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03-29-2017, 07:36 PM #1926Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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03-29-2017, 07:38 PM #1927
Slightly intoxicated now after 2 hours in the airport lounge, and getting all excited about the Praxis sale/veneer deal (and heading to the Alps for some sprig skiing).
Some advice please: NZ variable snow (never deep, but often smooth and fast, windsift, crud, everything. Narrowish couloirs to wide open bowls and faces. Wanting to go fast; faster than my technique and quads/glutes say. RX? Have MVPs and would like something chargier.
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03-29-2017, 08:13 PM #1928
Hmmm, just read that making a ski 1cm narrower also makes it 1cm shorter. Makes sense I guess.
Thom, look at the BC for a soft snow back country ski.Life is not lift served.
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03-29-2017, 08:17 PM #1929Registered User
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Any chance the points from a referral order made tonight will show up by the end of the month?
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03-29-2017, 08:20 PM #1930
Kind of like the inverse of stretching taffy ;-)
Thanks! My only "concern" about a BC is how much I've come to love the RES tip on my BG's. It keeps whispering "Steeple" in my ears - albeit at a bit of a weight penalty.. I might be able to put this to bed (or not) at a demo in 10 days.
I'm also thinking about the Colorado snowpack - go wide so I can more easily meadowskip and float - less temptation to get into avalanche trouble on a Continental, Winter snowpack.
Maybe I install inserts in my GPOs and play with them this Spring/early Winter. There's no law that says I have to buy skis this Spring ;-)
... ThomGalibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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03-29-2017, 08:36 PM #1931
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03-29-2017, 09:15 PM #1933Registered User
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Just joined the club and bought a pair of GPOs on Gear Swap and looking for advice: What's the ideal tune on these (PNW, nearly all in-bounds use, no touring)? I read somewhere (here?) that they should be detuned a bit at the tip... any advice welcomed.
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03-29-2017, 09:20 PM #1934
2016 PRAXIS info, mounting and resource guide
Wow. 3 pairs in my cart. I Want a touring 187 GPO, mess around/park/bumps 187 MVP and a 182 volcano ready yeti.
I also really want to try some 3D powder boards and a standard RX.
But would I ever reach for those over my Billy goats on a deep inbounds day? What would become of my Q?
Edit for deeper thoughts.
A spoony protest perhaps?
A spooned Ullr?
More skis, more first world problems.wait!!!! waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait...Wait!
Zoolander wasn't a documentary?
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03-29-2017, 09:43 PM #1935
I think I'm in the majority with approximate detune points, but others will likely chime in. I'm a trad-ish skier, mounted -1cm from recommended.
I progressively detuned and wound up going to the tip and tail taper point (not rocker point). The stock 1/1 bevel works for me but I confess to not having experimented with this.
This is in a Colorado snowpack.
... ThomGalibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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03-29-2017, 09:44 PM #1936
They come with a 1/1 tune from the factory which I've been happy with but you'll want to detune the tips and the tails. I detune them around 1/2-1" past the contact points. I just get really aggressive with a gummy when detuning but some guys will use a file to really round the edges.
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03-29-2017, 09:46 PM #1937
Yes, I was surprised that I ended up rounding the edges.
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03-29-2017, 10:05 PM #1938Registered User
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I have the Rx in med. flex with carbon. It weighs around 8 lb and is my favorite touring ski, even though I've wanted a 184 since it came out and would prefer a stiffer flex. The tail is round and splayed, it just doesn't begin to splay as early as some skis with more pronounced tail rocker. Freeride's tail is squarer and minimal splay and similar rocker to Rx. Obviously, I can't say what it was with the Freerides that didn't click for you (though I'd be surprised if it were just the tail), but I wouldn't dismiss the Rx because of short tail rocker. I'd actually praise it for that.
I have the 108 Steeple in 184. Love the ski, but yeah, comes with a pound penalty (and I sometimes wish it were closer to BG's stiffness).Last edited by dschane; 03-29-2017 at 10:32 PM.
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03-29-2017, 10:25 PM #1939Registered User
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03-30-2017, 12:02 AM #1940
Thanks for the tips. Actually, an ever so slightly softer Billy Goat (including the Steeple's slightly rounder flex) sounds ideal. Trying to translate between companies, I can see the wisdom in a #3 to 3.5 flex Rx for this application - perhaps a bit stiffer.
I wish I could separate the factors that didn't work for me with the Freeride. Perhaps it was the Maple/Ash. I wouldn't pretend to have a broad enough range of experience to say why. This bugs me, only because I'd like to be able to predict this stuff.
I don't tend to make good deadline-induced purchasing decisions. I think it may be time to make good on my threat to order a pile of Binding Freedom inserts for some second mounts. It will take extraordinary self-restraint to pass this free veneer deal up, and possibly require a support group, although I've obviously come to the wrong place for that sort of thing. What a party poop ;-)
... ThomLast edited by galibier_numero_un; 03-30-2017 at 12:22 AM.
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03-30-2017, 06:07 AM #1941Registered User
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I had mine cleaned up at the shop and they went with 1/2 and I found them to be a bit more twitchy, especially if you get bases flat on a cat track. They will be back to a 1/1 soon.
I detuned the tips and tails a bit, didn't feel much. A bit more, felt better. and then a whole lot all the way to the contact point and am happy. My wife took off the wrapper and wouldn't change a thing.
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03-30-2017, 07:29 AM #1942Registered User
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03-30-2017, 08:49 AM #1943Registered User
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Curious what happens if I click "better than Tabke" do the skis get some different layup or something?
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03-30-2017, 08:57 AM #1944Registered Undead
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03-30-2017, 09:05 AM #1945
2016 PRAXIS info, mounting and resource guide
Talked to Keith today. Said Quixote horse graphic should be available on that ski (only) today hopefully.
Going maple/ash adds about 1 lb to wider skis like Quixote. However his favorite layup for resort skis 100-115 underfoot is maple/ash/carbon/Veneer, with the carbon and veneer the net weight is pretty reasonable. Going to go for it on my pair.Last edited by Muggydude; 03-30-2017 at 09:22 AM.
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03-30-2017, 09:18 AM #1946
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03-30-2017, 10:18 AM #1947
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03-30-2017, 11:08 AM #1948
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03-30-2017, 11:27 AM #1949
^ that's the impression I got. Keith said he thought the carbon just saved a little weight and made the ski have a little faster rebound. And weight comparison was 1 lb for enduro w/ nylon topsheet vs heavy w/nylon topsheet.
He also mentioned he changed the carbon option a couple years ago to have less carbon, in his opinion doesn't really have any adverse side effects
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03-30-2017, 11:30 AM #1950
No, I'm seriously asking!
I hadn't really considered the Q as I'm not sure when I'd grab it over the Wren or BG. I feel like those two skis cover my inbounds skiing pretty damn well (other than the noodling around with the GF part). What does the Q offer other than OOH SHINY!!!!
My first inclination is UL Protests to mount up with tech binders. Then sell my Protests with Guardians. But I'm not sure how much I'd actually ski them vs a Steeple 116.
I also find myself tempted by a 183 MVP as a more easy-going alternative to my other inbounds skis. Without carbon these would be stupid cheap thanks to referral points.
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