malcolmhighat

Bought this buggy second hand, minor wear and tear in its 18 month life before me, shows its strength and durability more so. Seat is deep and comfy, very adjustable height wise. Frame comes up high under the arms, good for stabilty but bad if you are a novice and tend to flip a little too often as they bruise your ribs and sometimes the back of your head dependant on speed and crash style!! Helmet essential. I find the assembly tough, especially the front four bars onto the head tube(lining the holes up is a real pain), and now choose to remove the forks and all wheels only to move the buggy, as it fits in the car fine like this. Light weight alloy frame is great, carry it over fences onto beaches etc with ease, bearings are now a little rough after beach use, but not to difficult to remove and replace. Overall, I am a learner and find this buggy great, lenghten the tob tube to fit and for stability, longer the better! steering gets real twitchy otherwise. A great buy, big smiles for sandy miles! By : malcolmhighat

I bought my Sigma spirit originally just to work out my upper body, as I cant stand going to the gym. A fun and easy 2 liner to fly in moderate winds, a powerful arm pulling beast in winds above that. I have now invested in a buggy and a helmet after visitng the Middle Wallop Kite Fest. The Sigma Spirit 3 is the biggest in this range I think. It has frustrated me in the past with launching solo, 2 liners are apparently all the same, but with a bit of imagination or a jumper stuffed in the kite bag to weight it down while I run back to the bar to launch has sussed this problem. Now the buggying, this kite is wicked for pulling power, although dangerous in high winds, cos theres no breaks, its on or off! I love it and have got used to the flight characteristics, turning is responsive, even with my choice of Ozone control bar as opposed to separate handles. I am a learner at the kite buggying, so the kite is taking a battering, no apparent probs with it though, ripstop all the way and strong cords are all holding up well. Cost me £130 new and was worth every penny even without the buggying side of it discovered, I have dragged, jumped and now really sped along several beaches and parks with a huge smile on my face, but like the bloke in the shop told me, in a decent wind, this is not for the weak or faint hearted, so hold on tight or build up in windspeed, other wise you will get dragged and dropped by this kite. Happy days Malcolm By : malcolmhighat