The Cult of PT57

[vsbabolat]

This is where you can talk about and share your PT57 experience. All variations of PT57 and paint jobs are welcomed as are photos of your PT57. I'm sorry but no TGT or TGK allowed.

 

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[Backhanded Compliment]

such variety in players

 

[PT630Wannabe]

I really have a soft spot for that first gen Youtek Radical paint job.

 

[leohaegger]

Man, i am so lucky!! I bought two i.prestige mp, which is the PT57E in retail form in mint conditions!!!

Great Thread, @vsbabolat !!!

 

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[Christian Olsson]

What models are pt57's?

 

[vsbabolat]

What models are pt57's?

Original Radical Tour 260 Bumblebee
Pro Tour 630/280
Radical Tour TwinTube 630
Lite Tour 630
i.Prestige MP
Lite Tour XL
and various Pro Stock models

 

[PT630Wannabe]

What models are pt57's?

Do you want the blue pill or the red pill?

 

[PT630Wannabe]

Here's my PT57E. (On permanent loan from my buddy, a former pro.)

 

[vsbabolat]

 

[joohan]

Even Edward Cullen(no. 10) and Bradley Cooper(no. 11) play with the PT57.

 

[PT630Wannabe]

Vampires are so dreamy...

 

[leohaegger]

What PT is Soderling's racquet?

 

[vsbabolat]

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/murray-testing-gut-mains.555812/#post-10063041

 

[PT630Wannabe]

How light was/is the Lite Tour 630? Would it make a good platform for mods in a way that the retail PT630 wouldn't because of it's already high static weight? They seem a little cheaper on the bay...

 

[vsbabolat]

What PT is Soderling's racquet?

PT57A

 

[leohaegger]

Thanks, @vsbabolat .

 

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[leohaegger]

Who said Prestige wasn't made for girls..

 

[mrravioli]

trimmed cap for the i. prestige?

 

[Christian Olsson]

Original Radical Tour 260 Bumblebee
Pro Tour 630/280
Radical Tour TwinTube 630
Lite Tour 630
i.Prestige MP
Lite Tour XL
and various Pro Stock models

I got the radical bumblebee 630. They are good but the hoop could be stiffer. Very soft. Feels softer than the 58 RA it measured. If it were around 65 RA it could very well be my main racquet.

 

[vsbabolat]

I got the radical bumblebee 630. They are good but the hoop could be stiffer. Very soft. Feels softer than the 58 RA it measured. If it were around 65 RA it could very well be my main racquet.

Try a Lite Tour 630. They are stiffer.

 

[vsbabolat]

trimmed cap for the i. prestige?

He just used i.Prestige grommets on his PT57A

 

[leohaegger]

Does anybody know what is inside Soderling's handle? It is so weird! I never seen something like this.

 

[PT630Wannabe]

Yeah, I was wondering the same.

 

[tandayu]

Original Radical Tour 260 Bumblebee
Pro Tour 630/280
Radical Tour TwinTube 630
Lite Tour 630
i.Prestige MP
Lite Tour XL
and various Pro Stock models

HI Vsbabolat, since you are so good in gathering pictures, actually many pros used the Radical tour 260 MP/trisys 260 during the 90s, and probably more than the blue PT57a

 

[outta'time]

Does anybody know what is inside Soderling's handle? It is so weird! I never seen something like this.

It's a custom handle by P1 without a buttcap. I know it looks it is made of wood. The dark spot is actually a hole where the silicon (or somekind of other "magic") was injected.

 

[vsbabolat]

All the same racquet in nice different paint jobs. Thats what they do.

 

[surrealfx]

I still find it infuriating that Head will not re-release this racket considering how many pros are using it. So, in order to buy it, we have to spend hundreds of dollars on decades-old rackets or buy pro stocks customized for other players. Silliness.

 

[Bogdan_TT]

I have an i.Radical MP. Is it similar to PT57?

 

[leohaegger]

It's a custom handle by P1 without a buttcap. I know it looks it is made of wood. The dark spot is actually a hole where the silicon (or somekind of other "magic") was injected.

Thanks, @outta'time . But this handle is ugly as hell!!!

 

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[vsbabolat]

I have an i.Radical MP. Is it similar to PT57?

No, sorry.

 

[Doc Hollidae]

No, sorry.

Who's your avatar of?

 

[vsbabolat]

Who's your avatar of?

Caroline Wozniacki

 

[leohaegger]

Caroline Wozniacki

WHAT!!! Is it she?

Dawm, she looks hot!!

 

[vsbabolat]

WHAT!!! Is it she?

Dawm, she looks hot!!

Check out sports illustrated

 

[PT630Wannabe]

It's really bizarre how many players choose this racquet over the entire rest of the Head line consistently. For many many years.

 

[YesTennis]

Check out sports illustrated

Body paint, and yes she's hot!

 

[nickellwood]

I don't really know a lot about customising tennis rackets but it appears that a lot of the men featured in the above pictures appear to have lead at 3 and 9 o clock on their rackets. Is this common among men on the pro tour? Would they have lead hidden under the bumper guard at 12 too?

 

[PT630Wannabe]

Yes. The PT57 pro stocks start very light and have silicon added in the handles and lead under the bumpers by the pros' racquet techs.

 

[djNEiGht]

I'm lucky to have scored x2 i.Prestige MP. Sad part is that the caps wore out and the only thing available was standard grommets. Still plays great.

 

[djNEiGht]

What was used here?

 

[PT630Wannabe]

That might have just been for the poster. I don't remember him using that in the film.