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OT in some locations: New skis
"Pip Luscher" wrote in message news On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: ...snipsy.. I'd love to be able to do that. Sadly, round here is about as far form Alpine a it's possible to get (I live close to the Cambrifgshire Fens, in much the same way the Brighton is close to the sea). If the exchange rate were better then I'd try out a few different types and buy abroad, but it's probably not worth it at the moment. I know it's not exactly next door but Ellis-Brigham and the Snozone (Xscape) at Milton Keynes have a weekend sometime soon that gives you a chance to try several different skis for 3 hour period for £28 (IIRC) - not ideal but maybe better than nothing. However, if you have the time free, it's probably cheaper to save the petrol and snozone fee and pay the extra when buying in the resorts. HTH Actually I bought a pair of Head IM82's that handle everything in Canadian powder that I (and my son who, unlike me, actually knows what he's doing!) could throw at them and were still good on piste. -- Paul S |
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OT in some locations: New skis
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Pip Luscher wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now. I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!" Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water. However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also B3 quite highly. Mike -- o/ \\ // |\ ,_ o Mike Clark \__,\\ // __o | \ / /\, "A mountain climbing, cycling, skiing, " || _`\,_ |__\ \ | caving, antibody engineer and ` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user" |
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OT in some locations: New skis
Mike Clark wrote:
In message Pip Luscher wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now. I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!" Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water. However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also B3 quite highly. I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no probs so far (B2s) |
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OT in some locations: New skis
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BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message Pip Luscher wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now. I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!" Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water. However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also B3 quite highly. I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no probs so far (B2s) Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such circumstances. Mike -- o/ \\ // |\ ,_ o Mike Clark \__,\\ // __o | \ / /\, "A mountain climbing, cycling, skiing, " || _`\,_ |__\ \ | caving, antibody engineer and ` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user" |
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OT in some locations: New skis
Mike Clark wrote:
In message BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message Pip Luscher wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now. I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!" Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water. However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also B3 quite highly. I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no probs so far (B2s) Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such circumstances. No doubt those considerations would override anything else. The thing about banging them into a possibly icy snow bank is that they are usually banged in hard, especially if the snow's hard which is when the most damage occurs, and the fact that there is a slight up-turn on the tails means they don't go in square to the snow which would probably do less damage. I tend to put mine into the snow gently one at a time with the edge of the tail square to the snow now if I have to, but I prefer to lean them up against something. What I do NOT do is step out of them at the restaurant/cafe and leave them there as happens increasingly now. When my path in/out is blocked like that I just walk over everything or ski over it.... |
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OT in some locations: New skis
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BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message Pip Luscher wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now. I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!" Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water. However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also B3 quite highly. I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no probs so far (B2s) Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such circumstances. No doubt those considerations would override anything else. The thing about banging them into a possibly icy snow bank is that they are usually banged in hard, especially if the snow's hard which is when the most damage occurs, and the fact that there is a slight up-turn on the tails means they don't go in square to the snow which would probably do less damage. Yes but it's not a problem that I've seen associated with that many skis that are popular with off-piste and ski-tourers e.g. Dynastar Legends or Atomic R9s etc both of which I've personal experience of. I tend to put mine into the snow gently one at a time with the edge of the tail square to the snow now if I have to, but I prefer to lean them up against something. When I'm at 3500m+ staggering up the final bit of a steep slope to a col it's not the kind of issue I'm concentrating on ..... What I do NOT do is step out of them at the restaurant/cafe and leave them there as happens increasingly now. When my path in/out is blocked like that I just walk over everything or ski over it.... restaurants / cafes ???? this does fit in with my concept of off-piste ski-touring.... ;-) Mike -- o/ \\ // |\ ,_ o Mike Clark \__,\\ // __o | \ / /\, "A mountain climbing, cycling, skiing, " || _`\,_ |__\ \ | caving, antibody engineer and ` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user" |
