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The way Cold Thistle started was me going on the hunt for a decent down jacket. I learned a few things in the process. Mostly what I wanted, wasn't want most people bought.
Skiing has been important in my life off and on. Not really all that important now but I still don't want what most people buy. A lot of reasons for that and likely not all of them good or relevant to you. But I am finding some issues I might consider serious flaws, if only I knew more about the subject. So what you'll get is some opinion. Not all based in fact, just my experience.
Not the first time I have gotten to this point, when what I would have thought were reliable resources I have been reading on the Internet come up with totally difference conclusions than I do.
But no matter :-) I'll be writing some ski reviews shortly. Boots and bindings as well at some point.
Here is a teaser as to what skis you will have a chance to read in depth reviews on.
A quick shot of what will be reviewed should look like this:
Black Diamond
Aspect
La Sportiva
Lo5
Hi5
GTR
More on La sportiva skis..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fbinjGpIvI
Dynafit
SevenSummit
Broad Peak
Huascaran @177cm and 196cm
more here on the Huascaran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Bf35O81GU
DPS
Wailer 99 Pure
Wailer 112 RP Pure
Wailer 112 RPC Pure
Lotus 138, Pure, 3.2 rocker version
more here on the 112s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2VAjV8bJo
Rossi Series for 2013/14
Soul 7
Squad 7
Super 7
More here on the 7s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4OM4Wzbyo
3 comments:
Holy tech bindings. A reason you don't use inserts and swap bindings back and forth? Given it is kind of a PITA but so is buying things.
I'm pretty rough on my gear so not a big fan of the inserts. Mostly becasue I don't seem to find the time to do the conversions myself.
I also try to keep it under 6 pair of skis at a time...one more pair and I'll be doing inserts.
Fair enough. I think over on TGR the prevailing theory is that they have a greater pullout strength than your normal binding screw. I just bought the install kit and it's been really smooth so far but I'm reusing holes that already work. Only issue for me is that I have a set of Verticals so have to screw around with adjusting the heel spacing as I swap from one setup to another. Also having brakes makes it more difficult to remove and replace the screws.
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