No, don’t have any of those types of Goodwill stores where I live. Just the normal type.
Used to be one right across from NewTech(Alpha) in Austin. People would circle the empty aisle in expectation of the "new" arrival bins...dozens of people! I picked up my freshest Red HEAD Pro for a couple of bucks(broken string) back before they started selling by the pound. Unfortunately(or not), they moved that store to a much more distant location.
Only once, in San Luis Obispo. We thought it was a regular Goodwill. Took us a while to get into the swing of
Yeah for my studio shots I used the ‘prettier’ side. But yeah you can get a pretty good idea about the crack from that photo. So general consensus is I should probably just go around 50lbs max if restringing?
New sub-category: 'Items heading to the thrift-store'
Got these two in a job-lot. Both work fine but the aluminium Prince Pro Oversize (which appears to be no more than 95sqi) (355, 32, 22mm) is styled like a rusty girder with about the same level of feel, and the also aluminium 'Pizza-Tray' Slazenger Phantom Supercat Extreme (95, 330, 33.25, 22mm) is just too wild to take on court. Serving must be awesome though. I'll put a grip on the Prince to help the charity shop. Actually, the Pro Oversize seems to be quite a serious racket for an aluminium.
I thought that, then I found a rare Yamaha Proto FX that I decided my life would be incomplete without. And I was right. I mean, my life is still incomplete, but no more so than before I bought that racket, so it didn’t hurt anything I suppose.
If I ever get a Babolat, that’s how I’m going to get it. Because I’ve never demo’d a single racket in their lineup I’d pay more than 50 bucks for.
what the…
So the only “designed in Austria” part is the paint job lol?
That Trisys 250 720cm2 is 112 and the Discovery Classic is also 720cm2. So the Trisys 250 720cm is from 1993 and the Discovery Classic Oversize is from 1998-2000.Found this pair of 90's Head widebodys together for a whopping $5 locally! Both in very good shape, looking forward to hitting with them. They seem quite similar to each other. the Trisys 250 is a 110in head and weighs 332g strung, the Discovery Classic is 107in and 336g strung.
As usual, chime in if you know anything interesting about either.
The discovery is clearly a smaller head though. It’s similar but not the same.
Neat stick. I’m also a cat lover, and my cats love to sleep on my tennis bags, and racket covers that might have been left on the floor.As a cat lover I've been eager to get a racket with ceramic whiskers for a while, so when the Slazenger CS-160 appeared for £10, I had to pounce:
Headsize is around 92-93, beam 17mm,16x19 pattern is evenly spread and open with 1.45cm2 average cell size. 340g strung, 32.5 balance. So far feels quite stiff for an 80s racket, and muted in a hard way. There must be a fair few whiskers of the silicon carbide.
The mold Looks very Prince like to meAs a cat lover I've been eager to get a racket with ceramic whiskers for a while, so when the Slazenger CS-160 appeared for £10, I had to pounce:
Headsize is around 92-93, beam 17mm,16x19 pattern is evenly spread and open with 1.45cm2 average cell size. 340g strung, 32.5 balance. So far feels quite stiff for an 80s racket, and muted in a hard way. There must be a fair few whiskers of the silicon carbide.
Yes, I agree, with the graphics as well. It's strange that this looks like a mid-80s paintjob, but the other CS-Series frames I can find are wider-body designs. The beam in the hoop is a D-shape with the flat edge just 6mm at points. I see some similarities to the Slazenger Panther series including the 'Internal Weighting System', and the Dunlop Steffi AUTO Graf (18x20) series. On the other side it says 'Frame Designed in Europe', so I'm wondering if it was penned by Dunlop in W. Germany, and made in England or Asia. Interesting that Ceramic Whiskers were used in such low-mid level frames.
If it was made in England it would have that printed on the frame. I tend to think it was made in Taiwan.
Yes, I think so too.
Yes they did
Now that I consider a find.
Wonderful stick that is.
I'm staying away from Fox rackets. They look too addictive!Restrung this goodwill Foxy with some red threads. Wilson Revolve Twist at 50lbs. My idea was to see how this quite dense string pattern delt with some spin heavy strings.
I just really like the look of this frame.
They were designed by Warren Bosworth.
They are. I want to collect all designs of the mad scientist Warren Bosworth.
