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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 |
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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 |
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Keep the skis and dump the wheels.
FitzMarwegerald wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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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 |
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Pete,
What say you about the 100 SR speed reducers operationally with solid tires? Is the action of the reducer diminished? |
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Pete,
What say you about the 100 SR speed reducers operationally with solid tires? Is the action of the reducer diminished? |
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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 |
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