-- >While we're discussing shafts what are the pros and cons of Graphite Vs FG. >I've cut my Carbon Swift down to the length of my FG Lendal. I seem to >suffer little or no elbow or shoulder pain with the Lendal, but some with >the Swift. > >Is it psychosomatic or is there really any benefit of the fiberglass shaft? I don't know that the material makes the difference so much as the size, weight, and flexibility. Perhaps the synthetic paddles have a different rebound rate after flexing and maybe different shock absorbing qualities but so far I know of no investigations into that. Some years back I made a number of paddles for people who had shoulder problems by starting with a stiff paddle and then progressively cutting them down until the paddler was happy. The owners swear by them but I am not sure why they were better. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 04 1998 - 07:59:54 PDT
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