chickenonabun
Double Eagle Member
how is the glide on the newer (not predator like) traks?
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The glide on my "regular" run Trak is excellent as far as my early impression goes. And I'm adjusting my impression of it from "Leopard-like" to "Stalker-like." It doesn't turn very far, but prefers to head more or less straight down the fairway. It's on the soft side of medium for stiffness, and has an interesting chalky texture on the surface. My Ascent, on the other hand, is on the stiff side of medium, has a much less porous feel on the surface, and has become strangely flippy over the past year. It's almost a roller disc at this point. Not sure what to do with it, since it doesn't have much visible wear.
My experience echos Lewis'. I bought a second Ascent when my first one started turning over. It still looks good, but doesn't fly like it used to. I use it on "no run up - all arm" shots.
Are you using Firms or Mediums? My Mediums have held their stability nicely but my Firms went instantly understable in less than a week.
my Firms went instantly understable in less than a week.
Congrats Steve on another great tourney. I was present for all of the events friday and had an absolute blast. There truly is no other tourney that embodies the welcomeness, fun, and festivities of this sport and its players. Truly hope you never let the bar go lower from one year to the next, can't wait for the day I feel confident enough to throw my name in the hat and play.
While I was there I picked up two Soles and an Ibex of the Super Firm variety. Played a round at Pyramids (next door) that Friday with the Soles and was very impressed. Finally a Vibram disc that GLIDES! :hfive:
My thoughts on the disc: It feels great in the hand, there's no bead yet it kind of feels like there is one. It's not too deep but not too shallow, coming from a guy who loves his Latitude 64 Pures, I would say the depth of rim is nearly perfect if not a bit on the deeper side for me. I like the feel in the hand and, especially now that the disc has seen a few rounds, I love the grippyness of this blend. I'm not completely sold on the stiffness, though I do enjoy a rigid putter, this might actually be a bit on the stiff side for me. It's not bad though, it snaps out of the hand well. My single complaint is that it falls somewhere between the VP and Ridge in stability. Not what I want in a putter. It's workable if you force it anhyzer but that's not my style. If this sucker was in the stability range of somewhere between the Ridge and Summit BUT retained this feel I would be pretty freaking ecstatic. The Sole on pyramids was kind of a nightmare thanks to all those tight window up and down hill shots. It was just too stable to float its way down to the target. For those of you watching the Vibram think Hole 4, the tight alley down hill to the pin with the water behind it. I really doubt I could throw a Sole down that gap as it would either fade out way too soon or travel too far thanks to the spin I had to impart on it to get it to fly straighter.
Now lets talk Ibex. Reminds me of a Buzzz with a Rancho Roc top not in flight but in feel. In flight it's... well, I guess it's a lot like a beat in San Marino Roc but with some Buzzz qualities. I took it out on a course just the other day where there are a couple holes that I will specifically reach for a Buzzz and not a Roc, and vice versa. I do this because in my mind the Buzzz goes further and just a hair straighter. The Roc is a little shorter but more lofty if that makes any sense. On the Roc holes I was pleasently surprised to find that the Ibex had the loft/glide and stability to show just enough Fade to remind me of a Roc. What really surprised me thereafter though was when I used it on the Buzzz hole... I over threw it by about 10' on a slight hyzer that held it's line for 330'ish before fading out. So my fears of throwing another rubber brick as a mid were put to rest as this thing can hold the line and go the distance. Just for kicks I tried it out on a hole I usually throw a putter on a decent hyzer line to scoop in around a tree barrier and it powered down quite well. Even on a much slower and shorter line it held the line fairly well.
Right now I'd say I like the Ibex more than I do the Sole simple because it's less overstable than the Sole. If the Sole gets tweeked just a little though to get rid of some of that overstability it'll be money. All you Buzzz/Roc throwers, give the Ibex a try. Hopefully the non "super-firm" run will fly similar or everything I just wrote will be bunk.
TL;DR edition: Vibram Open was awesome, Ibexs are tits, Soles are sweet but too stable right now - stay tuned they might get tweeked before release.
http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/flight-ratings.htmlMy ridge also has a 6 for the distance. Has anyone figured out any info on this???
I'll be honest, I didn't read all the thousands of posts on this thread, but I had a couple of questions about Vibram products.
I'm really interested in trying out the two fairway drivers and the overstable putters. Can anyone speak to the consistency and durability of the different discs and different levels of softness? Is there any other plastic (Innova or Discraft) that the X-Link compares to? What kind of break-in process do the discs go through in the different levels of softness?
Finally, What level of softness do you use (collectively)? Pros, cons?
My Ascent flies like it is beat in, but it is the one I used for the initial brick wall tests. Other than that, they've been in the bag for two+ years and no discernable difference. Some folks have sunken tops on their Ridges (whether on purpose or not, I don't know) and these seem to fly a tad less stable making a great hyzer flip disc.
Since I know you all can keep a secret, here are a couple pages I added to the website today:
http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/ibex.html
http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/sole.html
It is looking like an end of September time frame for the Sole release and a mid-October for the Ibex. The tester discs, which we do want feedback on, will be going out next week.