Men's height has obviously changed over the years. If you are 6' tall, does the seemingly standard 58" still make sense?
Am thinking about lightening the weight on the Predators to accommodate the full time use of the 3" extension.
Thanks ...
john_oleson@comcast.net
Same here. I'm 6'-2" tall and have a wing span of 6'-2" which resulted in my having to hold the cue almost on the butt cap.
What I did was remove the factory weight bolt and add my home made 7" extension that weighs 6.7 oz. The trick was to get the weight as far away from my grip hand as I could. So I added a 3" - 3 oz weight to the very end of the extension. The extension without the weight weighs a little over 3 oz and is made with a very light material. It's a slip on extension so that it can be removed easily on jacked up shots.
Now the weight is behind my grip hand and not in my grip hand.
Taking this whole distribution of cue weight a little further I also added a Balance Rite mid cue extension. 3.75" long and weighs 2 oz.
The cue weighs 24 oz and is 70" long. The balance point of the cue is at 23" as measured from the end of the extension.
It takes a while to get use to pulling the cue (weight behind the grip hand) forward.
What got me started on this whole idea was watching small sized pro players on YouTube and where they were gripping the cue, most grip the cue on the center of the cue. Which to me suggested that all they do is keep add different size weight bolts or whatever in the butt of the cue until they like the feel of the stroke.
Been using the cue for over a year and can't even imagine ever playing without the extensions.
You may want to experiment with different size extensions. Rather than getting a 3" extension you may want to try a 6" extension.
Once you get use to the cue I think you will really like it.
Have a good day
John