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Demoed 195's for a few days this week at Snowbird. Snow was variable and mostly sucked balls. At -2 was closest to a GS race mount, 0 would annoy me, and the +5 mark scares the shit out of me.
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Same here.

I drag my skis into the RF lab and use one of these for metal grip and base ribbon.

http://www.tequipment.net/Hakko851-2.html

Works great. I just have to be careful not to whack any of the...

I don't know any shops that actually use a Vermont Calibrator. I'm not surprised given that it's an overpriced, glorified torque wrench. Wintersteiger testing machines are popular with many shops...

Planing and lifting the boot sole is not cheap and is not (easily) reversible.

On the other hand, taking a hex key out on the mountain and skiing with the upper cuff moved in either direction,...

25m radius and twin-tip. Or does it have a twin-tip? I don't know... when I looked at it a while back those two aspects turned me off.

Not just the RC112. The SC108 that it replaced only lasted one season too. Even now at rock bottom prices it doesn't seem to be selling.
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Instead of a ghetto ass repair using jb weld, use an epoxy that's actually fits the purpose.

http://www.slidewright.com/proddetail.php?prod=SVHME&cat=139

Then again, if you really need to...

From a TSA standpoint, avy beacon is about as mundane as a cell phone. Carry it on if you wish.

I carry on boots, laptop, most of my camera gear... Not that anyone ever checks, but I'm usually...

Checked luggage. I already have enough crap that gets carried on. Beacon rental cost (at least in Chamonix) is about €5 a day. No big deal.

You are anal fucktarded. Just use ski straps and the edges are a non-issue.

Over the past few weeks I rolled my Dakine Double Concourse through 5 airports and 5 train stations in Germany and throughout the Alps. I took one pair of Stocklis across the pond and two pairs back....

I wear a 25 shell and size 10 running shoes. If width or length were my only concerns, I would use a 26 shell. I go down another size because my heel-instep circumference measures on the small size,...

Coverage looks to be over. Eurosport is writing off everyone else. Tina Maze was the last to make the TV cut.

justin.tv /eurosport still coming through.

bring it back! otherwise i need to get back to doing real work!

Squads are beefy, so they can handle the thermonuclear reaction of the epoxy. Not sure about lesser skis.

http://www.salomoncertification.com/

If you want the actual Deutsches Institut für Normung specification, IIRC, you'll have to pay for it and read German.

Good work. This is the first time I've seen pics of successful Tyrolia brake bending. You are more manly than I, who broke down multiple times and purchased the wide brakes.

Billy Kaplan
cantman@speakeasy.net

I prefer Billy over PJ at Race Stock in Vermont, which says a lot. He has some crazy sewing machines for the best liner modifications in the country IMO.

Uvex singles, which come in clear and yellow, are about $10. Used all over the World Cup. They will work for you.

These requirements are met by most computers made in the past decade. You can get a refurb for under $400 easily.

Get a drill bit made for mounting bindings.

http://tognar.com/binding_tools_boot_canting_glue_ski_snowboard.html

Planing and lifts - typically at race shops - is stupidly expensive. Ballpark is $150-200. If you want the shop make a gazillion passes on the planer to flatten rounded soles, it may be even more. I...

s920 is still in production no?

http://www.salomon.com/fr/#/ski/bindings/bindings/920-eq-rac

5'11", 12 stones, and 294mm

SL 12
GS 14
Everything else 11

I personally don't pay any attention to the 1cm rule. But I'm a fuggin rebel. Less than 5mm requires special attention in my book though.

$400 with plates. About right for a pair of solid condition Racetigers.

Get four tires. Two wheels drive the car, but all four provide traction for steering. IMO, getting dedicated snow tires - rather than all seasons - is more important than what specific brand or model...

Not possible. Like Tyrolia Freeflex or the Salomon ZZ interface, the Maxflex isn't really a plate (that's a lot bigger and comes separately), but a metal bar that connects the heel and toe pieces....

She also raced Europa Cup with the Norwegian National Team before joining the park scene. Perhaps not TGR worthy in that respect, but she's a pretty damn good skier.
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Atomic RT Ti 130

$140 shipped to the lower 48

Size: 26.0 / 304mm
Width: 95mm
Flex: Soft (130)

These are plugs from 2005/2006 if recall correctly. They've never seen snow and are pretty...

Tyrolia breaks are not easily bendable. The metal parts of the brake are burlier than Salomon, but the plastic parts are not. If they were easy to bend, I would not have about 5 pairs of them lying...

Reminds me of the Circuit City liquidation sales, which started with price increases on almost everything in the store.

I concur. On a 1.6 crop camera, 28-135 turns into a funky tele lens.

I opted for the 17-50mm Tamron instead of the Canon 17-55 f/2.8IS. The downsides are lack of IS and whiney AF which may or may not be issues for you. I shot a candlelight memorial a few weeks back...

A legend and inspiration to my life.

RIP Shane

I was going through a similar situation as the cancer slowly spreads on my Dell - DVD drive dead, Ethernet is variable, and the power is flaky. I just threw down on a Lenovo X300. I'm traveling the...

Just keep the ski bag under 50 lbs. The "1 pair of skis" rule has been around forever and existed before any of the recent rule changes. Practically speaking, few people will question how many pairs...

I have a friend who went out to Telluride a few years ago. He has not been back since...

Some people prefer working with the brass plugs instead of helicoils, but in the end, they both serve the same purpose. Pullouts are rare in either case, and I don't know anybody with significant...

Why not just seal the bottom with a layer of epoxy when you install the insert?

PJ Dewey at Race Stock Sports uses an pneumatic setup. All I know is that it sounds pretty beastly. His shop sounds like an auto garage when he's grinding boots.

You could run them through one of the Wintersteiger auto-magical base repair machines followed by an automated base grind and bevel. It should spit the skis out with respectable results and minimal...

My earlier conclusions were from some test shots at 11mm. I took a few more at 16mm and I'm content down to f4. Unfortunately, that's the wrong end that I'm interested in. I'd post some test pics but...

Mine just arrived from B&H. Contrary to most of the reviews, mine is quite soft throughout at f2.8 and f4. I'm considering...

1. Send it back and try another copy
2. Get the Canon 10-22mm
3....

I'm wondering are as well. Those brakes don't come off very easily.

Curious what typical requirements are to open an options account. Application form at my broker was 8 pages long and lacking of any conditions.

I don't think those bindings aren't that old. The current Atomic race bindings are of the similar design. More info if you put a pic of the whole binding.