Need some help with curves and flexes

[k.nick91 0]

the patterns are all numbers and the only thing that resembles flexes are X's

http://www.hockeyworld.com/prodHome.ihtml?...D=51&shop=1

theres a link to the page they are on

can anyone make sense of all these? mainly the flexes?

also what does anybody know about this stick?

im looking to get a good woody for a back up b/c id rather spend more on good wood than the same price on a horrible composite OPS.

also if anyone knows which pattern is close to a PM9 that would help a ton. looking for about a 90 flex too...

thanks

[adam14 182]

MOD is the modano clones, the more X's it has, the stiffer it is.

[Rustpot 1]

Wood flex has nothing to do with composite flex, different animals. I don't know how the numbers work, but I know you don't want a wet noodle of a wood stick like you would a graphite shaft, wood doesn't kick and you use the flex a lot less.

[Pinoroho 0]

Wood flex has nothing to do with composite flex, different animals. I don't know how the numbers work, but I know you don't want a wet noodle of a wood stick like you would a graphite shaft, wood doesn't kick and you use the flex a lot less.

Not true. Flexes of shafts are actually similar from wood to composite. They just didn't mark the flexes on the wood sticks like they do with the composites. As far as kick and blade stiffness between the two, now that's a different story.

[Jarick 5]

Actually the MOD isn't a Modano, it's a 4.5 lie Lidstrom-esque curve.

Here's the catalog with the curves

[Rustpot 1]

Wood flex has nothing to do with composite flex, different animals. I don't know how the numbers work, but I know you don't want a wet noodle of a wood stick like you would a graphite shaft, wood doesn't kick and you use the flex a lot less.

Not true. Flexes of shafts are actually similar from wood to composite. They just didn't mark the flexes on the wood sticks like they do with the composites. As far as kick and blade stiffness between the two, now that's a different story.

They may be rated using the same method of X lbs per Y displacement, but the numbers do not correlate between materials. A person using a 75 flex OPS that tried to use a 75 flex wood stick (S flex or something) would find themselves flubbing every shot.

When I said I don't know how the numbers work I meant that I don't know how stiff someone using a 90 flex OPS should go with a wood stick. They behave differently and can't be compared apples to apples.

[Pinoroho 0]

They may be rated using the same method of X lbs per Y displacement, but the numbers do not correlate between materials. A person using a 75 flex OPS that tried to use a 75 flex wood stick (S flex or something) would find themselves flubbing every shot.

When I said I don't know how the numbers work I meant that I don't know how stiff someone using a 90 flex OPS should go with a wood stick. They behave differently and can't be compared apples to apples.

True. True. That's where the blade stiffness and kick come into play.

[Chadd 916]

Wood sticks are usually close to the flex that is marked on them, at least they are at first. Once you take a couple slapshots they start to get more and more whippy. Most people go with a stiffer flex when using wood sticks as compared to their composite flex.