aren't mains supposed to break first?

[chex]

I'm using natural gut, and my crosses are fraying.
On the other hand, the only kind of wear I can see on the mains is that the white paint is wearing off.

Am I hitting the ball wrong? Can I still expect the mains to break first?

 

[brucie]

I normally tend to break crosses, spin players do!

 

[marcus_alsager]

i always break crosses

 

[vinnier6]

i bet your hitting with a head racquet...my flexpoint tour radical breaks crosses first...

 

[chex]

yeah... using flexpoint radical..

 

[diredesire]

Multifilaments and gut tend to break in the crosses for many people..

 

[chex]

So poly main's won't help durability?

 

[marcus_alsager]

i use a pd i use multi's in the crosses n alu in the mains. they break easily but they are amazing

 

[tennus]

So poly main's won't help durability?

I have strung my son's racquets poly mains with gut crosses and poly mains with quality multi crosses. Both hybrid crosses broke with hardly a mark on the poly mains. Both types had excellent life though. Generally the poly will notch up the softer crosses. IMHO stringing the poly low helps with durability enormously. I did notice the gut shows fraying way before they break.

 

[mJeez4293]

i never break mains. but i break crosses every 3-5 days.

 

[volleyman]

Oddly enough, the last couple of strings I have broken in my natural gut(m)/syn gut(c) hybrids in my Catapult 8 V-engines have been the synthetic gut crosses. Go figure.