 Poster: A snowHead
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BASI Offer just dropped through the letter box, woo hoo! This season I'm buying slalom skis and have a choice of:
Salomon SL LAB
Salomon Equipe 3V Race
Rossignol RS World Cup
(All 07 /0
I am 55kgs, 173 cms, BASI 3 (sorry - I mean Level 2 Instructor, tee hee!), not that aggressive (by comparison to instructors, more aggressive than most skiers) but working on becoming more aggressive, going to be attempting APM this season.
I won't have the opportunity to test, but at this price it's not end of world if I don't like them.
Any comments, advice appreciated. Cheers!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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beanie1, what price(s)? 
173cms/55kgs . . . . now I understand = beanie1,
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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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It's the BASI offer, so about 30 - 50% off RRP.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 9-08-07 8:18; edited 1 time in total
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beanie1, not as good as Ski-Bilek then 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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beanie1, Still 350quid more expensive than production costs!! 
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SMALLZOOKEEPER,
Maybe, but I still want them anyway!
Masque,
Do they have those skis at less?
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beanie1, The Salomon's are great skis. (Did i say that?)
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Masque,
Just looked and not a lot in it - The Ski Bilek Salomon LAB is only £20 less for 07 models, than I'd pay for 08 models. And carriage from Germany would bump the price up. As I'm so easily influenced by consumre culture, I'll go for the ones with the 08 graphics on, ha ha!
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all three then flog the ones you don't like for a profit on ebay 
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beanie1, Have a look at the Dynamics - they aren't on the BASI offer, but you can get them as cheap. I'm about the same size as you (but probably a much worse skier) .. they suited me much better 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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ski, She is good enough to use a proper race ski, I thought she should have got LABs instead of 3Vs last time.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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beanie1, i got a pair of Fischer race department RC4 SL ex hire skis off ebay in very good shape for 170 quid.... if you scan ebay there can be some good deals....
which APM course are you thinking about?
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Thanks, rjs, as you've actually seen me ski that is very helpful.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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beanie1, seeing as you skied my pretty stiff B5's very well I'd say get the LAB's.
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Poster: A snowHead
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skimottaret,
Thinking of doing the one in March. You? Any idea how quickly they're filling up?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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beanie1, I am doing a race course in dec and then the mountain safety module in jan in courchevel. i wanted to see how i got on with the race training before booking on the APM..... but the 10 march date is looking tempting.... dont know if they are booking up yet...
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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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skimottaret,
Maybe see you then! You'll enjoy the off piste, it's great fun. I'm going to use the APM itself as a training course, if I don't pass first time it doesn't matter, but I'll know what I have to aim for.
Bindings questions - Now decided I'm gonna get the SL LAB. The bindings designed for these skis are the 914 LAB, with DIN range of 6 - 14. I've always understood you should use bindings where your DIN setting is roughly in the middle of the range, however being fairly light I will be near the bottom of this range. Are they still suitable for me?
Thanks
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| beanie1 wrote: |
| ......Bindings questions - Now decided I'm gonna get the SL LAB. The bindings designed for these skis are the 914 LAB, with DIN range of 6 - 14. I've always understood you should use bindings where your DIN setting is roughly in the middle of the range, however being fairly light I will be near the bottom of this range. Are they still suitable for me? Thanks |
Using the springs at the middle of the range is theoretically best as they should perform at their most consistent at that setting. However, in practice the manufactures have a large amount of overlap with the springs they use, ie the springs used in a 6-14 binding will actually work well from say 2/3 - 17/18, it's just that they install stops on the adjustment at 6 & 14. So if you're skiing at a 7/8 then you've actually set them nearer the middle than you think.
So yes, the 6-14's would be fine, afterall many female skiers are using 4-12 bindings set on 5-6 with no problems. I've tested loads of bindings on my torque machine across their setting range & they've all been equally accurate/consistent in release irrespective of whether set low, high or in the middle of their range.
One downside of higher DIN range bindings though is that they are usually heavier.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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spyderjon, thanks!
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Got my BASI offers through as well, just going for the rossie R9S's 155cm more than enough ski for what i want them for. Personally i don't think LAB/ Worldcup skis are worth it.
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