Poster: A snowHead
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Looking at buying a set of Rossi Bandit XX, but discovered a pretty sizable repair, about the size of a lighter. Should I steer clear of these or will it not affect performance enough to notice? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
[img]https://imgur.com/a/VTPd9[/img]
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Probably down to the quality of the repair. It might be the image but the repaired edge doesn't even look straight. If that's the case, you'd surely know about it on snow.
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Hardly need to worry about performance being compromised on a ski about 20 years old. Assume you're not paying more than £40 so that's rock ski money.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@jonnyduna777, I'm forgetting my manners - welcome to !
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Many thanks for the welcome! I need to get a better shot of it to gauge the quality of the repair. I skied this model many years ago and absolutely loved them. A bit overextended on cash flow at the moment due to too many expensive hobbies and looking for a cheap re-entry point, but hope to get very similar results from when I'd tried them before. Just don't have any experience with a PTEX repair of this size.
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Looks to me like it’s had an edge repair. I’d avoid.
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10-4 Altis, that's what I needed to know. Many thanks for the direction folks!
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Yes I'd be very wary - what can see isn't so much the issue, it's what you can't see, under the surface. It might be a potentially dangerous waste of 💰.
I understand why you want them but don't let that rule your head. There will be other skis that you like - perhaps it's time to try some out and look online again.
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Looks ok to me, I wouldn't pay big money for them but the XX was and remains a good ski. Could be a bit flappy by now depending on how many days they've done.
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Never mind the ptex, the edge looks a mess - wouldn’t touch with a barge pole. You should be able to pick up something miles better than that for £50 on eBay or one of the facebook buy and sell sites in resort
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Ok, good deal. Will find a well cared for, low days set instead. Thanks again for all of the help! Hope to be skiing again soon!
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks a cr@p repair, avoid............
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@jonnyduna777, ...dreadful repair. As you have decided, avoid.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Any other models with similar performance to the Bandit X or XX that should be on my radar for consideration? I'm a bit out of touch with the later technologies. Looking for a 50/50 to maybe 70/30 On/Off piste ratio. I'm on the southern East coast (western NC and WV) and ski mostly groomed, granular over ice, with a few pow days mixed in, but have friends in CO I'd like to visit soon and be able to take my skis along for the ride. I like to ski fast and alternate from long to short turns and like some jumps mixed in. The Bandit X was a very agile, poppy ski that was stable at speed and didn't feel like dead wooden planks like some of the fatter models I'd tried, the Rossi Zenith is one that comes to mind.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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BobinCH wrote: |
the edge looks a mess |
the slight bend could be an issue if you hit it again at that point. At 20-30 quid they'd be ok assuming they haven't 100+ days on them.
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