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Flybar 1200. Remember back when you were a kid 4 feet tall, and feeling like you were on the way to the moon, the first time you got on a pogo-stick? That's how I felt as a 46 year old, 180 pound man, an hour after my Flybar 1200 came in the mail.I like tough looking stuff. I like Allen-Head bolts, fabricated aluminum aircraft parts and rugged design. This has it all. The first thing I noticed about the Flybar 1200 pogo stick is its weight. It weighs in at a full 20 pounds. It doesn't feel like a toy, but rather like a piece of machinery you need to treat with a bit of respect. When I hopped up on it, it felt like I was standing on a stiff trampoline. I idled a bit kicking off short, 6" bounces, getting a feel for it. Again the weight of it felt solid, and its momentum contributed to the ride. I had only engaged six of the 10 power bands and had the stroke setting of the main rod at mid point. I took a few more tentative hops and then went for it. You could literally feel the Flybar 1200 crouch and gather up all that potential energy before releasing and hurling you skyward. It makes an authoritative "Kah-WHUMP Kah-WHUMP Kah-WHUMP" with each jump. Dogs bark. Cars slow down and drivers gape as they drive by. My feet are easily 3 feet above grade when I start to bottom out. A quick pit-stop and two adjustments later using the custom tool that comes with the flybar 1200, I am back on it again. This time with 8 power bands engaged and another 6 inches of stroke available. It feels scary getting back on it with the extra height and initial resistance. I start off easy. Real easy. "Kwump,kwump,kwump,kwump" I look straight ahead, not at my feet and the ground receding below and imagine I am on a trampoline. "Kah-whump Kah-Whump Kah WHUMP KAH WHUMP KAH-WHUMP!" Each impact on the street only serving to pump more stretch out of power bands and now my legs are helping to launch me as well. My feet are easily at shoulder level of the neighborhood kids gathered around me now. Ten minutes later I am totally winded but totally stoked. Nothing prepares you for that sensation like you're being thrown out of a catapult. Flybar 1200. Gravity is for sissies. Copyright Harvey Braswell March, 23 2005
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