100SR: wheel alternatives - tests

Related to concerns about rapid tire wear with the 100SR skis, I took
three sets of Ski Skett 100mm wheels out today to see how they felt. I
had previously used a pair of the "slow" rubber wheels and reported on
them in a post yesterday. I used the "medium" rubber wheels and the
"fast" urethane wheels today. In each case, the front wheels were Jenex
100's, worn though they are, and the replacement wheels were on the
rear. If you have invested in the 100SRs and are wondering about
wheels, hopefully this will be an aid.
The good news, if you can accept my subjective conclusions, is that the
ski retains its smooth, stable feeling with any of these other wheels.
What changes is the speed; the designations for each wheel are apt. The
slow rubber felt marginally slower than using the stock Jenex wheels.
The fast wheels were much quicker than the Jenex, similar to Aero 150's
w/o speed reducers. The medium rubber was very similar to the Jenex
stock wheel, perhaps a tad faster. I base my speed impressions on the
feel and handling of the ski on a 180deg. downhill left turn on a loop
that I use. It has a radius of about 40 yds. and is effectively banked.
My feeling is that, had I put on the skis w/o looking at the wheels, I
would not have known that the rear wheels were different.
What is wear like on the Ski Skett wheels? Dunno. I'm going to leave
them on for a while and see what happens. The set that I am using has
about 20km. on them. I should be able to get a good impression by
100Km.
Ultimately, the Jenex wheels on the front will be unusable. My feeling
now is that slow rubber on the front and medium on the rear would be
about right.
Pete

Pete,

These are good options for someone who already plunked down the dough to
buy 100SRs, but for anyone who hasn't dropped the dime, I'd suggest just
getting the Marwe, Elpex or other solid wheel ski instead. The speed
reducers surely won't work correctly with a solid wheel, so save on the
irritation and just buy some that work to start with.

Marsh

wrote:
Related to concerns about rapid tire wear with the 100SR skis, I took
three sets of Ski Skett 100mm wheels out today to see how they felt. I
had previously used a pair of the "slow" rubber wheels and reported on
them in a post yesterday. I used the "medium" rubber wheels and the
"fast" urethane wheels today. In each case, the front wheels were Jenex
100's, worn though they are, and the replacement wheels were on the
rear. If you have invested in the 100SRs and are wondering about
wheels, hopefully this will be an aid.
The good news, if you can accept my subjective conclusions, is that the
ski retains its smooth, stable feeling with any of these other wheels.
What changes is the speed; the designations for each wheel are apt. The
slow rubber felt marginally slower than using the stock Jenex wheels.
The fast wheels were much quicker than the Jenex, similar to Aero 150's
w/o speed reducers. The medium rubber was very similar to the Jenex
stock wheel, perhaps a tad faster. I base my speed impressions on the
feel and handling of the ski on a 180deg. downhill left turn on a loop
that I use. It has a radius of about 40 yds. and is effectively banked.
My feeling is that, had I put on the skis w/o looking at the wheels, I
would not have known that the rear wheels were different.
What is wear like on the Ski Skett wheels? Dunno. I'm going to leave
them on for a while and see what happens. The set that I am using has
about 20km. on them. I should be able to get a good impression by
100Km.
Ultimately, the Jenex wheels on the front will be unusable. My feeling
now is that slow rubber on the front and medium on the rear would be
about right.
Pete

Marsh: Yep. That's what I was thinking. Even owning a pair of 100SRs
already, the comments about the Marwes were so favorable that I started
thinking - "Well...maybe....?" But a person can buy a lot of wheels
for $ 300, especially since I have the skis (and like them.)
Pete

Keep the skis and dump the wheels.
FitzMarwegerald
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Marsh: Yep. That's what I was thinking. Even owning a pair of 100SRs
already, the comments about the Marwes were so favorable that I started
thinking - "Well...maybe....?" But a person can buy a lot of wheels
for $ 300, especially since I have the skis (and like them.)
Pete

The thing about the Marwe 610 is that the tracking is so excellent it's like
skating with speed skates, or roller skiing on "rails". There's little sense
of sideway slippage. Weird, because they are very stable IMO, yet usually
stability (at least with bicycle tires) is increased with some scrubbing
such as what happends with fatter, softer tires.

Out of my area of expertise, for sure, in terms of physics, but I know what
I know emperically, and know what I don't know, but don't know everything I
don't know and some things I do know.

Gary Jacobson
Rosendale, NY where I have to figure out how to get Spellcheck to work

Pete,

What say you about the 100 SR speed reducers operationally with solid
tires? Is the action of the reducer diminished?

Pete,

What say you about the 100 SR speed reducers operationally with solid
tires? Is the action of the reducer diminished?

Can't comment much about speed reducers on the 100SR; don't have'em.
They are not needed where I rollerski. Rolling terrain, the longest
hill is about 200yds at a slope that starts off at about 10 deg. and
gets shallower as one goes so there's not a great build-up of momentum.
Needed them on the 150s.
I suspect, though, that since I have retained 100SR tires on the front
, where the reducers would be, the effect would be not much changed.
Pete