Revolution Forum: Stone in Shoe Bob - Viewing Profile

Bradford, on 18 May 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

Baz here in the UK who makes handles preps them then has them professionally anodises in a variety of colours. He then sells them with a choice of grips he leaves people to fit there own grips, as you have already found many people have strong preferences on grip size and positioning. I have a purple set with the thicker grips set quite high and I love them.

If you are thinking about DIY anodising I am told preparation is important as the process amplifies any blemish.

oapbillf, on 05 May 2012 - 12:32 PM, said:

I'll go one stage further than that Bill, it's not a case of you don't need to do the top, I would explicitly recommend you don't do the tops because it lengthens the tops of the handles and messes with your grip, only a little but I couldn't take to the new grip position and put the top clips back.

lamrith, on 25 April 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

Run ? ? ? This old bull doesn’t do “running”.

On a more serious not, yes I’ve no doubt you could run, but that may be a little advanced for a newbie.

Khal, on 24 April 2012 - 04:45 PM, said:

It's also a good way to make ground, turn inverted, aply loads of break and slowly walk forward. It may be a little advanced, right now, but try it and see how you get on. The kite will fall if the wind is light but, turn climb and repeat to make mor ground if required.

Absolutely Tim, I am completely with you, on this, I totally get the money is tight thing. And I agree that a std B is usually the best way to go for a first Rev.

The point I was trying to make was that so many newbies think that going for a mid vent will give them the best of both worlds, but the std is called Standard for a reason. Firstly it will cope with a broader wind range than many would expect. With the three wrap frame it will be strong enough to cope with quite a blow, providing you don't go crashing it into anything silly, it will cope, you will give up way before the kite does. And with the two wrap frame it will cope with quite a low wind. Then as your skills improve you will be able to take it down to a very gentle breeze. If you are serious about this, you will eventually want to increase your wind range, this is where we start talking "bangs for bucks". If you have started with a full sail (Std) adding a full vent, two kites, will cover pretty much all you are likely to need (notice I say "need" not "want"). If you make the mistake of going mid vent first you end up needing std and full vent to get all the bases covered.