My abshire mini is old but I had lost it within a weekend of being recieved. When it decided to return to me, I began to kick with it to break it in. It's about a week and a half old worth of smacking it around for a few minutes before a shred with a better bag and twiddling it with my fingers any time I get a chance.
Now the question I have is this: It's breaking in nicely I THINK. . That is, it's thinning out a bit and the stitchings are spreading out a little. It is a very full bag and pretty heavy (which isn't really a problem). I don't know if a bag is supposed to be full. Does that make it break in faster or easier? I don't get the physics of the break-in process me thinks. I showed the bag to another and he said "Oh man, that's full." . . but I wasn't entirely able to gauge if it was a good thing.
Little help
Pat Thomsen
Syracuse, New York - The connecting point to footbaggers in the NE and Canada. We make pancakes and air conditioners.
From what ive heard of 32's, is that its starts out full and the pannels do get bigger and thinner, but if it stays full its cuz you have a good bag. It is good to have the bag full so that it is puyshing more pressure to the pannels, which breaks it in.
some footbags pannles get bigger the new footfighters are not supposted to i hear, damn wish i would have gotten one at philly. any way yes abshire pannles with stretch and filler will fall out slowly with time from the bleed holes. just keep kickin it and it will lose some waight and become choice.
alright thanks for clearing this up for me. Makes me feel better because I think this bag is going to be very good. I like the weight and everything. I went a little nuts with a sharpie marker and outlined the white panels (I don't like white panels) and now it has pizazz.
Pat Thomsen
Syracuse, New York - The connecting point to footbaggers in the NE and Canada. We make pancakes and air conditioners.
Just make sure to wash your bag when it needs it (I still wouldn't wash it more than once a week), and whenever you drop it, pick it up with your hands. Otherwise, your bag will break in a little bit TOO quickly.
...and by "break in", I mean turn into a ragged piece of cloth with nothing in it.
But seriously, there have been an influx of kids recently complaining about "defective bags", as they step on it and grind it into the concrete a bit.
Darkshredder wrote:
It is a very full bag and pretty heavy (which isn't really a problem). I don't know if a bag is supposed to be full. Does that make it break in faster or easier? I don't get the physics of the break-in process me thinks. I showed the bag to another and he said "Oh man, that's full." . . but I wasn't entirely able to gauge if it was a good thing.
Little help
From my experience I can tell you that it's just a matter of a personal preference. In my opinion, full bags help you to set more straight and you can bust huge with those. A nice floppy bag is good too, but I would use it for nice and long strings. I don't think that amount of filler makes break-in process faster or slower. It all depends on the material used and how often you roll the bag in your hands. Keep in mind that it's a bad habit to keep squeezing and rolling your bags after they are 100% broken in. The reason it that it won't break in more and the only thing that's gonna happen is your panels will get thinner which sucks.
anyone know what actually happens to make a bag break in... i mean I know it obviously gets softer and all, but does the material get thinner or what...
and thats when holes start to form
my poor baby mini has got one and its not good, its the softest bag ever. I think i need to invest in another bag soon
Mmmm shoe goo. Say, does that stuff stiffen the bag up when you put it on or does it just kind of seal and then morph into the fabric so that it's flexible. I don't think I've ever seen a bag with the goo having been used. . . Or at least I've never noticed it. I think now that I'm getting into 32's more I'll get me some-a-dat goo.
Pat Thomsen
Syracuse, New York - The connecting point to footbaggers in the NE and Canada. We make pancakes and air conditioners.
I've had to patch a few holes in an old Abshire of mine, and shoe goo works great. since you're only covering the hole, it doesn't change the performance of the bag. If you covered an entire panel or something, then I can see if causing a problem.
i dont really have shoe goo on me at the moment, so i just stuck a small piece of sticky tape on the panel, its stuck to it fairly well, hasnt unstuck yet.
or you could use a tiny amount of super glue. My old Mirken bag that got lost (<crys>) had a small hole and the super glue did wonders, save for discoloration. My mini abshire, same thing.
