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RPM for wakestyle compared to hadlow/fuel. too fast?

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RPM for wakestyle compared to hadlow/fuel. too fast?

Postby prep » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:14 pm

anyone else find the 8m RPM just to twichy and fast to unhook on ? even on slowest settings it just doesn't feel good sometimes, power very on and off, have to be ridden really fast to get pop and jumps around to much

10 and 12 are good, and 8 is ok in perfect conditions, but sometimes I wonder how fuel or hadlow would compare ? as i dont have a chance to demo.

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Re: RPM for wakestyle compared to hadlow/fuel. too fast?

Postby idobyms » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:41 pm

did you set the front lines attachment bridles in wakestyle mode?
and set the rear lines (is that right for direction lines white/red ones??) on the heaviest bar pressure ?

the difference between that and freestyle/lightest bar pressure is huge

if still find it twitchy, ride it in freestyle mode and lighttest bar pressure couple more time,
doing lots of unhooked,

then switch all , so you will feel more confortable unhooking


after that.... shorten the bar! :D

not a pure wakestyler at all, just doing some unhooking moves
and ride 12 m RPM most of the time, when i ride the 8 m I feel like you
but i`m riding in freestyle and lightest Bar pressure, easiest for looping

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Re: RPM for wakestyle compared to hadlow/fuel. too fast?

Postby Starsky » Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:18 pm

Use a smaller bar.

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Re: RPM for wakestyle compared to hadlow/fuel. too fast?

Postby azbree » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:34 pm

hybrids are always to fast in small sizes a 7m fuel is quick but not hybrid quik

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