Posted by poleman_henley on March 13, 2003 at 17:12:56:
In Reply to: carbon is a stiffener and a waste of money in shorter poles posted by ESSX on February 07, 2003 at 09:26:27:
I'm sorry Bruce, but i disagree totally with what you said about carbon not speeding timing up. I have vaulted on Altius, UCS Spirit, and Pacer carbon. Altius is just a plain fiberglass pole...and if you put an altius of the same weight, length and relative flex as a carbon side by side....the carbon is much faster and returns more energy to the vaulter no matter the length of the pole. UCS also does the same only not as lightweight. My point is....yes there is a difference and it doesnt start at pole lengths of 15'9" and up.