Flex vs Durability

[Cheechoo 0]

I know there are different ways to manufacture different OPS and some sticks seem to be more durable than others. But what if you compare different flexes of the same model OPS or shaft? Do you think that a flexier stick is inherently weaker than a stiffer one?

[Eazy_b97 1]

They should not be any less durable.

[mack 44]

Flexier ones are more durable than stiffer shafts. I thought it was the other way around and ate crow.

[cobrAA 0]

but it should not be more durable than like 5%(well i think)....i can figure out,,,how could it be really more durable

[Cheechoo 0]

What do you guys base your opinions on?

[Chadd 916]

What do you guys base your opinions on?

I believe Marcelo (and Justin?) posted some information on that in the past.

Obviously that was comparing senior flex to senior flex and not senior to intermediate.

[Cheechoo 0]

What do you guys base your opinions on?

I believe Marcelo (and Justin?) posted some information on that in the past.

Obviously that was comparing senior flex to senior flex and not senior to intermediate.

I couldn't find it. Could you post a link?

[Chadd 916]

What do you guys base your opinions on?

I believe Marcelo (and Justin?) posted some information on that in the past.

Obviously that was comparing senior flex to senior flex and not senior to intermediate.

I couldn't find it. Could you post a link?

It may have been on corebeam, before MSH opened. I'll look when I can.

[Eazy_b97 1]

The basic idea was give wasn't it? Thinking in extremes, a shaft, with the same length, but a 1 flex, would never break. A shaft with 500 flex, wouldn't be almost impossible to flex.

So if you put the enough force to flex the 500, it would just snap, but putting that same force into the 1 flex, it would bow like hell, but not break. I thought that was the basic conclusion. I liked the "wet noodle" example too :)

[Overtime 0]

how bought if the shaft is being slashed insteid being flexed.

[Chadd 916]

how bought if the shaft is being slashed insteid being flexed.

They all break when that happens.

[twiztidwrista10 3]

I think stiffer sticks break easyer because they just cant flex as much. i recently snapped a xx(112 flex) and i could tell the thing barley even flexed. I the stick really has to flex to break on a 100 flex or so imo.

[PBRyan 0]

With more flex comes more give therefore when a stick is flexed, be it by a shooting motion or by a slash, the flexier shaft will disperse more energy due to the give than a stiffer "brittle" stick. Eazys example seems right.

On a bit of a tangent, I always used 85-90 flexes from about bantam to Freshman year of college despite going from about 100 lbs to 200 lbs. Anyways Up until my freshman year of college I really never broke a stick shooting. Well, I broke a bunch of 85 flexes and now can't use such flexy sticks without breaking them if I wanna rip a shot (snappers or slappers). Anyways, I think a whippier flex is gonna be more durable iin most cases f you are in the proper stregnth/weight window for the flex (obviously a Lindros would snap a Intermediate 70 flex shot in a second). That's my opinion anyways.

[malcb33 100]

Not that I disagree with everybody, but I always thought that the more the stick flexes the carbon weave would open up on one side(forehand side of the shaft) of the stick and condence on the opposite side(backhand side of the shaft) of the stick. This would cause the side forehand side of the stick to stress more and the overall strength of the stick would get weaker as a result of the forehand side of the stick being stressed more!

Hope this makes sense! :D