String guidance....Tour Bite

[FuzzyYellowBalls]

Hello everyone more knowledgeable about strings than I am....I've used Hyper G, Confidential, and PTP mostly lately. I got stuck using Tour Bite for a few matches and liked it as much as PTP and maybe a little bit better on some spin serves. Not quite as soft, but nothing too bad about it. Is Tour Bite the best or top 5 in the category of shaped poly? If not I'd like to try some others for fun. If so, I'd rather not go crazy trying strings since I do love PTP and Tour Bite is growing on me.

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 775108]

For me Tour Bite is the best shaped string in soft to medium stiff racquets for many players. Crisp and Powerful and somehow still Controlled. BUT In some stiffer racquets it can feel very wiry and stiff.

After I found Tour Bite I haven't been able to take any other shaped string seriously. What I find is many good players especially juniors who started tennis after HyG was introduced have never even tried Tour Bite because it was introduced a long time ago.

Some of the data in TTW is incorrect as well making it seem like it loses tension (it loses some initially and goes from direct to slightly pockety but doesnt lose control) much faster than HyG which is not true as overall lifespan is basically the same.

 

[FuzzyYellowBalls]

For me Tour Bite is the best shaped string in soft to medium stiff racquets for many players. Crisp and Powerful and somehow still Controlled. BUT In some stiffer racquets it can feel very wiry and stiff.

After I found Tour Bite I haven't been able to take any other shaped string seriously. What I find is many good players especially juniors who started tennis after HyG was introduced have never even tried Tour Bite because it was introduced a long time ago.

Some of the data in TTW is incorrect as well making it seem like it loses tension (it loses some initially and goes from direct to slightly pockety but doesnt lose control) much faster than HyG which is not true as overall lifespan is basically the same.

Nice, thanks. I did find TB a little stiffer to the extent I didn't like it at first, maybe after an hour it settled in, I'm using a 65 flex racket.

 

[Deleted member 775108]

Nice, thanks. I did find TB a little stiffer to the extent I didn't like it at first, maybe after an hour it settled in, I'm using a 65 flex racket.

It works better with a round cross. Increases overall lifespan and comfort. You could try TB mains x PTP crosses