nanogy 98 should be similar to 95 accept the gauge 0.66mm i heard should be good if you get the correct tension - lower than your usual because of the outer coating which makes the string elongate slower 98 durability don't know yet but 95 last quite long
Ditto on the NBG98. I had it on a test racket and concluded that I hated it. I found the Ti strings too slippery as well so stuck with the BG80 till now. OTOH, I just tried the BG66M -- uber sweet. It's like the BG66 on viagra -- lasts longer. I'll take my queue behind Cheung for your Cab20's
...4 at USD500 a pop, wow, it's some 2 grand resting in your bag there. ...4 more in storage? Hmmm, with so many for keeps (out there, for sure) and still many hanging in the racks or the virtual racks on the internet...I wonder how it can still fetch so much in the market? Sorry, a little off-topic but it boggles me. Seems the law of supply and demand has to be redefined (at least for classic baddy rackets!).
Instead of spending your money on upgrading your PC, get yourself a stringing machine and string yourself, Cheung.
Do you know how much that would cost? Not just the cost of the machine. It takes up 4 square foot of space and HK's property prices are priced on $ per square foot. Given that the cost of stringing a racquet is 60$ (HK), I figured it is more cost effective to have a stringer do the work, especially as I don't get to play as much as before. Bought them a long time ago and definitely not for USD500 Who is silly enough to pay so much? Then I again, I love my cab20. IF I were to change, I would probably have to spend USD500 testing a few different models of racquets.
Exactly.....and you would waste loads of time reading reviews, going to purchase them then being disappointed when it doesn't match up. IMO there are very few rackets that play even similar to Cab20, nevermind as good.
cab 20 is a good racket but for sure can't be strung at 30lbs if any stringer tells you he can string at 30lbs, just try one piece and see whether that racket be be strung more than 4 times at the same tension i have broken 8 pcs before within 2-3 years time & stringing them between 22-24lbs
Quickly on top of my head (if I remember correctly when I went there last month...) I think CAB 20 Orig sells for USD 500 while ''e78'' sells the CAB 20 for USD 350; that's not the whole story (depending whether it's blue, red or purple colored; with orig 3/4s racket cover not; CN or IP coded; individual consignment or chinese national coach's consignment -- they are mum about the sourcing part to an extent.)...but I just thought: Whoa-what! Oh, also someone brought me to an obscure place called Dragon Sports, they too have the racket at roughly USD 450! Hmmm, thanks for the reminder, yep it certainly slips my mind since diamond's are...a girl's best friend? While a baddy is a baddy enthusiast/collectors best friend!
Positive sir. The reason I took particular notice is because I have one blue colored CAB 20 sold to me by a friend some 5-6 years ago (gold logo on black; the old logo).
I've just ordered nanogy 95 at 28lbs. I actually met the master stringer and discussed that the others in his shop will not pull greater than 24lbs. He happily said 28lbs is no problem. He also added that BG65 has changed over the years and not as good as before. Yonex, in order to maintain their profit, puts out BG70pro which is more like the old BG65. Anyway, from this forum, I chose the ngy95. Quite expensive for HK standards. Strung at 28lbs. Because I forgot what you wrote about the pretensioning. Whoops :O. Will see what's it like on Friday.
i am used to having the racquets done at 26-28lbs (30lbs during more competitive days). Most of the time with BG65. Only one broke and that was after a few years (and it was second hand). I used 3 -4 interchangebly i.e. no one favourite racquet. Mind you my racquets feel different from the later production batches of cab20. Mine feel more robust.
i like that - 3-4 interchangebly no favourite racket that way no complain to yourself favourite racket string broke and more concentration on games. of course later production slightly different my last 2 pieces broke much sooner than previous thats why i changed racket!
The idea behind inter changin rackets is that they will all "alter" in the same way. Ie as the carbon get older and more flexy if you just use one then wait for it to break by the time you change back to the 2nd one it will behave totally different, but as the racket 1 changed slowly you never noticed that it changed. I believe all Cheung's rackets should be the same batch more or less (all original, old coding/logo cab20)
true very true old rackets are more flexible that's why many people have their favorite racket and when their string broke they cry..
The stringer I have taken the racquets to is the senior stringer. His shop and staff used to do all the racquets for the HK Open and previously the Thomas/Uber cups when staged in HK. SO they have a lot of experience of stringing at high tension. Master stringer recognises me from my competitive days so he said 30lbs no problem! However, i chose 28 instead. I remember one story they said - the early days, nobody used tensions of 30lbs. One of the first (if not the first) to request was Park Joo Bong of Korea using the old cab9. They do not do the HK Open stringing anymore after Sunrise took over sponsorship of HK Open. Then Sunrise brought their own stringers to the tournament.
