String Tension Only. Really!

[Toydy]

86/86lbs because that is where the stringer maxes out.

 

[PBODY99]

40 / 38 lbs

 

[djkahn86]

54.5/52.5
10 % prestretch

 

[ThePro101]

44

 

[aarenes]

30 ĺbs

 

[Ronaldo]

86/86lbs because that is where the stringer maxes out.

Wear Protection while stringing?

 

[Shroud]

Wear Protection while stringing?

Never any issues. I wear glasses and the couple times strings broke nothing happened. Forten kevlar broke while stringing but never had ashaway break. Zx once. Thats it. No issues. But I do look away on the first pull usually.

 

[Ronaldo]

Never any issues. I wear glasses and the couple times strings broke nothing happened. Forten kevlar broke while stringing but never had ashaway break. Zx once. Thats it. No issues. But I do look away on the first pull usually.

 

[t_pac]

50lbs

 

[mxvb]

Between 20 and 23 kg

 

[Ares2323]

50lbs

 

[cd3768]

53/51

 

[AllDownTheLine]

48

 

[shadow01]

50/48

 

[Villain]

57 lbs or 55 lbs as I’ve been alternating between string types lately.

 

[tennisBIEST]

52lbs

 

[Happi]

40 Sergetti

 

[zipplock]

45

 

[Gooner]

50/48 warmer months
46/44 colder months

 

[rafa_prestige89]

57/55

 

[tennisintheeighties]

45 lbs - ( 20.5 kgs)

 

[BlueB]

I forgot...

 

[Ronaldo]

62# hybrid

 

[happyandbob]

50/50

 

[RF_PRO_STAFF]

49/46

 

[Crimsonchen]

50/52

 

[Tennease]

M 52 lbs
C 50 lbs

 

[Karma Tennis]

Whatever tension produces a string bed DT Reading of 36 N/mm fresh off the Stringing machine - measured at the centre of the sweet spot of the string bed.

As I have always said, Reference Tensions viewed in isolation are meaningless.

 

[Shroud]

Whatever tension produces a string bed DT Reading of 36 N/mm fresh off the Stringing machine - measured at the centre of the sweet spot of the string bed.

As I have always said, Reference Tensions viewed in isolation are meaningless.

Good point. In that case I prefer a dt of 56 and often need to restring the crosses when its below 52...

 

[tennisbike]

For fun: Out of my stringing notebook: Reference tension, (not going to tell you what it read after stringing)

Volkl C10 Pro
Main: M1~M8: (lbs) 43-43-43, 40-40-40, 43-46
Cross: 44, --40--, 44

PK BlackAce
Main: 30-30-30, 29-28-26, 23-17
Cross: 15-17-19-20-21-22-22-22-22-23-23-(reverse)23-22-22-22-21-20-19-17-15

 

[socallefty]

Is the OP going to step back into this thread and enlighten us on what the point of the thread was? What does a bunch of numbers without any context tell us?

Would have been better if he has asked us to list the tension along with the strings and racquet information. But, what do I know about what he wanted to find out or prove?

 

[Karma Tennis]

Would have been better if he has asked us to list the tension along with the strings and racquet information.

Even that information would be pretty useless unless a player was planning to try the exact same configuration for themselves.

That's why I quoted DT values. DT values are a universal indicator that spans all racquet and string configurations.

And with a bunch of DT values, it is easy to identify whether players prefer softer or stiffer string beds.

In fact, even more valuable would be to identify DT values paired with Player Standard. Those numbers could be used to determine if there is any correlation between the standard of a Player and the stiffness of the string bed they use. (Of course, there would be some variation because not all frames have the same stiffness rating.)

Of course, this whole thread could be a Thought Experiment to identify how many posters actually understand the relevance of Reference Tensions.

 

[Shroud]

Even that information would be pretty useless unless a player was planning to try the exact same configuration for themselves.

That's why I quoted DT values. DT values are a universal indicator that spans all racquet and string configurations.

And with a bunch of DT values, it is easy to identify whether players prefer softer or stiffer string beds.

In fact, even more valuable would be to identify DT values paired with Player Standard. Those numbers could be used to determine if there is any correlation between the standard of a Player and the stiffness of the string bed they use. (Of course, there would be some variation because not all frames have the same stiffness rating.)

Of course, this whole thread could be a Thought Experiment to identify how many posters actually understand the relevance of Reference Tensions.

would need to track sw numbers as well...

 

[gusgrand]

Volkl V1-Pro 99.5", Weiss CANNON Black 5 Edge 17 @ 56-57lb in the summer and 52-53 in the winter

 

[mogo]

42pds

 

[Soho78]

56/52
58/54

 

[Tennease]

Currently changed to 48 lbs main, 50 lbs cross.

 

[boingtay]

40

 

[Ronaldo]

40

either low or extremely high

 

[taylor15]

52/50 Spring Summer Fall
50/48 winter

 

[AesBinz]

47/50 lbs fb co-poly

 

[Nollid]

56

 

[muddlehead]

33 lbs.

 

[EasternRocks]

52/49