Clarification...only Alu Alloy masts were allowed until today. Now carbon is permitted, but only masts from recognized builders. Marstrom will be the only recognized builder for two years (at least!) to allow them to recoup tooling/development costs. Price is to be held at the 2800 Euro amount unless carbon costs rise significantly.
Sad fact is, $1400 is peanuts to a serious team...that's the reality of competing at this level. Good news is there will be lots of very good alloy tornado masts flooding the used market in the coming months...plenty to keep the average joe happy for years to come. But no new extrusions will be made.
OK so maybe i misunderstood, i was under the impression that everyone was already limited to alluminum, because of the talk of the carbon fiber being "accepted". So is it more accurate to say that before mast was limmited only by leagnth, and this new rule limits the material as well? Sorry for being mostly ignorant, but sometimes I really have trouble getting past the price tags. To me $1400 is ALOT. But of course I have no sponsors, and by myself i probably never will.
