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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
Today I broke the shaft of one of my apprx. six year old Swix Team CT2 pole shafts. If I can find a single shaft, will it match the surviving pole even 6 years later? Has Swix changed these poles? If so, any ideas where to find the shaft? I just converted my roller ski poles back to snow poles, so I am not in a huge hurry. If it matters, these are 175 cm. Thanks in advance, -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.nordic...) |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
On 11 Feb 2007 17:38:19 -0500, wrote:
Today I broke the shaft of one of my apprx. six year old Swix Team CT2 pole shafts. If I can find a single shaft, will it match the surviving pole even 6 years later? Has Swix changed these poles? If so, any ideas where to find the shaft? www.newmoonski.com probably. But it might be more cost effective to look for a late season deal on a pair of the same poles and keep your old pole as a spare. Eg I think www.reliableracing.com has CT2 fairly cheap right now. -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
John Forrest Tomlinson writes:
John On 11 Feb 2007 17:38:19 -0500, wrote: Today I broke the shaft of one of my apprx. six year old Swix Team CT2 pole shafts. If I can find a single shaft, will it match the surviving pole even 6 years later? Has Swix changed these poles? If so, any ideas where to find the shaft? John www.newmoonski.com probably. But it might be more cost effective to They do, but there is no pricing on their website. I called, but got a machine, so I emailed them. John look for a late season deal on a pair of the same poles and keep your John old pole as a spare. Eg I think www.reliableracing.com has CT2 fairly John cheap right now. Wonderful price, but only size left is 35 cm too short for me. Thanks your your response, some other places do seem to have some pretty good prices for pairs. From the Swix literature, the new poles may be noticeably stiffer, so probably a pair is a better idea, with the old one as an emergency backup. Luckily the pole broke near the tip, so I will use the broken shaft as a classic backup shaft. Nothing wasted but the 7cm at the end of the shaft. -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.nordic...) |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
Wasn't there someone in MN who posted here last summer about fixing
broken shafts? wrote: John Forrest Tomlinson writes: John On 11 Feb 2007 17:38:19 -0500, John wrote: Today I broke the shaft of one of my apprx. six year old Swix Team CT2 pole shafts. If I can find a single shaft, will it match the surviving pole even 6 years later? Has Swix changed these poles? If so, any ideas where to find the shaft? John www.newmoonski.com probably. But it might be more cost John effective to They do, but there is no pricing on their website. I called, but got a machine, so I emailed them. John look for a late season deal on a pair of the same poles and John keep your old pole as a spare. Eg I think John www.reliableracing.com has CT2 fairly cheap right now. Wonderful price, but only size left is 35 cm too short for me. Thanks your your response, some other places do seem to have some pretty good prices for pairs. From the Swix literature, the new poles may be noticeably stiffer, so probably a pair is a better idea, with the old one as an emergency backup. Luckily the pole broke near the tip, so I will use the broken shaft as a classic backup shaft. Nothing wasted but the 7cm at the end of the shaft. -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.nordic...) |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
On Feb 11, 2:09 pm, wrote:
John Forrest Tomlinson writes: John On 11 Feb 2007 17:38:19 -0500, wrote: Today I broke the shaft of one of my apprx. six year old Swix Team CT2 pole shafts. If I can find a single shaft, will it match the surviving pole even 6 years later? Has Swix changed these poles? If so, any ideas where to find the shaft? Johnwww.newmoonski.comprobably. But it might be more cost effective to They do, but there is no pricing on their website. I called, but got a machine, so I emailed them. John look for a late season deal on a pair of the same poles and keep your John old pole as a spare. Eg I thinkwww.reliableracing.comhas CT2 fairly John cheap right now. Wonderful price, but only size left is 35 cm too short for me. Thanks your your response, some other places do seem to have some pretty good prices for pairs. From the Swix literature, the new poles may be noticeably stiffer, so probably a pair is a better idea, with the old one as an emergency backup. Luckily the pole broke near the tip, so I will use the broken shaft as a classic backup shaft. Nothing wasted but the 7cm at the end of the shaft. -- Andrew Hall (Now reading Usenet in rec.skiing.nordic...) As a contrary opinion, I believe you'd never even perceive the difference in either swing weight or stiffness between your old shaft and a *comparable quality* new shaft of the same brand, except for the color and/or graphics. Or if you did perceive a difference, it would be insignficant. If it were me, rather than buy a pair, I'd buy a replacement shaft of the same brand, in whatever line is most similar to my old one. Now, I do believe you'd notice the difference if the two poles were of different grades - for example if one were a mid-grade shaft and the other a top of the line. Just my opinion though. |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
On 12 Feb 2007 11:38:51 -0800, "Camilo" wrote:
