[at-l] Poles

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark Wright)]

I am in dangerous territory here, having abandoned my materials
engineering major well before the end of my 4 years of undergraduate
study . . . but I THINK, from a physics/engineering perspective, that
the bottom section is both weakest (thinner), and that any section tends
to be a bit weaker when fully extended (gets thinner, and at end, there
is less internal overlap).  For these reasons, in my 3-section Lekis, I
always tried to make the bottom two sections roughly equal in terms of
extension . . . I have no idea if the Leki reps would agree or disagree
. . . just my 2 cents! :)

thru-thinker

Mara Factor wrote:
> 
> Best web page on poles I've ever seen is Pete's Poles page at:
> 
> http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/poles.htm
> 
> The only thing that I would modify on his page is under care and
> maintenance...
> 
> With three segment poles, always extend the bottom segment fully and modify
> the length by adjusting just the middle section.  This reduces play where
> the botom pole tapers and also reduces the amount of dirt and grit that can
> get into the middle section of the pole.
> 
> Mara
> Stitches, GAME99
> 
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