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equipment advice
hello.
i'm new to this group and hope this is the right place to ask for advice. if there is a more appropriate skiing newsgroup for my questions, please feel free to let me know. i'm looking for advice re skis. i have talked with a shop, but also wanted advice from someone who isn't selling me something. (I really liked the shop though, gotta admit.) i've read reviews, etc. i used to be a solid intermediate downhill skier, but haven't dh skied in maybe 3-4 years. i did some casual track skiing a very long time ago and have some old but in good shape waxless skinny skis (trak mariah's). i do have new boots with nnn-bc i bought a few weeks back, while demoing skis. are my old skis worth putting new bindings on for groomed use? they are old, but weren't used very much, so are in good shape. i would like to do that (i'd hate to get rid of perfectly good looking skis), but wonder with the advances in technology whether it is really worth it? i think it is, but do you? my real interest is in getting away from strictly groomed areas and heading for the hills and woods. (i'm also a hiker.) i did demo some skis and have a small pool of my top choices. again, i'm looking away from track and more towards whatever else is out there. but, since i really don't know what i'm doing my choices may be way out of wack. i don't want equipment that is way out of my level of experience, but i do want something i can grow into. karhu ursa and pyxis are on my list, as well as the rossignal backcountry 83. i'm having a tough time deciding, because i would like one ski to do it all and i know that isn't going to happen. can anyone give me feedback on these skis? is there one that might be a better middle ground, or do i really need to consider a specific ski for a specific type skiiing? or recomendations on something else i should be considering? if i put new bindings on my track skis, then should i just consider backcountry function in new skis? some of these might be silly questions, but, hey, i don't know enough yet to ask better questions. thanks for you help, colleen |
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In article , Daviescs wrote: hello. [snip] i'm looking for advice re skis. i have talked with a shop, but also wanted advice from someone who isn't selling me something. (I really liked the shop though, gotta admit.) i've read reviews, etc. i used to be a solid intermediate downhill skier, but haven't dh skied in maybe 3-4 years. i did some casual track skiing a very long time ago and have some old but in good shape waxless skinny skis (trak mariah's). i do have new boots with nnn-bc i bought a few weeks back, while demoing skis. _ Do you have boots for your old skis? are my old skis worth putting new bindings on for groomed use? they are old, but weren't used very much, so are in good shape. i would like to do that (i'd hate to get rid of perfectly good looking skis), but wonder with the advances in technology whether it is really worth it? i think it is, but do you? _ For track skiing with waxless skis, I don't know of any advances that would be worth new skis. Any new waxless ski will be just as good as your old skis for tracked skiing. my real interest is in getting away from strictly groomed areas and heading for the hills and woods. (i'm also a hiker.) i did demo some skis and have a small pool of my top choices. again, i'm looking away from track and more towards whatever else is out there. but, since i really don't know what i'm doing my choices may be way out of wack. i don't want equipment that is way out of my level of experience, but i do want something i can grow into. karhu ursa and pyxis are on my list, as well as the rossignal backcountry 83. i'm having a tough time deciding, because i would like one ski to do it all and i know that isn't going to happen. _ Hard to go wrong with Karhu skis, but if you really want to get off the set tracks, I would suggest you look at the Fischer S-bounds skis. They are a bit too wide to work well in most tracks, but excel once you get away from the tracks. can anyone give me feedback on these skis? is there one that might be a better middle ground, or do i really need to consider a specific ski for a specific type skiiing? or recomendations on something else i should be considering? if i put new bindings on my track skis, then should i just consider backcountry function in new skis? some of these might be silly questions, but, hey, i don't know enough yet to ask better questions. _ If you want a ski that will do both tracks and off tracks then the Karhu brand is a good choice. You'll need to stick to a ski that's less than 70mm to be compatible with most set tracks, so you'd need to go down one in the scale to the Pavo. _ If you want better answers it would be a good idea to pick some example tours or trails you'd like to do. It's hard to answer these questions without a better idea of exactly what you want to do. It would also be helpful to know exactly what kind of NNN/BC boots you have, they vary quite a bit in stiffness and control. Your boots need to match your skis. Really light NNN/BC boots won't work too well with the Karhu skis above. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQB1fVWTWTAjn5N/lAQF7UAQAqr9ms/FJiW/JmUf49D4SQiJxjkQQoPnc /Q16TRMqOb42b+ULUw0eExNFxZDP5M1aVoGcf9ltbYV9gBA1ZQS 0IHqz1FK8zHp1 +u+cab4ZxrxTabQGEB/s4zusbhcWxh2Wqo3e2C+DBBg8fR2yHy1W0oNX9W8aivzp fOFEXKohDXE= =lp2U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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