Here’s the Head Cyano 135, one of the new “Graphene” rackets like the Cyano 115. This guy weighs in at 135g, so it’s moderately light, and it has a balance point of 335mm, which is head light.
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Here’s a review from Paul at pdhsports.com:
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Just when I got my HEAD rackets, they introduce a new head-light one. I can’t seem to see this one on HEAD’s US web site. I am looking into getting Dunlop Aerogel 4D Elite (Gregory Gaultier’s racket) and the Harrow Vapor (135 gms. evenly-balanced).
If anyone has played with these 2, I would like to hear their feedback. I have a few friends who play with Harrow and they really like them, though I am not sure what makes them so expensive ($200+). As for the Aerogel gel, my only concern would be the durability. I have seen Gaultier breaking them left and right these days (he broke 2 in the 3rd match in the semi against Ramy).
I think Greg isn’t using that racket, look at this site someone has a racket he broke.
http://squash.me.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=539
And he shaves his racket at the head, so that is why he breaks it probably.
Interesting article Jeroen. I have heard that a lot of Pros (exception being younger ones) don’t play with the actual rackets they are paid to endorse. They get a paint job done on theirs to make them look identical. I was once listening to Joey Barrington during his commentary and he mentioned that a few years back Ramy was playing with Prince, but was actually paid by HEAD. He painted his Prince rackets and the strings to show HEAD logos.
I am looking for a evenly balanced or head-light racket in the 130-135 gm weight range, so I will try out the Aerogel 4D Elite and the Harrow Vapor and see how they feel. (expensive!!).
Hey Seb, it’s often the case with the top pros, in squash as much as in tennis, that they use custom setups or older rackets repainted to market newer models. Other than Gaultier, Shabana over the years almost always was using the old ICE racket he’s using now, but painted to look like the Ultimate. You’ll see the bulge in the top of the grip, and the fact that the Ultimate has 16×19 strings but Shabana’s racket is 14×18.
Other than those two, Nick’s was the same racket as marketed, but had some customizations he didn’t go into detail about. Ramy’s Dunlops were almost always custom when I asked him about it, and he also admitted to playing with Prince while he was with Head (he said that was admittedly not a good situation).