>The written material on paddle shafts seems to indicate that a fg shaft will >be kinder to joints but I have been unable to detect much difference in my >2 glass and one graphite shaft. I have met a few racers who train with glass >to "protect joints" then race with carbon. Even carbon shafts vary widely. The shaft on my Schlegel slalom paddle was quite inflexible and transmitted all the shock of impact to my joints; the shaft on my Mitchell slalom paddle has *just* enough flex to take up some of that shock -- but not enough to cause me to waste power deforming it. It feels so much better, and I'm able to train with it full-time without the aches and pains that I got when training with the Schlegel. ---Rsk Rich Kulawiec rsk_at_gsp.org *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Oct 06 1998 - 14:08:43 PDT
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