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Long adjustable ski poles
I am about ready to take my tele skis backcountry. However I am having trouble finding poles that work. I use 165cm poles for classic XC skiing, and the longest adjustable poles I have found are just 145cm at their longest. I do my tele turns at 115-120cm. But with 145cm I have to bend over to go uphill, which does not work well. Does anyone make poles that go from 115-165cm? -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.backcountry...) |
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Martin Thornquist writes:
[ ] However I am having trouble finding poles that work. I use 165cm poles for classic XC skiing, and the longest adjustable poles I have found are just 145cm at their longest. I do my tele turns at 115-120cm. But with 145cm I have to bend over to go uphill, which does not work well. I have a pair of Gipron poles that go to 165cm. They're a few years old, I'm not sure about the model, and gipron.it doesn't seem to give the length of their adjustable poles. I think it's the only model I've seen that goes longer than 145cm... Martin Thanks. Their website has a XC ski pole that goes from 120 to 160, but I cannot find a site that sells it. I will keep looking. Thanks again, ah -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.backcountry...) |
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Long adjustable ski poles
I own a set of Leki Super-Cross (Back-Country line) that extend from 125 to 160 cm. I also have a second pair of the super-cross as backups but this pair (more recent) has snowshoes pictures on them so you could check snowshoing equipment. I dont remember how long i have had those, at least 5 years, probably less than 10. Maybe you can check the Leki web site. Those are the old style twist lock. I always make sure i have spare parts (the plastic peice that actually locks the pole and baskets). I own the second pair because i had to search for a while before i found poles long enough for my taste. If you find other models i would appreciate to have the information. The problem is overspecialisation. Equipment maker tend to make backcountry poles for downhill and longer non telescopic xc ski poles for touring. Nothing versatile. I hope this helps. Sylvain in Montreal. fauvel at emt dot inrs dot ca On 2011-02-26, wrote: I am about ready to take my tele skis backcountry. However I am having trouble finding poles that work. I use 165cm poles for classic XC skiing, and the longest adjustable poles I have found are just 145cm at their longest. I do my tele turns at 115-120cm. But with 145cm I have to bend over to go uphill, which does not work well. Does anyone make poles that go from 115-165cm? |
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Long adjustable ski poles
Leki has "Photo Carbon Speedlock" that extend to 170cm.
I am not sure how "Photo" poles handle backcountry skiing though. On the web site, they look similar to normal poles except they have more sections. Probably expensive. Hope this helps. Sylvain On 2011-02-26, wrote: I am about ready to take my tele skis backcountry. However I am having trouble finding poles that work. I use 165cm poles for classic XC skiing, and the longest adjustable poles I have found are just 145cm at their longest. I do my tele turns at 115-120cm. But with 145cm I have to bend over to go uphill, which does not work well. Does anyone make poles that go from 115-165cm? |
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