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I want to buy some new paddles and was looking around and noticed that
there is a type that hasa bent blade. Just wondering if it is a better way to go for fla****er lake and river travel. |
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A Bent shaft allows your hands to take a more natural position and
reduce strain on your wrists. However, a strait shaft allows the paddler to shift hand positions on the shaft. A bent shaft provides benefits if hands are placed on a specific place. Therefore, it is more important when selecting a bent shaft paddle to choose proper length shaft. During a stroke, your dry blade hand should not rise above the height of your shoulder. Otherwise, shoulder injury can occur. So one could cite good reasons to choose either. I paddle more with a bent shaft. Ryan Morin wrote: I want to buy some new paddles and was looking around and noticed that there is a type that hasa bent blade. Just wondering if it is a better way to go for fla****er lake and river travel. |
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Bent shafts are designed and find there greatest advantage on the recovery
part of a stroke the angle of the blade allows the paddle to avoid the pull down effect caused by the angle of a straight paddle at the backend of a stroke. As the paddle comes to the rear of the stroke the blade angles back while the handle moves forward in line with the body of the canoe. At this point the paddle instead of focusing its energy in a forward motion for the canoe it actually causes a pulling down of the canoe once it passes the point perpendicular to the paddler. A bent shaft decreases the angle at which the pulling down effect occurs. With a straight paddle one has the advantage of adding different levels of effectiveness to the paddling style through different strokes which may be more difficult to explore with a bent shaft. Plus if your bow person is bothering you your reach with a bent shaft is cu short usually of making them. Good luck with your choice of paddles. -- Abe Elias Diving Sparrow Paddle Co, http://home.cogeco.ca/~aelias "lcopps" wrote in message news ![]() A Bent shaft allows your hands to take a more natural position and reduce strain on your wrists. However, a strait shaft allows the paddler to shift hand positions on the shaft. A bent shaft provides benefits if hands are placed on a specific place. Therefore, it is more important when selecting a bent shaft paddle to choose proper length shaft. During a stroke, your dry blade hand should not rise above the height of your shoulder. Otherwise, shoulder injury can occur. So one could cite good reasons to choose either. I paddle more with a bent shaft. Ryan Morin wrote: I want to buy some new paddles and was looking around and noticed that there is a type that hasa bent blade. Just wondering if it is a better way to go for fla****er lake and river travel. |
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![]() "Canranger44" wrote in message ... Bent shafts are designed and find there greatest advantage on the recovery part of a stroke the angle of the blade allows the paddle to avoid the pull down effect caused by the angle of a straight paddle at the backend of a stroke. As the paddle comes to the rear of the stroke the blade angles back while the handle moves forward in line with the body of the canoe. At this point the paddle instead of focusing its energy in a forward motion for the canoe it actually causes a pulling down of the canoe once it passes the point perpendicular to the paddler. A bent shaft decreases the angle at which the pulling down effect occurs. With a straight paddle one has the advantage of adding different levels of effectiveness to the paddling style through different strokes which may be more difficult to explore with a bent shaft. Plus if your bow person is bothering you your reach with a bent shaft is cu short usually of making them. Good luck with your choice of paddles. -- Abe Elias Diving Sparrow Paddle Co, http://home.cogeco.ca/~aelias "lcopps" wrote in message news ![]() A Bent shaft allows your hands to take a more natural position and reduce strain on your wrists. However, a strait shaft allows the paddler to shift hand positions on the shaft. A bent shaft provides benefits if hands are placed on a specific place. Therefore, it is more important when selecting a bent shaft paddle to choose proper length shaft. During a stroke, your dry blade hand should not rise above the height of your shoulder. Otherwise, shoulder injury can occur. So one could cite good reasons to choose either. I paddle more with a bent shaft. Ryan Morin wrote: I want to buy some new paddles and was looking around and noticed that there is a type that hasa bent blade. Just wondering if it is a better way to go for fla****er lake and river travel. Lake users will love bent shaft. River use...get it straight. Simple choice. |
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![]() "Bart Wallace" wrote in message . .. Lake users will love bent shaft. River use...get it straight. Simple choice. There's a lot of truth in this statement but it is not universally true. Because of my choice of preferred strokes a straight shaft is chosen even on lakes. I feel that my paddling style with a straight shaft gains enough efficiency to compensate for lack of the bent shaft advantage. Many paddlers on lakes, however do prefer the bent shaft. A lot has to do with how one originally learned to paddle. John |
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For the most part it is a matter of preference. If you are going to paddle
marathon style you use a bent shaft but then a gain you wouldn't catch me paddling Marathon style its not my preference. I paddle straight all the way but very once and a while I will ask to borrow a bent just to check it out. -- Abe Elias Diving Sparrow Paddle Co, http://home.cogeco.ca/~aelias "Te Canaille" wrote in message news:6vF3c.42873$UU.5767@lakeread01... "Bart Wallace" wrote in message . .. Lake users will love bent shaft. River use...get it straight. Simple choice. There's a lot of truth in this statement but it is not universally true. Because of my choice of preferred strokes a straight shaft is chosen even on lakes. I feel that my paddling style with a straight shaft gains enough efficiency to compensate for lack of the bent shaft advantage. Many paddlers on lakes, however do prefer the bent shaft. A lot has to do with how one originally learned to paddle. John |
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![]() "Te Canaille" wrote in message news:6vF3c.42873$UU.5767@lakeread01... "Bart Wallace" wrote in message . .. Lake users will love bent shaft. River use...get it straight. Simple choice. There's a lot of truth in this statement but it is not universally true. Because of my choice of preferred strokes a straight shaft is chosen even on lakes. I feel that my paddling style with a straight shaft gains enough efficiency to compensate for lack of the bent shaft advantage. Many paddlers on lakes, however do prefer the bent shaft. A lot has to do with how one originally learned to paddle. John True! Whenever I see an old, heavy beaver tail being manhandled I ask why. Then I answer myself with why not. If it works, it works. |
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Ryan :
Assuming you are canoeing, I'd say the choice depends a lot on your individual style. When paddling solo I prefer a straight shaft because I do a lot of in water recovery and palm rolls which often changes the power face from one side to the other. A bent shaft is a dedicated paddle in the sense that the grip hand must maintain the same position in relation to the shaft full time. Folks who like an out of water recovery and don't mind the dedicated position, the bent shaft can be a good choice. For tandem paddling I find the bent shaft more efficient, but it works best for me if a bit shorter than the straight shaft used for solo. Help this helps. John "Ryan Morin" wrote in message om... I want to buy some new paddles and was looking around and noticed that there is a type that hasa bent blade. Just wondering if it is a better way to go for fla****er lake and river travel. |
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![]() for me, it boils down to using the materials I like best. Nothing beats a nice carbon fiber paddle. They last, they are warm to the touch, the (very little) flex is just right. And they are light weight. But they are all bent shafts. So, now I paddle with a bent shaft. Except in whitewater. And even than, I likely have a bent shaft tucked in as my spare. -Dan V. On 8 Mar 2004 14:24:58 -0800, (Ryan Morin) wrote: I want to buy some new paddles and was looking around and noticed that there is a type that hasa bent blade. Just wondering if it is a better way to go for fla****er lake and river travel. |
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![]() "Dan Valleskey" wrote in message om... for me, it boils down to using the materials I like best. Nothing beats a nice carbon fiber paddle. But they are all bent shafts. So, now I paddle with a bent shaft. I've got several straight shaft carbon fiber paddles. They've been around for a long long time. John |
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