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Repair defect ski and exchange crooked stick?
After my last tour I had to realise two defects.
One was a crooked ski stick: http://omploader.org/vM2JvNQ the other a deep scratch in my ski: http://omploader.org/vM2JvMw For the ski sticks: they are made from aluminium and were purchased (as the ski) ~two weeks ago. Should I ask the shop to exchange them into more reliable sticks or would they laugh at me saying "Just don't go berserk with them!"? With clothes, ski and all I weigh ~100 kg. The stick was crooked while I catched myself from stumbling. For the scratch: should I try to heat bond it with hot air, should I ask a professional to repair the ski or should I just cut away the out sticking material? I am no professional and use the ski now and then (as long as snow comes to where I live) for cruising across the fields or around/along interesting objects to contribute to OpenStreetMap. The ski are Fischer Europa 99 Crown. Regards Thomas Paulsen |
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Repair defect ski and exchange crooked stick?
Thomas Paulsen wrote:
After my last tour I had to realise two defects. One was a crooked ski stick: http://omploader.org/vM2JvNQ the other a deep scratch in my ski: http://omploader.org/vM2JvMw For the ski sticks: they are made from aluminium and were purchased (as the ski) ~two weeks ago. Should I ask the shop to exchange them into more reliable sticks or would they laugh at me saying "Just don't go berserk with them!"? With clothes, ski and all I weigh ~100 kg. The stick was crooked while I catched myself from stumbling. For the scratch: should I try to heat bond it with hot air, should I ask a professional to repair the ski or should I just cut away the out sticking material? I am no professional and use the ski now and then (as long as snow comes to where I live) for cruising across the fields or around/along interesting objects to contribute to OpenStreetMap. The ski are Fischer Europa 99 Crown. Regards Thomas Paulsen Hi Thomas, I've found it pretty easy to bend an aluminum pole back into shape - that's why rental shops like them so much ;-) It doesn't need to be perfectly straight, either. On the scratch: I would just cut away the material that is sticking out. I have quite a few gouges in my skis and they really don't slow the ski down after you remove any sticking-out bits. OTOH, try to stay off the rocks ;-) HTH, Bob |
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Repair defect ski and exchange crooked stick?
Bob Bob schrieb:
Hi Thomas, I've found it pretty easy to bend an aluminum pole back into shape - I'll hav a try at that, hoping the best. that's why rental shops like them so much ;-) It doesn't need to be perfectly straight, either. But when it is crooked as mine is now, pushing on it it goes out of shape far easier than the straight one. On the scratch: I would just cut away the material that is sticking out. Hm. I have quite a few gouges in my skis That was the second tour with this ski. Are there some made from titan with exchangeable plastic pads? I guess I'd be the perfect consumer for them. 0o and they really don't slow the ski down after you remove any sticking-out bits. I guess so. As long as some ski remains. OTOH, try to stay off the rocks ;-) To be exact: it was a hidden metal leftover from some old steps HTH, I do so, too Thomas |
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Repair defect ski and exchange crooked stick?
Short of deep gouges in the p-tex that need repairing, which you could
talk to a shop about, scratches in the base are like lines in a face, a sign of character. Gene On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:52:20 +0100 Thomas Paulsen wrote: On the scratch: I would just cut away the material that is sticking out. Hm. I have quite a few gouges in my skis That was the second tour with this ski. Are there some made from titan with exchangeable plastic pads? I guess I'd be the perfect consumer for them. 0o and they really don't slow the ski down after you remove any sticking-out bits. I guess so. As long as some ski remains. OTOH, try to stay off the rocks ;-) To be exact: it was a hidden metal leftover from some old steps HTH, I do so, too Thomas |
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Repair defect ski and exchange crooked stick?
On Jan 22, 3:49*pm, wrote:
Short of deep gouges in the p-tex that need repairing, which you could talk to a shop about, scratches in the base are like lines in a face, a sign of character. OP's scratch has quite a bit of character, indeed If the gear is used to get out occasionally when snow is around I would not worry about the bent pole. A 4 mm deep scratch I would expect to go through the base into the core (wood)? In that case I would expect the thaw/freeze cycles to gradually de-laminate the base from the core. I think bases are ~2 mm thick at most, but correct me if I am wrong. I am sure you can find pictures of ski crossections on the net |
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