If it were me, rather than buy a pair, I'd buy a replacement shaft of the same brand, in whatever line is most similar to my old one. Have you looked at prices? -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
On Feb 12, 3:00 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote: On 12 Feb 2007 11:38:51 -0800, "Camilo" wrote: If it were me, rather than buy a pair, I'd buy a replacement shaft of the same brand, in whatever line is most similar to my old one. Have you looked at prices? -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visithttp://www.jt10000.com **************************** I'm not sure what the point is. No, I haven't looked at prices recently and maybe he could find some close out poles which would make buying a whole new pair worth while. But last year when I broke a Swix Star pole it was certainly a lot cheaper to buy a new shaft and re-use the grip and basket from the broken pole ... than to buy a new pair. Much less than 1/2 the price, more like 25%. I would imagine that with the OP's CT2's, finding a very similar replacement shaft would show the same savings. Like I said, I seriously doubt (but of course can't guarantee) that the OP would not notice any subtle difference in swing weight or stiffness of a like-qualtiy new shaft. |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
On 12 Feb 2007 19:44:19 -0800, "Camilo" wrote:
On Feb 12, 3:00 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson wrote: On 12 Feb 2007 11:38:51 -0800, "Camilo" wrote: If it were me, rather than buy a pair, I'd buy a replacement shaft of the same brand, in whatever line is most similar to my old one. Have you looked at prices? I'm not sure what the point is. The point is that what I've seen is single shafts cost half the price of a complete pair of poles, or more. No, I haven't looked at prices recently and maybe he could find some close out poles which would make buying a whole new pair worth while. But last year when I broke a Swix Star pole it was certainly a lot cheaper to buy a new shaft and re-use the grip and basket from the broken pole ... than to buy a new pair. Much less than 1/2 the price, more like 25%. Where did you get that pricing? -- JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
JT:
The point is that what I've seen is single shafts cost half the price of a complete pair of poles, or more. Me: No, I haven't looked at prices recently and maybe he could find some close out poles which would make buying a whole new pair worth while. But last year when I broke a Swix Star pole it was certainly a lot cheaper to buy a new shaft and re-use the grip and basket from the broken pole ... than to buy a new pair. Much less than 1/2 the price, more like 25%. JT: Where did you get that pricing? Me again: OK, my memory is a little vague, but the deal was, I got a shaft for about $85 locally and it was cut down by the shop so I didn't have to mess with it. Could have been $80, could have been $90, but I'm sure it was substantially less than $100, I really think $85 or less. At the time, local retail on the Star CT1 was about $250-260. This was mid-season, no close out's available. Figuring from that, it was about 1/3 or so the price of the new pair. I just took a glance at the Reliable Racing web site and they have the CT1's on sale for about $180 plus shipping, so my price would have still been about 1/2. To me, 1/2 is 1/2 and I'd still buy a replacement shaft rather than a whole new pair, leaving one spare pole, unless the match was way off or the grips were shot or some such thing. My poles had virtually new grips and baskets. I might even be vain enough to let the cosmetics affect the decision. If I'd ever need that spare pole because of another broken, I'd spend the other 1/2 at that point and buy it. But I don't break poles very often, maybe one every 3-5 years (including striding and skating), so more aggressive skiers/breakers might have a different POV. |
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Replace single, old, Swix Team CT2 Pole shaft
Another option is to repair the pole. I just broke one of my excel
skating poles the other day, and am in the process of repairing it. I broke one of my classic poles a few years ago, and am still skiing on it. If you are at the level of skiing, that the extra weight from the repair, will affect your performance, or you don't have the time, or extra poles, then I aggree with John, to buy a new set of poles, and keep your old one as a spare. Swix poles have not changed in their diameter, just graffics, and some composition changes since you bought yours. The swing weight of the new swix team will be probably different, but I don't think you will notice the difference. I have a replacement shaft for my excel Avanti Formula poles, but choose to repair it, to save the new shaft for a time when the broken one is unrepairable. I just found a wood dole, that was a little bigger than the shaft, cut it so that that about 3" went either into either section, ground it down to just fit inside pole, than got some automotive fiberglass resin, applied it to the dole, and pushed both pole ends together. Let that dry over nite, then I got some fiberglass mesh, cut it to length, mixed more resin, and applied the mesh so that it rapped around pole at least 3 times. Let that dry, grind it smooth, then apply another layer of mesh and resin,,,,,,,,let it harden,,,,,,,,,,grind it smooth,and your good to go. At my level,,,I can't notice the extra weight, and has never given me a problem. |
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