I' m sure that the weight of the string has some effect--what I wonder is how much in general. A friend that owned a compound shop told me several years ago that on some wheel bows he tested even a brass nock slowed the bow down a tad. I don' t really understand the want for a minute gain in speed on a traditional bow, except possibly for target shooting. I do understand that there are folks that probably just like the feel of them, and I understand salesmen using speed to make a sale--I know that it' s a selling point, even with traditional bows--but give me a moderate sized, quiet, stable string any day. It would benefit me to " push" the tiny strings--would save quite a bit of material (which equals $$), but I just don' t care for them. The same reason I don' t use certain string materials--I don' t care for them, don' t believe in them, don' t feel that they are what they are made out to be by some, so I just won' t use them.

Chad