Help: Lynx Tour 1.25 X with Ghostwire 1.10 OR SynGut 1.25?

[SF_45er]

I need to get rackets strung and only have these strings on hand. I want to soften the Lynx Tour 1.25 main. I know Ghostwire is a great cross string, but any concerns with such a high gauge differential? If I string the mains @ 44 lbs, what should I string the crosses? (plan is 44/44 given there's already a gauge difference).

If for some reason that gauge differential is a no-go, my alternative is to string Syn Gut in crosses. Even if you think the poly/poly is fine Im curious what you think of LT1.25/Wilson Sg 1.25 (especially if you've tried it).

Racket is a pure drive team for a junior player, UTR 4

 

[topspin2000]

I've done Lynx Tour 1.25 with various synth guts 1.25 or 1.30 and it works fine for me. Lynx Tour is fairly stiff, but synth gut is soft. I usually string mine at 52/52 or 50/52.

 

[yourtennisfit]

I would suspect that it would eat up the 1.10 string within minutes rather than hours

 

[Trip]

I'd go LT 1.25 / SG 1.25 until you get more GW 1.17 and/or 1.22 in stock. With SG crosses, the bed will eventually lock, but should hold up a bit longer even so.

 

[Fighting phoenix]

Yeah that's a pretty extreme gauge disparity, and some are saying that it's better to go slightly thicker in the crosses than actually thinner.

 

[SF_45er]

I'd go LT 1.25 / SG 1.25 until you get more GW 1.17 and/or 1.22 in stock. With SG crosses, the bed will eventually lock, but should hold up a bit longer even so.

Thanks that makes sense. The 1.10 shipped faster than the 1.17. I know better to keep right gauges in stock next time! As an aside, while my daughter is happy with SG hybrids for now, they break in 15-17 days so kind of a pain. That's why I originally got the 1.10 -- to string full bed poly and see how long playability lasts (hope/plan is to restring monthly on a schedule unless it breaks sooner).

As to locking, Im not sure at what day mark the strings are locked (kid is blissfully unaware). But testing it out myself, I got a distinct locked sensation when I strung a heavily shaped poly/SG but when I hit with my daughter's GW/SG, it plays really nicely even towards the end of its life (Im hitting lightly though short court).

So the plot twist is I decided against both hybrids. Instead am sticking with GW/SG. Ive been doing GW117/SG125 but in this case Im doing GW110/SG125 since thats what I have on hand. The gauge drop seems a lower risk change than having her try a new poly main before a match.

 

[SF_45er]

Im doing GW110/SG125 since thats what I have on hand. The gauge drop seems a lower risk change than having her try a new poly main before a match.

UPDATE: So this setup lasted 11 days with the thinner 1.10 gauge of Ghostwire (vs 15 with the 1.17). I had it strung at 48 lbs mains vs 45 lbs for the 1.17. should have gone a bit higher. Setup was far launchier than the previous one with 1.17.

 

[SF_45er]

I'd go LT 1.25 / SG 1.25 until you get more GW 1.17 and/or 1.22 in stock. With SG crosses, the bed will eventually lock, but should hold up a bit longer even so.

NEXT UP: I am going to try multi/poly, with HDMX 1.30 / Lynx 1.25. @Trip any recommendation for tension? (45/48 is ref tension for GW1.17/SynGut1.25).

Was thinking 48/43 or 50/45?

 

[Trip]

UPDATE: So this setup lasted 11 days

I know it's a nitpick and beside the point, but it would be cool if you could refer to total hours played, even a rough guess, when you report string bed longevity. "11 days" could equate to 3 total hours player, or 30, we really don't know.

NEXT UP: I am going to try multi/poly

Now you're talking. Typically a much better orientation that poly/multi.

HDMX 1.30 / Lynx 1.25. @Trip any recommendation for tension? (45/48 is ref tension for GW1.17/SynGut1.25).

If by "Lynx", you mean "Lynx Tour" and not regular Lynx, and if the frame is your '23 Gravity Tour, I would probably err towards lower, and go 48/43, especially if the stringing machine is an electronic constant-pull. If it's a lockout crank, 49/44 or 50/45.

 

[SF_45er]

I know it's a nitpick and beside the point, but it would be cool if you could refer to total hours played, even a rough guess, when you report string bed longevity. "11 days" could equate to 3 total hours player, or 30, we really don't know.


Now you're talking. Typically a much better orientation that poly/multi.


If by "Lynx", you mean "Lynx Tour" and not regular Lynx, and if the frame is your '23 Gravity Tour, I would probably err towards lower, and go 48/43, especially if the stringing machine is an electronic constant-pull. If it's a lockout crank, 49/44 or 50/45.

This is for my daughter‘s Pure Drive Team (275g) and the cross is the round Lynx. She’s training on average 1.5 hrs/day.

The 45/48 setup with GW 1.17 / Wilson SG 1.25 was tensioned right for her.

But now that you mention it, I will probably try the other half of the set on my Gravity.

 

[Trip]

This is for my daughter‘s Pure Drive Team (275g) and the cross is the round Lynx. She’s training on average 1.5 hrs/day.

The 45/48 setup with GW 1.17 / Wilson SG 1.25 was tensioned right for her.

But now that you mention it, I will probably try the other half of the set on my Gravity.

Gotcha. Sorry. Brain fart on which racquet it was going into. Of course – your daughter's, not yours. In the PDT, I'd be inclined to then go a bit higher, to control some of the launchy-ness and also bolster against some tension drop, but not too high, either, because presuming she's playing it stock or close to it, it doesn't have all that much swing weight (or recoil weight, for comfort), so you're not going to want to make the string bed too firm. I'd probably go 50/45, have her hit it, especially focusing on playability after the initial tension drop, then modulate from there.