More archery, in lieu of interesting things

I think my string needs replacing.

(Background: A bowstring actually consists of four strings. The main one that goes from end to end has three little strings wrapped around it called servings: one on each end to protect the loops over the bow tips, and one in the middle that the arrow clicks onto. There's also a bead on the middlie serving to mark where exactly the string goes; location of this nocking point is one of the more subtle and annoying parts of bow tuning.)

I noticed on Monday that the center serving was coming vaguely unwound, but didn't think anything much of it and shot anyway - horribly wildly, nowhere near as consistently as I should be shooting. Today, I pulled the point off and massaged the serving until it was even again, then went back to shooting, and immediately saw the difference. What worries me is that it will do this again - start coming apart during or immediately before a competition, when I can't take five minutes to fiddle with it.

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