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Fischer Zeros Atomic Multi
Anyone have enough experience with Zeros and Multis to have an opinion
comparing the two? Salesman tells me that the Atomics have a wider effective range. I have never given waxless skiis much thought until I saw a New England girl using zeros stride right pass the leading Alaskan (who was working hard to make her skiis kick) in a classic mass start last week in Houghton. |
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Thanks for the information and congratulations to you and the New
England team on a great week. I did happen to notice that many of the New England team had Engineered Tuning stickers on their skis. Roger |
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Yeah, we reground about half the skis for the team right before JOs.
Mostly it's just a case of getting decent base material and flat skis so that we can work on them. We ranmostly cold grinds and everything got a lot of hand structure. So it wasn't the grinds running well, so much as having decent bases to work with. Big difference there! Z |
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On 14 Mar 2006 05:37:59 -0800, "Zach Caldwell" wrote:
Yeah, we reground about half the skis for the team right before JOs. Mostly it's just a case of getting decent base material and flat skis so that we can work on them. We ranmostly cold grinds and everything got a lot of hand structure. I'm curious about whether or not most/all of your stonegrinds can do OK with some hand structure, such as from the Toko Structurite over them. I think I'm going to get one of your colder grinds (Z40 or Z1 or whatever you come up decide on as best all-around cold) on some skis this summer/fall but don't have a lot of skis and would want to pick the grind that also does OK when modified for more moisture. JFT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Yeah, in fact I've been working on a crib-sheet with suggested hand
structure modifications for each grind. For instance, a Z40 or a ZR1 can be modified significantly by a rolling crossing structure like you get from the structurite, while an LJ03 will not even feel it. But and LJ03 can be made into a really good slush grind with the addition of a 0.75mm linear rill which would obliterate a ZR1... That's on my list of resources to add to the website. ALL grinds can be successfully handstructured, but they all respond differently to different treatments. Z |
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I ran or tested the ZR1 in marathons the last three weekends. First the
Birkie, then Sibley marathon (+2 at start, +18 at finish, sunny, hard pack) and Bear Chase (+45, didn't race, got sick...) The ZR1 was faster or equal to everyone I was with in the 0 to +18 range. The ZR1 has a very fine grind with some light 'channels' in it. Personally, I will not be taking a structure tool to such a delicate grind, most likely it would destroy the advantages. I'd rather have another pair of skis available ground for +15 to +25 conditions. Seems most people over rill their skis. Zach's ski fitting knowledge and grinds are very impressive. Paul Haltvick Bay Design and Build - LLC Engineering, Construction and Information Technology Services FSx - Fischer / Swix Racing "John Forrest Tomlinson" wrote in message news On 14 Mar 2006 05:37:59 -0800, "Zach Caldwell" wrote: Yeah, we reground about half the skis for the team right before JOs. Mostly it's just a case of getting decent base material and flat skis so that we can work on them. We ranmostly cold grinds and everything got a lot of hand structure. I'm curious about whether or not most/all of your stonegrinds can do OK with some hand structure, such as from the Toko Structurite over them. I think I'm going to get one of your colder grinds (Z40 or Z1 or whatever you come up decide on as best all-around cold) on some skis this summer/fall but don't have a lot of skis and would want to pick the grind that also does OK when modified for more moisture. JFT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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