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Bent slalom ski -is it an issue?
I'm looking at a demo pair of soft slalom skis w 1 titanium layer, Fischer
race sc's, and noticed that the shovels have a very slight bend. When you compress the camber the contact point moves back about 4, maybe 5cm on a 160 cm ski. It doesn't open up significantly, maybe .5mm over the 4-5cm. Shop 'says' they have not seen a lot of use so I'm assuming someones plowed into a bump a bit too hard. Any thoughts as to whether this is going to be an issue? Half of me says its not bad enough to be concerned, the other half wonders if they have had the s**t kicked out of them just a bit too much. BTW I'm just intending to use them for general skiing. TIA F. Plant |
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F. Plant wrote:
I'm looking at a demo pair of soft slalom skis w 1 titanium layer, Fischer race sc's, and noticed that the shovels have a very slight bend. When you compress the camber the contact point moves back about 4, maybe 5cm on a 160 cm ski. It doesn't open up significantly, maybe .5mm over the 4-5cm. Shop 'says' they have not seen a lot of use so I'm assuming someones plowed into a bump a bit too hard. Any thoughts as to whether this is going to be an issue? Half of me says its not bad enough to be concerned, the other half wonders if they have had the s**t kicked out of them just a bit too much. BTW I'm just intending to use them for general skiing. TIA F. Plant Don't buy them. |
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VtSkier wrote:
F. Plant wrote: I'm looking at a demo pair of soft slalom skis w 1 titanium layer, Fischer race sc's, and noticed that the shovels have a very slight bend. When you compress the camber the contact point moves back about 4, maybe 5cm on a 160 cm ski. It doesn't open up significantly, maybe .5mm over the 4-5cm. Shop 'says' they have not seen a lot of use so I'm assuming someones plowed into a bump a bit too hard. Any thoughts as to whether this is going to be an issue? Half of me says its not bad enough to be concerned, the other half wonders if they have had the s**t kicked out of them just a bit too much. BTW I'm just intending to use them for general skiing. Don't buy them. Ditto. They will bend a little bit more each time you hit a bump. No way to repair them, either. A shop can put them in a press and they'll look fine....until you hit your next bump. I had this happen to a pair of Dynastar SLS Slaloms years ago. Only skied about 35 days on them, albeit with pretty lousy bump technique. After talking to a couple of the best ski techs in Steamboat, I ended up leaving them there, after taking the bindings to put on some new skis. After the initial diagnosis, I skied on them one more day. By the time I finished for the day, that contact point had moved back almost a foot. |
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"TexasSkiNut" wrote in message
oups.com... VtSkier wrote: F. Plant wrote: I'm looking at a demo pair of soft slalom skis w 1 titanium layer, Fischer race sc's, and noticed that the shovels have a very slight bend. When you compress the camber the contact point moves back about 4, maybe 5cm on a 160 cm ski. It doesn't open up significantly, maybe .5mm over the 4-5cm. Shop 'says' they have not seen a lot of use so I'm assuming someones plowed into a bump a bit too hard. Any thoughts as to whether this is going to be an issue? Half of me says its not bad enough to be concerned, the other half wonders if they have had the s**t kicked out of them just a bit too much. BTW I'm just intending to use them for general skiing. Don't buy them. Ditto. They will bend a little bit more each time you hit a bump. No way to repair them, either. A shop can put them in a press and they'll look fine....until you hit your next bump. I had this happen to a pair of Dynastar SLS Slaloms years ago. Only skied about 35 days on them, albeit with pretty lousy bump technique. After talking to a couple of the best ski techs in Steamboat, I ended up leaving them there, after taking the bindings to put on some new skis. After the initial diagnosis, I skied on them one more day. By the time I finished for the day, that contact point had moved back almost a foot. Yeah that's what I'm worried about. I'll have to go back and double check that its not just a ding on the base that is throwing things off, or maybe that they added extra base bevel at the tip creating an illusion. What makes me tempted is its so little -if you were not looking for it you wouldn't notice it. Even then I had to look twice. It may come down to price. If I can get them cheap enough they may be worth it eventually as performance rock skis. :-( F. Plant |
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F. Plant wrote:
It may come down to price. If I can get them cheap enough they may be worth it eventually as performance rock skis. :-( For bent skis "Free With Bindings Already Mounted to Fit Your Boot" is the right price. |
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