Hendy:
I was unaware that there was a difference in the performance of the aqua and white snow tires. I have been having some trouble with the response on my FG Ava (might be the bearing though, no sure). Would you recommend that I pop the white one’s out and replace them with the aqua ones? Sorry if I’m a bit of a noob when it comes to response pads.
I’d say keep playing the white ones until you really can’t take it any more, then replace them with the aquas. The aquas are probably better. No other reason they would make them in a different color if they weren’t different. The color of a response pad really doesn’t matter, you hardly ever see it.
Wait weren’t these first stocked in some of the earlier canvas(es) ? And arnt they just blue irpads ?
anonyo
March 20, 2013, 7:37am
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Hendy:
Hendy:
I was unaware that there was a difference in the performance of the aqua and white snow tires. I have been having some trouble with the response on my FG Ava (might be the bearing though, no sure). Would you recommend that I pop the white one’s out and replace them with the aqua ones? Sorry if I’m a bit of a noob when it comes to response pads.
What are the problems you’re having with the FG Ava? I’ve played a bunch and I haven’t had a problem with any of them. A couple of guys asked me to clean out the bearings, which improved things, but as I said, there were no problems initially in my opinion.
Let’s find out your symptoms first. I am leaning towards your play and throw, but that’s usually where I start because that’s where most of my problems are. I also find if I use a thicker string, like thick metz, with my less than perfect throw, I have problems with yoyos shooting back at me from time to time.
If you were near me, I’d say swing by and let me check it out for you, and if you want, clean the bearing anyways if you wanted it done. Since you’re right there when I’m doing it, you can see what I’m doing every step of the way.
When I pulled it out of the box and started throwing, the response and bearing were perfect after a few combos. A few days later, though, it started to get slightly responsive. Sometimes it would be dead unresponsive, on other throws the string would start to wrap around the axle when I popped it up, slowing it down but not returning. I cleaned out my bearing the standard way, the put it back in. I figured it would go back to being dead unresponsive after the lube broke in (I used valve oil, like I usually do when cleaning bearings). However, it didn’t. So I threw in the bearing of my old Northstar, which had the same problem but slightly less severe and that worked for a while. Then I decided to clean both of them again and tried both of them, but same problem. The original bearing got even worse, becoming completely tug-responsive. I have a feeling the problem originated somewhere in my cleaning process, but I don’t know exactly. The string I use is regular YYE poly. I’d venture to say I have a pretty good throw, and I tested my response by throwing a strong throw then tugging to see if the string wrapped at all.
I don’t know It sounds like you’re not cleaning things right or using too much lube.
It could just be a bearing acting up, but it’s not sounding like the pad. The gap is 4.050, which is a bit narrow for a CLYW. This has never been a problem for me with my grey with blue AVA and my Foxy Moss Comeback Ava.
Could you just try a different bearing entirely?
j_lowell9
March 20, 2013, 9:56am
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In the first run canvas’ their were modern yoyoing (jensen’s old store) blue Kentaro pads which were more grippy and lastest much longer, Im pretty sure Chris liked the idea of more grippy and longer lasting and made some
Hendy
March 20, 2013, 10:49am
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Hendy:
Hendy:
I was unaware that there was a difference in the performance of the aqua and white snow tires. I have been having some trouble with the response on my FG Ava (might be the bearing though, no sure). Would you recommend that I pop the white one’s out and replace them with the aqua ones? Sorry if I’m a bit of a noob when it comes to response pads.
What are the problems you’re having with the FG Ava? I’ve played a bunch and I haven’t had a problem with any of them. A couple of guys asked me to clean out the bearings, which improved things, but as I said, there were no problems initially in my opinion.
Let’s find out your symptoms first. I am leaning towards your play and throw, but that’s usually where I start because that’s where most of my problems are. I also find if I use a thicker string, like thick metz, with my less than perfect throw, I have problems with yoyos shooting back at me from time to time.
If you were near me, I’d say swing by and let me check it out for you, and if you want, clean the bearing anyways if you wanted it done. Since you’re right there when I’m doing it, you can see what I’m doing every step of the way.
When I pulled it out of the box and started throwing, the response and bearing were perfect after a few combos. A few days later, though, it started to get slightly responsive. Sometimes it would be dead unresponsive, on other throws the string would start to wrap around the axle when I popped it up, slowing it down but not returning. I cleaned out my bearing the standard way, the put it back in. I figured it would go back to being dead unresponsive after the lube broke in (I used valve oil, like I usually do when cleaning bearings). However, it didn’t. So I threw in the bearing of my old Northstar, which had the same problem but slightly less severe and that worked for a while. Then I decided to clean both of them again and tried both of them, but same problem. The original bearing got even worse, becoming completely tug-responsive. I have a feeling the problem originated somewhere in my cleaning process, but I don’t know exactly. The string I use is regular YYE poly. I’d venture to say I have a pretty good throw, and I tested my response by throwing a strong throw then tugging to see if the string wrapped at all.
I don’t know It sounds like you’re not cleaning things right or using too much lube.
It could just be a bearing acting up, but it’s not sounding like the pad. The gap is 4.050, which is a bit narrow for a CLYW. This has never been a problem for me with my grey with blue AVA and my Foxy Moss Comeback Ava.
Could you just try a different bearing entirely?
I’m considering buying a Buddha Ripple (10-ball, concave, groove). Hey, when you buy a new bearing, you might as well go all out. To clean the bearing I swish it around in paint thinner for a few minutes. For lube I use some key oil from my dad’s saxophone (the only thin lube I could find around the house) and put the tiniest little drop possible in it. If it turns out that key oil is too thick I’ll just buy some proper lube instead of the bearing (or maybe just a cheaper one).
THe blue ones should be called dirty snow tires…
Sounds cool, if they were brown. They should make yellow snow tires :P.
Brown ones should be called “skid marks”…
just sayin’…
N8dogg
March 20, 2013, 4:28pm
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My first run Little Scrappy Fetus Canvas definitely came with standard, white snow-tires. Did yours really come with something different?
Mud Tracks. Skid marks are black.
Kentaro made those for Jensen in like 2010 when Jensen ran his store called Modern YoYoing. The pads are all gone, and the price for us to buy them from Kentario is absolutely insane. So I most likely won’t ever be ordering them, but maybe Jensen will one day. Good luck finding them!
xamor
March 20, 2013, 5:31pm
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Black? What on earth are you eating?
Your saying skid marks on a road aren’t black.
caribouchris:
Kentaro made those for Jensen in like 2010 when Jensen ran his store called Modern YoYoing. The pads are all gone, and the price for us to buy them from Kentario is absolutely insane. So I most likely won’t ever be ordering them, but maybe Jensen will one day. Good luck finding them!
so what is the difference between the white and blue? Is it just people think they work better for no reason or are they different pads?
SaltySalvador:
You’re too young.
They are not talking on a driveway
Maybe I am. What’s it mean, I don’t get it. I’m horrible when it comes to jokes that are tricky :).
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WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?!?! facedesk
