Quote from: Kiola on March 12, 2013, 09:57:46 AM

Hi JT..

The Softer one might be Broken though.. Springs can break day 1 .. even just a little bit it can make it soft in various ways. If its still too soft after you switch you might need a new pair of springs to replace them :-(

Good luck! :-)

Yup thats what i had to do, can storage affect springs too? I usually keep them in my trunk...temperature may be a factor too maybe?

I've never found temperature to effect them all that much. Unless it's below freezing out. Then the springs are stiffer. I've stored my springs in hot environments and never noticed anything unusual happen to them.

But I always wear a spring out faster then the other. For me it's because I tend to jump with one foot and land with my weight more on my dominate leg. This tends to wear it faster. If they aren't to soft yet you can swap legs and even it out. But you'll notice if it's to soft, when I've switched legs at that point it seriously unbalances me.

I had to cancel towards the end due to financial issues.  I'm not sure if anyone other then the locals made it to the event or not.

It looks like this years Stilt meet ups for the USA was a bust, with me being the only out of towner for Bock the South and not hearing any regulars making it to this.

It's sad.

No worries, I've bocked with loads of newbies. But I'll toss you a message whenever I have a trip with time for a detour.

I have a final write up I'll be posting eventually. I'm late on it, I know. Life got busy but I'll get it up shortly.

Yeah, that's another thing I forgot to mention. I get loads more height on the olympics because I pretty much bottom constantly.

Thanks guys. I already have it tightened as much as it will go without stripping the threads so I will see if I can figure out some kind of modification.

Another thing annoying me is the hooves. I find the 2 bolts keep coming loose and while I have them very tight to begin with I'm scared to overtighten them in case the metal lugs in the hooves work their way out which is what they did on the previous version.

I will add that I'm just trying them out to see what they are like and so far, despite them being much lighter than my 7's I seriously cannot notice any difference when using them. What I mean by that is when I put my 7's on again afterwards they do not feel the slightest bit heavier. Opinions XD and XS?

I honestly don't notice a difference in weight while using them. The 7s are heavier, but I've never really noticed in use. The only reason why I know is because the Olympics advertised as being lighter.

As for other differences, I get more height in the olympics. But my center of gravity is tilted slightly forward in the air. No big deal, it just takes some adjusting.


In a dream world I'd like to see 7s make their own version of the olympic model. 7s for sure have a better build quality.

I was never able to get the clamp tight enough for cuffs with just the clamp. My bars still slipped, so I ended up tightening it with some pliers, and wrapping the cuff bar in tape to gain more grip.

That worked, but after a week I bent the cuff bar instead of it sliding around.

After trying out the 7s cuffs for a while I'm certain though my problem was due to the bars length. I had it nearly full extended, so at that height it's more prone to slipping/bending, since the clamp is gripping at the bottom of the bar.

I've got my first impression video up and the blog post to go with it. Check it out here

http://powerstilts.blogspot.com/2012/04/7-league-boots-gt-cobra-initial.html

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t136IpRqu0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t136IpRqu0</a>


Be sure to hit up the link to see the videos of the stilts in use.