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Re: Bumper Material

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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri View Post
While Cordura makes for good luggage, it makes for terribly boring robot matches when half the field is friction pinned for the entirety of the match.
I agree, FIRST as a whole would be a lot more fun if more teams used slick bumpers. Cordura should not be the gold standard of bumper material. It should be ballistic nylon, sail cloth or equivalent. Watching pinning is very boring and not inspiring.
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