Can someone throw a 19mm axis mast tube on a scale and tell me the weight. Baseplate seperately would be great!
I've done an apples to apples comparison, swapping smaller lighter mast with Axis 19mm. I feel zero flex on the Axis and more direct input and control. For me a stiff mast is #1, weight and drag are inconsequential. And it's more than just the mast, how the mast plugs in is just as important, I feel zero play in the doodad, and I can shim the baseplate if there are any gaps. And bolts, long 8mm bolts stay tight, I never need to tighten the bolts mid session.
The 16mm carbon mast is 300g lighter than the 19mm Ali. Just for reference. The removal of the dodad is included in that.
Holy smokes that makes the axis carbon HEAVIER than the current naish AL or my LF orange.
I don't really care about the doodad, just interested in the mast. A properly machined and torqued butt joint on an AL with 8mm hardware is 0 movement. It's easy to mess up that connection by dropping something or whatever but I can just throw it on the mill and take off a few 1/1000"s.
probably gonna go with the Cedrus just so some stuff outside of my manufacturing wheelhouse becomes an option.