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OT in some locations: New skis
Mike Clark wrote:
In message BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message Pip Luscher wrote: On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:53:43 +0200, BrritSki wrote: Wife and I both lke our Bandits which we've had for a few years now. I think they were the ones I hired, actually. Seemd to carve well enough and I didn't have any [ski related] problems off piste, other than a nervous sense of "help, these aren't my usual skis!" Two friends of mine who use B2s for their ski-touring have experienced problems with them delaminating at the tails and letting in the water. However despite this problem my friends do tend to rate the B2 and also B3 quite highly. I'd heard that they can do this when you smack them into the snow tail first at lunchtime/coffee-stops, so we avoid doing that if poss and no probs so far (B2s) Yes but if you're using them as touring skis it is quite likely you'll be taking them off for climbing some sections and you may then be using the skis as a useful balancing aid or even belay under such circumstances. No doubt those considerations would override anything else. The thing about banging them into a possibly icy snow bank is that they are usually banged in hard, especially if the snow's hard which is when the most damage occurs, and the fact that there is a slight up-turn on the tails means they don't go in square to the snow which would probably do less damage. Yes but it's not a problem that I've seen associated with that many skis that are popular with off-piste and ski-tourers e.g. Dynastar Legends or Atomic R9s etc both of which I've personal experience of. Ah, I was only referring to B2s. I tend to put mine into the snow gently one at a time with the edge of the tail square to the snow now if I have to, but I prefer to lean them up against something. When I'm at 3500m+ staggering up the final bit of a steep slope to a col it's not the kind of issue I'm concentrating on ..... What I do NOT do is step out of them at the restaurant/cafe and leave them there as happens increasingly now. When my path in/out is blocked like that I just walk over everything or ski over it.... restaurants / cafes ???? this does fit in with my concept of off-piste ski-touring.... ;-) An old friend used to go ski-mountaineering in the mountains behind Rieti (100 kms from Rome, but there's a ski resort at Terminillo where I learned to ski)) with some of the local mountain men. They'd climb a mountain somewhere and then ski down the other side until they came to a village where they would find someone who would make them some pasta and a phone (this is 30+ years ago before mobiles) where someone (female of course in the world of macho men) would be called to drive round and pick them up about 2 hours later after they'd eaten and drunk. Doubt if you could do it today.... |
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OT in some locations: New skis
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BrritSki wrote: Mike Clark wrote: In message BrritSki wrote: [snip] Yes but it's not a problem that I've seen associated with that many skis that are popular with off-piste and ski-tourers e.g. Dynastar Legends or Atomic R9s etc both of which I've personal experience of. Ah, I was only referring to B2s. Exactly! B2s could be really excellent off-piste ski-touring skis except for one little issue.... (I think more recent models do have a protector fitted as standard). [snip] restaurants / cafes ???? this does fit in with my concept of off-piste ski-touring.... ;-) An old friend used to go ski-mountaineering in the mountains behind Rieti (100 kms from Rome, but there's a ski resort at Terminillo where I learned to ski)) with some of the local mountain men. They'd climb a mountain somewhere and then ski down the other side until they came to a village where they would find someone who would make them some pasta and a phone (this is 30+ years ago before mobiles) where someone (female of course in the world of macho men) would be called to drive round and pick them up about 2 hours later after they'd eaten and drunk. Doubt if you could do it today.... I've kind of achieved that. My friends wife doesn't ski so when we're at his chalet in Le Buet we frequently do day tours and arrange for her to kindly come and collect us. Mike -- o/ \\ // |\ ,_ o Mike Clark \__,\\ // __o | \ / /\, "A mountain climbing, cycling, skiing, " || _`\,_ |__\ \ | caving, antibody engineer and ` || (_)/ (_) | \corn computer user" |
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Thread Hijack: Skiing in Chile
What this got to do with bikes?
A colleague at Oxford did sabbaticals at Bariloche. He probably skied there. I am on a waiting list for volunteers on research experiments which can require skiing on the Chile/Bolivan border. Pay for fly down there? Ha. Check the Reuter's book. -- Looking for an H-912 (container). |
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Thread Hijack: Skiing in Chile
Eugene Miya wrote:
What this got to do with bikes? NAHAY? A colleague at Oxford did sabbaticals at Bariloche. He probably skied there. Not Chile: Argentina, that is. I am on a waiting list for volunteers on research experiments which can require skiing on the Chile/Bolivan border. Pay for fly down there? Ha. My wife and I are moving out there :-) -- BMW K1100LT & K100RS Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |
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