On Feb 28, 10:21 am, wrote:
First thing that comes to mind is durability of your glide wax.
Normally, kick wax wears and so glide improves over time. What did
you do to prepare glide zones?

rm



wrote:
I am new to waxable classics this year and used them for the first
time at the Canadian Ski Marathon and the Keskinada. I seem to be
able to wax well for a decent kick (at least I was able to get up the
hills fairly well) but at the Keski my glide was poor after the first
10K or so. - Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

What would change over time on striding skis is either the glide wax
wears off or the kick wax wears off, or snow conditions change. In my
humble experience, glide wax wearing might slow the skis down a
little, but it's not something that would make a huge difference.

As rm said, usually wearing kick wax results in decreased kick and
better glide.

But, I recently experienced decreased glide during a 30 K classic
training ski. I think it was caused by cold temp kick wax wearing off
down to the binder.

I had prepped by:

removing all kick wax (with solvent)
roughing kick zone with sand paper
heating in a thin layer of binder and corking after cooled
applying 4-5 layers of wax of the day, which was in the green-blue
range (pretty cold).

I know from previous experience that 4-5 layers of kick wax won't last
me 30 K - I had intended to only go 15 or so when I started. The skis
worked really well for 12-20 k: good grip and excellent glide compared
to the people I was skiing with.

I am absolutely positive that my glide decreased as I wore through the
cold temp kick wax and got down to the binder. I was doing fine with
my partners going up hill, but my downhill glide decreased
dramatically after about 20 km.

I could see this when I looked at the skis afterwards.