Informal survey: What skis are you using?

Peltonen had some financial trouble a couple years ago and I don't know
if they're being sold much in the US or not, but Finn Sisu
would be the people to contact about that.

I was down at Finn Sisu the other week and was informed that they no
longer will be stocking Peltonen. Apparently the consortium that bought
them has done nothing to promote the marque (racing, sponsorship,
advertising, etc). Looks like its just Atomic, Fischer, and Rossi there
for the time being.

My 2 cents....
Skate: Peltonen Cosmic
Classic: Atomic RC9
Rock (classic): Jarvinen

Skate: Rossi '91
Skate training: Fischer RCS candy-stripe '85 (their first skater I
think)

Classic: Rossi '93
Classic training: Fischer Touring Light '91 -- wide allrounders for
our local skied-in singletrack

(Boy, those old Rossi's are LIGHT! 1100 grams, I recall. Lightest
ever? But I would go VERY easy on 'em. And those worn, old Fischers
still sometimes spark up and leave the pals in the dust depending on
wax luck.)

--JP

(Boy, those old Rossi's are LIGHT! 1100 grams, I recall. Lightest
ever? But I would go VERY easy on 'em.
Same for my old Fischer Karbon, much lighter than my new RCS

BarryT

"J999w" wrote in message
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Skate training: Fischer RCS candy-stripe '85 (their first skater I
think)

Clear ptex and metal edges? Cool .. I've still got two pair of those!

jw
milwaukee

Were those the ones that the F.I.S. or some governing body declared illegal
for competition, owing to some obscure rule that says the base and edges
can't be constructed from different materials?

(J999w) wrote in message ...
Skate training: Fischer RCS candy-stripe '85 (their first skater I
think)

Clear ptex and metal edges? Cool .. I've still got two pair of those!

No, their first with black bases. I had a pair of classics from 83, I
think, that had clear ptex bases AND sidewalls. Never saw any metal
edge racers that I recall. So long ago!

My very first skate skis were the very first ones made for skating, or
one of the first: Peltonen "Pro-Race", blue'n'silver, narrow, with
long tips, black bases. We used to saw off the tips. We got Ski Art
poles to go with them. This was before V1 was invented. We used to
Open Field up the hills, stalling out badly. I used them in a Vail
Mt-Man Tri and finished the last big downhill missing the tops and
guts of both my tails, just base remained. I built em back up with
fiberglass and raced for several more years on them. I think that race
was the first place I saw V1 being used, by the winner. I did a couple
mile-long steep uphills in that event, using Open Field. Ugh!

--JP

(J999w) wrote in message ...
Skate training: Fischer RCS candy-stripe '85 (their first skater I
think)

Clear ptex and metal edges? Cool .. I've still got two pair of those!

No, their first with black bases. I had a pair of classics from 83, I
think, that had clear ptex bases AND sidewalls. Never saw any metal
edge racers that I recall. So long ago!

My very first skate skis were the very first ones made for skating, or
one of the first: Peltonen "Pro-Race", blue'n'silver, narrow, with
long tips, black bases. We used to saw off the tips. We got Ski Art
poles to go with them. This was before V1 was invented. We used to
Open Field up the hills, stalling out badly. I used them in a Vail
Mt-Man Tri and finished the last big downhill missing the tops and
guts of both my tails, just base remained. I built em back up with
fiberglass and raced for several more years on them. I think that race
was the first place I saw V1 being used, by the winner. I did a couple
mile-long steep uphills in that event, using Open Field. Ugh!

--JP