Was in the waiting room waiting forMy dentist working in Superman with my MFD Forte Las Vegas Nights.
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Moar Butterfly (again). I think the new Butterfly might be my favorite fixie. Response is a little less aggressive than my Survivalist so play seems to be more affected by string torsion, which makes for a very engaging experience. Loosen it up for really good spin times for 1A, tighten it back up and it is a snappy moon-shooting 0A machine that excells with stalls and flips.
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it popped up on the BST here a couple of weeks ago. i couldn’t resist.
kgb
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“string torsion” @bheinz63 November 2nd 2022
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What people commonly refer to as string tension is actually torsion. When you hold the string tight it is under tension
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Cant tell if sarcasm lol
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nope no sarcasm
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I’m just really stupid
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Are you double looping the string on the axle? I double loop all my butterflies so far. This one is still in transit to me.
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Thats not stupid at all, the entire community at large uses the wrong word. I just felt it important to use that distinction because a lack of tension (tightness) in a fixie causes the response, and string torsion (how twisted the string is) affects how much response is generated
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Nope, i do not double loop
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For what its worth, I’m using Kitty FIrst Class Fat that I stretch fairly hard (harder than I do for unresponsive or bearing responsive). I find the response is not very responsive until the string breaks in then its a real nice experience of adjusting torsion for the level of response I want. I really enjoy how capable at 1A this Butterfly is
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I will have to try that out. I use OTS Normal and usually double loop and then don’t have to break in, but as the string gets older (past broken-in to replacement) it will usually stop sleeping in one direction.
I also am not usually throwing 1A on my Butterflies.
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i try to stick to cotton with these, but the torsion control is how you adjust for sure.
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Highly recommend mixing in some 1A between your stalls and stm’s on the butterfly. This new one is very capable
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I dont have any cotton string to try. I only have plastic bodied, metal axled fixies so I just use the same string as I do on everything else
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