You still get some players using incredibly heavy rackets, but at the other end of the scale you get players using rackets you would think are perhaps too light for a hard hitting pro. The vast majority of the top pro players I've strung for have leaded up frames; but I have strung for a few top 100 women who just appear to use stock frames. If I had to guess I would say for the men between maybe 330 and 340g and for the women between maybe 310 and 320g (that would be for like top 100/200 players).

Thank you J.

R.

[Meaghan]

Originally Posted by jazar

0.5kg obviously doesn't sound a lot and it isn't really, but I think it does make a difference to me when I'm hitting. It might not be a huge difference, but I think the string certainly would have played better the first time out if I had done it 0.5kg looser.



On my Star V the increments in kilos are 0.1, while the increments in lbs are 0.5.



The fact that there is so much variance and that a lot of players are using "custom" frames makes it pretty hard to give an average. You still get some players using incredibly heavy rackets, but at the other end of the scale you get players using rackets you would think are perhaps too light for a hard hitting pro. The vast majority of the top pro players I've strung for have leaded up frames; but I have strung for a few top 100 women who just appear to use stock frames. If I had to guess I would say for the men between maybe 330 and 340g and for the women between maybe 310 and 320g (that would be for like top 100/200 players).

do you think a lot of men are dropping their weight whilst keeping a high SW with lead at 12 ???
Higher weights and depolarised set ups of the past compared to lower weights and polarised these days.
I did this last year and it had a dramatic affect on my game. I went from 360g to 340g (ive since settled somewher in the middle) and added a larger amount of lead at 12 whilst extending my frame to balance).

[Dave M]

Heard back froom my e bay friend, described the problems and gave links to the photos i put on here, he seems suprised as he doesn't know about tennis racquets that there was a problem, asked me to email the photos so he could check them against the listing one as that was taken by a professional photographer.....then announced his boss told him to fly out of the country tonight.I've escalated the dispute to p pal and e bay.
Here's hoping it goes ok.............

[jazar]

Originally Posted by Meaghan

do you think a lot of men are dropping their weight whilst keeping a high SW with lead at 12 ???
Higher weights and depolarised set ups of the past compared to lower weights and polarised these days.

Not necessarily. Like with weight, there are some players who have massive swingweights and some players who have really low swingweights. I guess it also depends on what you consider a high swingweight.

[Dags]

Originally Posted by jazar

On my Star V the increments in kilos are 0.1, while the increments in lbs are 0.5.

0.1 kg? And to think you called Ross sensitive a page or so back!

[forthegame]

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