Nanospeed 100
Model NS-100
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Nanospeed 100: the plainest Taiwan-made Nanospeed, redesigned twice in three years
The base of the export Nanospeeds
The Nanospeed 100 was the simplest of three Taiwan-made Nanospeeds that Yonex added to its international (export) list in March 2009, with the 200 and the 300. It kept the graphite frame and nanotube shaft of its siblings but none of their frame technologies, and it outlasted both in Yonex’s 2011 catalog. Yonex named no player for it and printed no price.
Graphite frame, nanotube shaft, nothing more
Yonex gives no launch date. The 100 first appears on its export Nanospeed list in mid-March 2009, tagged “New!!” with the 200, the 300 and the new 9900; the list as it stood on 9 March did not yet show it, so 2009 is the year it was first documented. Yonex listed a graphite frame, a shaft of graphite and carbon nanotube, Flexible flex and one weight class, 3U (85.0–89.9 g), with grips G3–G5, made in Taiwan. Its technology line named only Isometric and the built-in T-joint (plus Cup Stack Carbon Nanotube and Nanoscience in 2009), with no Aro-Box Vari Frame or Shockless Grommet. Yonex’s 2011 catalog line for it reads “Balanced weight for sharp repulsion”; Yonex gave no balance figure.
No player on record
Yonex’s list pages and its 2011 catalog name no player for the Nanospeed 100, and no Yonex tournament report or staff page connecting a player to it is known. Yonex printed no level wording for it.
Three color sets, one junior namesake
Yonex printed no color for the 2009 design. In April 2010 the list tagged the 100 “New Design!!” in White/Blue and White/Red, and Yonex’s 2011 digital catalog shows it in Red and in Black, with the same specification. Against the 200 it lacks the Aro-Box Vari Frame; against the 300 it is Flexible rather than Medium and has no Shockless Grommet. The Nanospeed 100 Junior that Yonex listed from 2010, a 5U frame with G7 grips in Metallic Orange, is a junior racquet, not this model. The Japan-market Nanospeed 1000 is also separate; the siblings each have their own page.
Into the 2011 catalog
The 100 was an export model: Yonex’s international site listed it, and Yonex China’s racquet list also named it. It was last on the international list in June 2011, when that list gave way to a link to Yonex’s 2011 digital catalog, and that catalog still shows it, alongside the 850, 500 and 80, while the 300 and 200 are gone. With no production end stated, 2011 is the last year it is documented on sale new. No verified sales are recorded yet.
A question of identity
No counterfeit of the Nanospeed 100 is documented. The practical risks are the junior 100, which is lighter and has a smaller grip, and the Japan-market Nanospeed 1000.
The entry point of a short-lived tier
The 100 was the simplest graphite-framed member of the Taiwan-made Nanospeed tier that Yonex ran beside its Japan-made fullerene models through 2011, and the only member of the 2009 trio still in the 2011 catalog. From 2010 the list also carried the Excel Alloy-framed, Stiff Nanospeed 80; it has its own page. For a collector it is a documented export model with three color sets and no player connection.
Yonex listed the Nanospeed 100 as Flexible, 3U (85.0–89.9 g) with grips G3, G4 or G5, made in Taiwan, with a graphite frame and a graphite and carbon-nanotube shaft. Its listed technologies were Isometric and the built-in T-joint only. Listed colors: White/Blue and White/Red (2010 list), Red and Black (2011 catalog); Yonex printed none for 2009. Yonex gave no balance or string-tension range. A 5U frame with a G7 grip is the Nanospeed 100 Junior, and a 1000 marking means the Japan-market Nanospeed 1000.
Check the weight class first: a 5U, small-grip “Nanospeed 100” is the junior model. Inspect the head, the T-joint and the grommets for cracks and wear, as with any frame of this age. Yonex documents no player or edition of the 100, so treat a tour connection or a special-edition claim in a listing as unproven.