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I am a college vaulter in Michigan, and I am in need of any of the following poles:

15' 185 (soft to med flex)
15'7 175 (stiff flex)
15'7 180 (soft flex)
16' 170
16' 175 (soft flex)

Prefer spirits, but ill take whatever I can find, I have an unfortunate gap in my pole series. I can possibly buy or trade for a 14'6 175 carbon fx, 15'9 185 carbon, or possibly something else (just ask). Thanks!

mcminkz05 wrote:I am a college vaulter in Michigan, and I am in need of any of the following poles:

15' 185 (soft to med flex)
15'7 175 (stiff flex)
15'7 180 (soft flex)
16' 170
16' 175 (soft flex)

Prefer spirits, but ill take whatever I can find, I have an unfortunate gap in my pole series. I can possibly buy or trade for a 14'6 175 carbon fx, 15'9 185 carbon, or possibly something else (just ask). Thanks!

This SkyJumper chart doesn't differentiate between soft and hard flex ... but it gives us a rough idea of relative stiffness between poles.

I wondered where that 15'9 185 would fall on the Stiffness Chart ... so I added that column ...



Your poles for sale are in green, and the poles you want to buy are in the range of the yellow ones.

Kirk

Thanks for the chart, that is helpful to me and other vaulter interested in the poles! Some of these are short run poles, some are long run, etc. so they are all over the place but I wish the flex numbers were included in the charts. I have an older 15' 185 spirit that is a 14.5 flex I think it may be mislabeled or very stiff for an 85 because my 15' 180 is a 16.8 flex

hey didnt feel like texting you this cause i want to waste some time during my lecture but as far as spirits go that is a typical 185 i believe. i have 2 185's and they are in the 14.5-14.8 range and the 190's that i have are in the 14.0 and 14.1 range. that is for the 15'ers. good luck on the search for poles! i wish my problem was that i didnt have poles apparently mine is just planting the big poles with my hand and wrist being messed up. apparently all the ligaments in your thumb being strained and a possible fracture in your forearm dont help.