Thursday, December 27, 2012

#45 - A Failure All Around


I'm currently experiencing a bit of a problem sourcing the bamboo that I normally use for building and this deck is an attempt to try something new with some more readily available material. For all intents and purposes it didn't go well, but not so bad I could bare to throw it in the bin. I actually think the feel of the deck is pretty nice, comfortable concave, a good rear bias camber that I like for LDP and really nice pop for someone a little lighter than myself. The problems come in the way it had to be built. It was very, very difficult to get the cave into it and as close as it is to correct it's not quite right. I also had some problems in finishing that made it not so pretty, at least not as pretty in person as it appears here. All that said, it's not good enough to sell, not bad enough to toss, and to close to #44 to be worth setting it up myself. I figured someone else might have a better use for it, So, it's headed off to a new owner and if it disappoints, at least it was free.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

#44 - A New Kind of Build for Me


This is a new to me LDP design I've been kicking around in my head for a while. One ply of 4mm h-lam bamboo, one of 3mm v-lam bamboo, lots of carbon, some fabric, and a curly maple stringer to finish it off. The deck has a lot more liveliness than #28, my go to LDP deck for the last couple of years, and is not a whole lot softer. Other than the tiny bubbles in the epoxy due to putting it under heat a bit too soon I call this one a success.