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Thread: School me on race skis
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12-21-2023, 06:11 AM #126Registered User
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12-21-2023, 08:18 AM #127Not a skibum
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12-21-2023, 08:54 AM #128
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12-21-2023, 09:38 AM #129
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12-21-2023, 11:14 AM #130
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12-21-2023, 11:47 AM #131
Nah, that's the old Men's FIS norm up to ~2013ish, then it went to 35M and back to 30M. Bigger dudes ~240+ don't fold them either and folding is not an issue unless one is trying to force a sub 15M turn, which there's no need to when not being forced to turn where gates are set.
The only skis that might fold from an adult skiing them are true kids skis in the 170-179 range but most of those are sub-21M and are made with a lighter construction.Move upside and let the man go through...
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12-21-2023, 12:36 PM #132
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12-21-2023, 01:21 PM #133
Shit like 50% and they mooooove. Fast. Fun.
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12-21-2023, 02:39 PM #134Registered User
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Yeah dudes! No time wasted.
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12-21-2023, 03:35 PM #135
You dudes are making me want to mount up these dumpster finds. I’ve got some old FKS Course 14’s that would fit
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12-23-2023, 09:11 PM #136Registered User
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The super long radius race (non-speed) skis still mystify me.
I raced in high school in the era of short super turny slalom skis. Big Bode Miller Racing on 155s.
I had a pair of race stock Salomon equipe 10 3v they were “long” at 168 with a 15m turning radius. We didn’t do GS but I think they looked about like the pair above with fairly short radius. Turning >30m skis through a GS course sounds rough.
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12-23-2023, 10:12 PM #137
Try a 203cm, ~70m slalom ski. Just stupid looking back now.
My last year racing (just high school, not elite) kids were just starting to get into shaped skis. I would have been so much better if I had of jumped on that bandwagon early (and if my parents could have afforded new gear).
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12-24-2023, 10:13 AM #138
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12-24-2023, 11:28 AM #139Registered User
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12-24-2023, 12:40 PM #140
Probably not unless they are old enough to now have some sort of damage or they are delaminating. They have probably a double layer wood and Titanal core in them plus a the binding race plate under foot. Photos of the top sheet and colors and graphics design (Yellow and Black, Yellow, Black and some red in the graphics, then later years they were the charcoal with yellow lettering etc.) would be able to tell the vintage year(s) within 2 or 3. The Fischer 183 cm were depending on the year and if Women or Men's were anywhere from 21 meter up to 35 meter with 27 meter the FIS standard for a while as they went up over the years to 35 for men for a bit.
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12-24-2023, 12:45 PM #141
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12-25-2023, 08:43 AM #145Registered User
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Can't tell 100% from the photo, but those look like the plastic version of the plates with a mid-90s retail binding. Having skied both components when they were new (albeit not together), it wouldn't be my first choice if you happened to have other options, and I'd keep a close eye on the condition of the plates (I never pulled the binding out, but mine actually deformed around the heel screws, but I was running Drivers which might have a wider pattern then the Look heel).
The vertical heel travel on the bindings is really nice to have, but the plastic bumpers on either side of the heel reduce clearance before they hit the snow (the contemporary race room version, as well as later retail versions as far as I've seen, have skinnier metal ears where the arms meet the heel plate).
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12-25-2023, 11:21 AM #146Registered User
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^^ alpinevibes. If you have any concern about plastic lifters per VTbum’s comment ….. pretty sure I’ve got a set with metal inserts that’ll work with those bindings if you want them…..
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12-25-2023, 11:29 AM #147
Yeah they’re a plastic plate and I do think they have plastic bumpers where the heel arms come down.
Dave - thanks I may holler at you for those
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12-26-2023, 07:33 AM #148
I picked up some 182cm Blizzard FIS GS skis with a 23m radius. Used them once and liked them so far. Does anyone know how old they might be, and who would have been racing on them?
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