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Stringing · Montréal · Since the first racket
20 to 34 pounds.
Every one of them matters.
7,242 rackets, strung by hand in Montreal, every one of them logged. You set the string, the mains, the crosses and the pre-stretch. Richo strings it on his own machine and puts it back in your hands.
- 7,242 rackets strung
- Trusted at CEPSUM, Montreal
- Inspect first, pay in person
27lbs
MAINS 27.0
CROSSES 27.0
PRE-STRETCH 10%
2034
Drag it. The bed carries the load.
Tension
What a pound actually does
Every racket leaves here strung to a number you picked. This is what each part of the range feels like once you are on court.
20–24lbs
Power, and forgiveness
A looser bed trampolines. The sweet spot grows, off-centre shots still travel, and your elbow takes less of the shock.
25–28lbs
The working range
Enough bite to place a drop, enough give to clear from the back. Almost everything that comes through this shop is strung here.
29–34lbs
Control, and nothing else
The bed stops giving anything back. The shuttle goes exactly where you aimed, which only helps once your swing supplies the power itself.
Of 7,242 rackets in the archive, 69.3% were strung between 26 and 28 lbs. If you have no number in mind, that is the number.
The order
Four decisions, then it is built
No configurator and no upsell path. Pick a string, two tensions and a pre-stretch — that is the entire specification.
- Yonex strings in stock
- 15
- Mains, lbs
- 20–34
- Crosses, lbs
- 20–34
- Pre-stretch
- 0–20%
Every Yonex string he carries, or bring your own reel and pay for the labour only.
The long strings running the length of the racket. This is the number people mean when they say a tension.
Usually the mains plus one or two. Split them if you know why; leave them level if you do not.
The string is pulled past its target and let back before it is clamped, so the bed holds tension instead of dropping off in the first week.
Most-strung, all time
| String | Gauge | Price | Times strung |
|---|---|---|---|
| BG80 | 0.68 mm | C$28 → C$32 | ×1,584 |
| BG65 Titanium | 0.70 mm | C$27 → C$30 | ×793 |
| BG65 | 0.70 mm | C$24 → C$28 | ×770 |
| Nanogy 98 | 0.66 mm | C$32 → C$35 | ×720 |
The price is the whole job — string and labour, fitted and knotted. Second figure applies from November 1, 2026. Bring your own reel and you pay labour only.
Ten per cent pre-stretch is the default on every order — a key on the machine, not a line on the invoice.
The hand-off
Nothing here ships
There is no checkout button because there is no courier. The racket goes from your hands to his and back again, and there are three places that can happen.
The locker at CEPSUM
Leave the racket in Richo's locker whenever you are already there. Confirm the drop-off on the site and he collects it on his next pass, several times a week.
École Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Meet him in person and hand it over. Bring anything you want looked at while you are there — he will tell you what a re-string will and will not fix.
Beaconsfield, by arrangement
The bench is at his house. Arrange it directly and the address comes to you. This is the option for a rush job, or a racket that needs more than string.
Cash or Interac e-Transfer, on the spot.
The tracker
Five states, and you can see all of them
Your racket is always in exactly one of these. Two send you an email; the other three you can check yourself, any time, without asking anyone.
- 01
Dropped Off
You have handed it over and told the site so. It is logged with your string, your tensions and a reference code.
No email
- 02
Collected by Richo
Richo has it. It is off the shelf and in the queue for the machine.
Sends email
- 03
Racket Stringing Complete
The work is done. The bed is at the tension you asked for and the racket is waiting to go back.
No email
- 04
Ready to Pickup
It is back where you can get it. Collect it whenever suits you.
Sends email
- 05
Picked Up
Closed, and kept in your history with the exact specification — so next time you can just say the same again.
No email
Open your locker
Those two emails are a switch in your account, not a mailing list.
The archive
Every racket, one mark each
Nothing here is an estimate. The total is read from the same records the tracker uses, and it moves the moment a racket is booked.
7,242
rackets strung
- Days on the bench
- 1,157
- Players
- 496
- Racket models
- 558
- Different strings
- 100
First job 2022-10-10 · most recent 2026-08-16
The bench
One machine, one pair of hands
No queue of part-timers and no batch runs. Every racket in that count was strung by the same person on the same machine, which is why the number you ask for is the number you get.
The machine
Caught mid-job at 28.0 lbs, against an archive median of 27. Pre-stretch is a key on that panel, next to knot and brake.
The wall
100 different strings appear in the archive. On the wall today: BG80, Nanogy, Aerobite, Exbolt, BG65.
Find him
He answers, personally
There is no support desk and no ticket number. Message him on whichever of these you already use, or send an email. Inside the hours below it is usually the same day.
Operating Hours
- Weekdays
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Where to reach him
- Messenger
All four reach the same person. Pick whichever you already have open.