First off that list means BS in the real world, and is very contradicting at times.
This chart was done by USRSA. I think they have more credibility than you and I combined. This chart below can prove that you are correct in regards to Biphase 18g having one of the best tension holding characteristics as it relates to elasticity ie less elastic (double edge sword) to being stiff. In other words this chart is not BS. You are right, you can't have it both ways;-)
Second for a multi yes it is indeed very stiff, compared to say many polys it is softer.
Biphase 18g is extremly stiff and holds tension extremly well, it is a totally different string from the 16g and 17g
Now you are saying compared to a multi it is very stiff. You have altered your previous statement from GENERALIZING that it is an EXTREMELY STIFF to "very stiff in the Multi world". When you said Biphase 18g is totally different from the Bipahse 16g and 17g. YES IT IS SOFTER by ten points.
Then you compared Biphase 18g to POLY. Not softer to "many" Polys as you claim but compared to ALL Polys YES it is softer. And compared to all the strings in the UNIVERSE it is considered a very soft string. I would also go as far as saying that yes compared to all the 18g that are out there in the string world, yes it is one of the softest; and when combined with its tension holding capabilities it is the best 18g (other than Pacific Prime 18g of course).
Please look at charts on all the UNIVERSE of Strings. Anything right of the red line is considered more stiff and anything to the left is less stiff, you can see Biphase 18g is considered EXTREMELY SOFT in this case.
When it comes to the NYLON/MulitFibere/zyex/Polifin world which is a more accurate and FAIR comparison since Multi is considered a NYLON, you can clearly see Biphase 18g being softer than most in its category. You can see all the string to the right of the red line as stiffer.
I can safely deduce without doing a chart of my own of strings strictly in the Multi world that Biphase 18g would be in the middle 50th percentile as far as stiffness goes. Like I said again, it all depends how you string it. If you are stringing biphase 18g at 65lbs then yes it is going to be very stiff. But if you string it properly knowing that it holds tension extremely well ie at 55lbs and under, then the string is not considered a stiff string compared to the Multies that are out there and I have tried them ALL.
The reason why is due to it's tension holding which is unmatched, and certainly does not have the give/softness that almost all other multies offer. It is a double edged sword, inorder to get that tension holding ability it lacks the elasticity that is so comon in the multi world.
You are equating less elasticity with being more stiff due to exceptional tension holding. BUT what about the Gut world? they have unmatched tension holding and yet they are extremely soft ie less than 100 like pacific prime. See the chart above in the black circle to the lower left of Biphase 18g
Otherwise there is no way that Novak could use at mutlie at the pro level with a tension ~55lbs just simply not going to happen.
I don't understand what you are trying to say here? that Novak does not play with Biphase? and that Juras specs are off?
...he's prolly using hybrid with a poly or something. Look at the spin and the big loop of a swing he has, full syn gut would blow it to the fence
