 Poster: A snowHead
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Given the way that old fixed chairs are being replaced by detachable chairs going down the gondola route seems the most fruitful and there are a number of suggestions here of places with lots of gondolas.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@IanL1, not sure if you understood the point I was making above. If you don’t unlock the Mojo before sitting down (an easy oversight for a novice user), you find yourself sitting on the chair with straight legs. And you have to dismount without being able to bend the knees anything like as far as would be usual. Just a thought.
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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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| tatmanstours wrote: |
| @IanL1, not sure if you understood the point I was making above. If you don’t unlock the Mojo before sitting down (an easy oversight for a novice user), you find yourself sitting on the chair with straight legs. And you have to dismount without being able to bend the knees anything like as far as would be usual. Just a thought. |
I must admit , I don't understand how that would work. If you didn't unlock the ski mojo, so that the knees were stopped from bending as far as usual, that would seem a recipe for disaster. You would end up coming into the top station and not being able to get the skiis flat to the ground.
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@IanL1, they are adjustable to your weight - you can always set them a bit light so your legs aren't dead straight. I've just cranked mine up, if I relax my legs they stick out a bit then I bend my knees to get off in the usual way - but you would still have to be able to get off
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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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And the Mojo does give you a bit of a "push up" which might be helpful for a knee which has been bent (because of needing to get the skis flat on the ground) more than it's comfortable with.
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@IanL1, “ I must admit , I don't understand how that would work. If you didn't unlock the ski mojo, so that the knees were stopped from bending as far as usual, that would seem a recipe for disaster. You would end up coming into the top station and not being able to get the skiis flat to the ground.”
All I can say is that it’s happened to me, and it didn’t stop me from dismounting. And as Origen has commented above, the Mojo helps you stand up, as if you’re on springs - which I suppose you are. Worth a try perhaps - if you can borrow a pair.
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tatmanstours wrote:
@IanL1, not sure if you understood the point I was making above. If you don’t unlock the Mojo before sitting down (an easy oversight for a novice user), you find yourself sitting on the chair with straight legs. And you have to dismount without being able to bend the knees anything like as far as would be usual. Just a thought.
I must admit , I don't understand how that would work. If you didn't unlock the ski mojo, so that the knees were stopped from bending as far as usual, that would seem a recipe for disaster. You would end up coming into the top station and not being able to get the skiis flat to the ground.
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TBH I never unlock mine on the chairlifts. The legs bend fine and it is no problem getting off the chairlifts. They hang down at a bit of angle that's all.
My knees bend to about 100 to 110 degrees and I find getting on to the lifts a bit tricky and tend to flop sideways. As to getting off I find leaving it late to when the floor falls away OK as well as a good push off the chair to lift the arze well clear.
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I'm also a side flopper and always unlock mine as I'm fairly tall and the at puts a lot of strain on the mojo, plus it forces the skis onto the snow and could be bad if you catch an edge.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| I'm also a side flopper and always unlock mine as I'm fairly tall and the at puts a lot of strain on the mojo, plus it forces the skis onto the snow and could be bad if you catch an edge. |
That's exactly what happens to me without a mojo, and if there is a bar (because of auto release delaying lifting) pushing your legs , feet and skis onto the snow, it puts a lot of strain on the knee. I'm 6' 4"".
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Interesting about preload on the mojo springs. Am I setting mine too low? Just sitting on the lift without using the the foot rests the legs hang at about 70-80 degrees. It takes very little effort to bend them sufficiently to get them on to the foot rests and I always use the footrests. The only lift I use that has a locking bar (a daft idea BTW) unlocks several metres from the offload and the legs touching the snow. As soon as the skis touch the snow I start pushing up of the seat. I have no problem getting off the lifts.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@johnE, check the chart...you can find it online. Mine were the same then I had a lightbulb moment....I was a lot lighter when I got mine. I cranked them up to the right notch and immediately felt the difference although I can still easily get on the foot rests
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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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check the chart...you can find it online.
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Yes, they are set correctly. i'm just puzzled why other people have their legs straight out on chairlifts with the springs engaged while mine hang down. Just wondering if somehow I've read the instruction wrong.
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@johnE, have you got the notch at right end of the gauge? When they are engaged can you 'sit' and feel them supporting you? If so then sounds right
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You know it makes sense.
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Yes, I can sit on the mojo and always drop the hips when approaching ruts. It's just I never have problems on chair lifts with them clipped. Perhaps I just have heavy skis
I'll check them out again when I'm next in les arcs.
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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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@johnE, my skis are heavy
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Poster: A snowHead
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at one of our local resorts, Bernex, they seem to have changed one of the chairlifts to be sized for children. The seat comes in mid calf height and to sit down your knees are on your chin, if you can bend your legs enough.... if not it hurts..... getting off is similar.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zermatt for sure - the peaks of all three zones can be easily accessed without touching a chair, all the way down to the resort (or download if you don't fancy the resort runs). Cervinia will be fine too, if a bit more limited in route options
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