V Groove

[UNCdefense]

alright i read the rules & do believe it says i'm allowed to bring up new heads coming out like the STX V Groove

basically i'm completley stoked about this head, & all day today it's been all i've thought about...now the thing is i know nothing about it. Laxworld is the only website i found with something even semi close to a review on it.lax.com doesn't even acknowledge it's existence yet :bull: :whyme:
So i was hoping someone on here would have one & help me sleep well tonight by telling me of it's extreme nasghtiness :agree:

[fogolax]

doesn't tony have one? or was that the kannon?

[NF Lax23----<o)]

Saw one at the store a few days ago.... flexible, very flexible. pinched, very pinched. Seems to be an awsome attack head. Price tag was ot of control though. $120, but it did come with the crankshaft.

[gigo567]

Saw one at the store a few days ago.... flexible, very flexible. pinched, very pinched. Seems to be an awsome attack head. Price tag was ot of control though. $120, but it did come with the crankshaft.
But because it comes with a crankshaft then it is a low price to pay.

[Lax101]

Umm...what the hell was the point of this thread?

[UNCdefense]

So feel free to state your opinion on your gear, old school equipment, or new buzz generating stuff set to come out.


no need to use harsh words mr. mod i was simply hoping someone could give me the "buzz" on this new head....NFlax you said its flexible? i was under the impression it was extremley stiff like the X2 or wizard

[elementsk8r070]

doesn't tony have one? or was that the kannon?
neither it was a primer. I doubt he would buy a kannon even if it were cheap.

[laxattack8888]

Yeah, for a complete stick, $120 is extremely reasonable, especailly considering most higer-end complete sticks retail for around $200 or more.
Apparently, The V-Groove is going to be the lightest head in production. It's not supposed to come out until January though, but the Kannon is out for like $5-$10 less. I think Stx said that they wanted to use 2 long bars of plastic to construct the head (excluding the sidewall "V" design and the throat) and make sidewall holes out of the lower bar, if that made any sense. You can see the 2-bar thing take place at the scoop, the upper bar is the actual scoop, and where the lower bar fuses creates the 4 top string holes. A clever idea, and that would probably make an extremely light head.

[NF Lax23----<o)]

it was an alluminum cranksaft or alloy or something cheap not the expensive crankshaft. But UNC, it's flexible along the lines of I'd say an evo pro, flexible but not Truth flexible.

[gaitlacrosse31]

it was an alluminum cranksaft or alloy or something cheap not the expensive crankshaft. But UNC, it's flexible along the lines of I'd say an evo pro, flexible but not Truth flexible.

there are only 2 crankshafts out. the one with the 2 degree offset used with any head. and the one with the 10 degree offset used with the kannon or v groove or whatever. im pretty sure that they are both made out of the same expensive higher end metal. and there is no such thing as a cheap alluminum one

[D Bay]

I have seen this stick on a crankshaft. It's super pinched and light, which is awesome, but it is really flexible even brand new. I could deffinetely see this head ending up as flexible as a wet noodle after a season. Also NF lax, you are dead wrong. I have a truth and this is more flexible than it and couldn't stand up to an evo pro. Anyway the flexibility of the truth isn't that much. I'm guessing you probably don't have either.

[NF Lax23----<o)]

I do have an evo pro, but no thruth... I've just heard the truth is on the flexiblity level of the answer(which is pretty flexible). And about the al crankshaft the guy there said it was al, but then again it was Play It Again Sports so I'm not sure how knowledgable he was.

[D Bay]

it's not as flexible as the answer, that's for sure. It's about as flexible as the finalizer (and I used to have 2 of them) so flexible, not a new standard of flexibility, though.

[laxattack8888]

I was pretty sure that the Crankshaft 2 was a 7075 alloy and the Crankshaft 10 that comes complete with the Kannon/V-Groove was al6000 aluminum.

[Magoo]

What does the V-groove weigh? primer?

[BioPro29]

I honestly don't think the v-groove will be able to take much abuse, either because of warping or just snapping. The kannon sounds much more appealing to me.

[superlaxman2]

The crankshaft 2 has a 2 degree bend, and the 10 has a 10 degree bend. Makes sense, doesnt it. they are both made of the same aluminum.

[AttackMan17]

I was looking at a vgrove, to me it looks like the scoop would be pretty weak, because of the design...it looks like 2 strips of plactic connected in like 5 places to make scoop holes.

But ive never actually used it so i cant say anything for sure.

[laxattack8888]

^ Wow, does no one read my posts? That's exactly what I wrote above.

[AttackMan17]

^whoops, sorry 'bout that. :banghead:

[kingdawgell]

anyone got pics or links to pics of this v groove? this is the first im hearing about it.

[AttackMan17]

http://www.lacrosseunlimited.com//index.cfm/p/3/c/6/pid/821

[gigo567]

I might get one. $110 is a reasonable price for a complete stick with a new type of technology.

[James]

that looks like it has a sick pinch i am intrested. its not bad like gigo said for a complete stick but its still pretty steep

[montebon]

Man $75 for ans aluminum offset shaft is steep though. I was looking at getting the crankshaft2 and was like "alumiinum is heavy and breaks easily..." I'm not sure.

[gigo567]

Man $75 for ans aluminum offset shaft is steep though. I was looking at getting the crankshaft2 and was like "alumiinum is heavy and breaks easily..." I'm not sure.
The shaft is made out of the 7000 series metal. It is supposed to be around the quality of a c405.

[RockStar]

Flexible with a pinch like that?

If a stiffy like the revo pro could pinch itself illegal, what chance does this thing have?