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.

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

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

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

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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

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



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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

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