Adidas Rackets are Back.... Sweet

SteveI · 12-22-2008, 02:32 PM

http://www.tennis.com/yourgame/gear/...aspx?id=153764

Too cool...

mrmo1115 · 12-22-2008, 02:40 PM

Old news buddy.

Anyone know how large the head size will be ?

samprasvsfederer123 · 12-22-2008, 05:47 PM

hm, oh well lets see what it can do

SteveI · 12-23-2008, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by mrmo1115

Old news buddy.

Anyone know how large the head size will be ?

If it is old news how come you do not know the head size???

NoBadMojo · 12-23-2008, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveI

http://www.tennis.com/yourgame/gear/general/general.aspx?id=153764
Too cool...

Hey Steve...some guy did a brief playtest review of the Barricade Tour..it's likely on the 3rd or 4th page down..It got very few responses even though I thought this was good news and big news for the tennis biz..nuthin but the birds chirpin' in that thread because their racquets arent either an old obsolete racquet and/or because Fed or Sampras doesnt play a paintjob of it..best of the holiday season. Mojo

Tofi · 12-23-2008, 07:11 AM

well it says in a another companys catalogue that the head size for all barricades are 95si, for the feather its 105si and for the response it says 100si.

ayuname · 12-23-2008, 07:26 AM

Dang that racquet looks awesome.

adidasman · 12-24-2008, 07:10 AM

All I can say is that I'll be swinging one the minute they hit the TW website. adidas makes the best gear in the world for athletes, so I'm confident they'll be great frames.

DJG · 12-24-2008, 07:41 AM

I think these would be worth a demo. I for one wish them luck - don't think I'll grab one, but they should make a lot of people happy.

CTennis11 · 12-24-2008, 07:49 AM

I like the look of that one in the news page a lot

sureshs · 12-24-2008, 11:43 AM

A 12 oz 95 si 18*20 frame sounds cool. K95 and AG200 have it covered from either side of stiffness, and with similar balance. Wonder what the Barricade will offer to differentiate itself from these two.

sureshs · 12-24-2008, 11:56 AM

Looks like they are going thru a large contract manufacturer. I suspect Adidas will have less involvement in the design (they are calling in external consultants) than say Wilson or Head. That being said, if the contract manufacturer has the production aspects figured out, it shouldn't take much effort to specify 3 racquet models. The R&D comes in if you are fiddling with materials (Karophite or Microgel) or new concepts (speedports). To specify a run-of-the-mill racquet is no big deal today I think. Several posters here can do it.

ojingoh · 12-27-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sureshs

A 12 oz 95 si 18*20 frame sounds cool. K95 and AG200 have it covered from either side of stiffness, and with similar balance. Wonder what the Barricade will offer to differentiate itself from these two.

Marketing Dollars.

tenis · 12-27-2008, 11:09 AM

Please, more details about the Baricade: stiffnes, feel, etc. Anybody?

sureshs · 12-27-2008, 11:12 AM

Yeah what is the RA?

Lendl and Federer Fan · 12-27-2008, 11:39 AM

For seconds you got me excited, I thought you guys were talking about this.

Now that is a real man's Adidas racquet.

tenis · 12-27-2008, 07:56 PM

^^^That's funny.

adidasman · 01-08-2009, 10:12 AM

Yeah, if by "real man" you mean a guy who dated and married a teenager.

vkartikv · 01-08-2009, 10:13 AM

Is that what Lendl used? Or was it a Mizuno?

12-22-2008, 02:32 PM	#1
SteveI Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,348	Adidas Rackets are Back.... Sweet http://www.tennis.com/yourgame/gear/...aspx?id=153764 Too cool...

12-23-2008, 07:11 AM	#6
Tofi Professional Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: England Posts: 919	well it says in a another companys catalogue that the head size for all barricades are 95si, for the feather its 105si and for the response it says 100si. __________________ "Honey, my racquet is tied down to the stringing machine!" Last edited by Tofi : 12-23-2008 at 07:13 AM.

12-24-2008, 07:10 AM	#8
adidasman Professional Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 1,466	All I can say is that I'll be swinging one the minute they hit the TW website. adidas makes the best gear in the world for athletes, so I'm confident they'll be great frames. __________________ adidasman adidas Barricade; Gamma Zo Verve 16 57 lbs.

12-27-2008, 11:39 AM	#16
Lendl and Federer Fan Hall Of Fame Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,319	For seconds you got me excited, I thought you guys were talking about this. Now that is a real man's Adidas racquet. __________________ "An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today." – Laurence J. Peter

01-08-2009, 10:12 AM	#18
adidasman Professional Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Frederick, MD Posts: 1,466	Yeah, if by "real man" you mean a guy who dated and married a teenager. __________________ adidasman adidas Barricade; Gamma Zo Verve 16 57 lbs.