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roller skiing do poles play well with wristguards?
hello.
i am doing OK on my rollerskis but with the wristguards on i can't grip the poles. so i figure you do not wear wristguards rollerskiing? TIA. |
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True - they're incompatible.
----- Original Message ----- From: "wintermutt" To: "Multiple recipients of list NORDIC-SKI" Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:40 AM Subject: roller skiing do poles play well with wristguards? hello. i am doing OK on my rollerskis but with the wristguards on i can't grip the poles. so i figure you do not wear wristguards rollerskiing? TIA. |
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Watch out for double wrist fractures (when you put your hand out to save
yourself from a fall). I saw a snowboarder in hospital who did that a while ago. She had both arms up in the air in plaster casts and could not do ANYTHING without asking for help : eating, opening doors, dressing, going to the toilet... Erik Brooks wrote: True - they're incompatible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wintermutt" To: "Multiple recipients of list NORDIC-SKI" Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:40 AM Subject: roller skiing do poles play well with wristguards? hello. i am doing OK on my rollerskis but with the wristguards on i can't grip the poles. so i figure you do not wear wristguards rollerskiing? TIA. |
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It's really best not to fall. Falling on pavement is not a good
option. If you do fall you really ought not to reach out and try to catch yourself with your hands. "Roll with it" if you're going down. It's best to build your skill slowly to the point that you are able to rollerski without the fear of falling. I wear a helmet but that's it. I've gone down a few times (it's inevitable, with enough miles gravity will prevail on occasion) but I know what NOT to do, and the number one No-No is reaching out with your hands. Mark wrote: Watch out for double wrist fractures (when you put your hand out to save yourself from a fall). I saw a snowboarder in hospital who did that a while ago. She had both arms up in the air in plaster casts and could not do ANYTHING without asking for help : eating, opening doors, dressing, going to the toilet... Erik Brooks wrote: True - they're incompatible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wintermutt" To: "Multiple recipients of list NORDIC-SKI" Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:40 AM Subject: roller skiing do poles play well with wristguards? hello. i am doing OK on my rollerskis but with the wristguards on i can't grip the poles. so i figure you do not wear wristguards rollerskiing? TIA. |
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i can roller ski without poles pretty well. maybe i will do that for
awhile (with wrist guards) until i get good. the V2 aeros are a lot like skiing but not exactly like it. |
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Travis wrote:
It's really best not to fall. Falling on pavement is not a good option. If you do fall you really ought not to reach out and try to catch yourself with your hands. "Roll with it" if you're going down. It's best to build your skill slowly to the point that you are able to rollerski without the fear of falling. I wear a helmet but that's it. I've gone down a few times (it's inevitable, with enough miles gravity will prevail on occasion) but I know what NOT to do, and the number one No-No is reaching out with your hands. I guess it would be worse to land on your shoulder. If you have gloves and strong arms you can end up with no scratch at all. I did that on ski once, coming down a steep hill and meeting a load of sand and stones at the bottom and a suddenly stop. The only thing that was hurt was the skis and maybe my pride. I called the police afterwards. -- Terje Henriksen Kirkenes |
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Of course better not to fall. But fall you will. Salomon makes a
wristguard that I use while rollerskiing - Salomon Gel Pads. They work just fine, covering only the palm. Certainly I try not to fall on to my hands but that is not always possible; fortunately, all of my falls over the last year have been low speed-when-I'm-tired affairs and the few that have taken me on to my hands have resulted in zero damage. If you try the Gels, buy a size larger than you normally wear, they fit over the pole straps. I adjust the strap length accordingly. The larger size will let you fit the Gel over gloves, if you wear them. For what it's worth, rather than "rollerskiing" gloves, which I have found both expensive and not very durable, I wear a set of Kevlar glove liners which are extremely abrasion resistant and durable and about half the price. |
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When I first started rollerskiing, I had a couple of trip falls that put
me on a hand, once without gloves. Since then, it's been very occasional flying falls from misplacing a pole plant or hitting an object at good speed on flat terrain. As I recall (it happens fast), knees and elbows hit first, or at least take more of the fall. Typically, unprotected hand contact causes either abrasion at the heel or bending back of the fingers. Since the latter presumably involves ligaments or tendons, recovery is much slower (many months). For rollerskiing, I use either a lighter Toko glove (e.g., Classic) or a well-ventilated bike glove that doesn't have thick palms. I'm noticing in my gloves bag that the Infintiy ski gloves, made for warmer winter days, have extra padding over the palm and inside of the thumb and are ventilated between and around the ends of the fingers. If those are of interest, see http://www.zre.com/gearshop/snowspor...r/440070_1.php, and check with their Chicago area rep, Joe Gollinger, to see about pricing. He was selling them for $10/pr at the City of Lakes Loppett. Gene wintermutt wrote: hello. i am doing OK on my rollerskis but with the wristguards on i can't grip the poles. so i figure you do not wear wristguards rollerskiing? TIA. |
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