 Poster: A snowHead
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Just had our skis serviced and were told the bases were getting thin and may need new ones soon. Is this true? I love my rossy bandits 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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NE1, not sure how we would know if it's true or not....we can't see the skis 
it is true that if the bases have been ground lots of times they will become thin - do you get them ground every time they are serviced? how old are they? how often have they been ground?
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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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If your Bandits are that old I bet the foam core is getting a bit soft, My old B2's went like noodles after 5 years  Great ski though. I only get a base ground every 3 years or so, when they get totally gauged out.
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Had them 8 years, so had them serviced 8 times, don't know if they ground them every time. Mind you there are some bad gauges in them. Oops
OMG, if I have to get new skis what will I get, I love my B2. They are perfect for me............
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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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You have so much choice it's unbelievable. Skis have moved on since the B2 days. Demo 
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I am hermen maier on my B2 (except I'm female). They even have names! They are Fred and Ginger cos they dance on the snow.......l
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I still have mine as rock hoppers, but I delaminated one for about 10 inches behind the binding which is why I bought new skis.
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I was out on my old B2's this weekend. No reason why a well looked after pair of B2's shouldn't still have some life in them. Have a look at the thin "FAT" aluminium plates either end of the bindings - they tend to get horizontal cracks if they've led a hard life. Also you can get some idea of how stiff they still are by flexing them - any difference in the arc you can put in them probably means new skis. As others have said, the foam core deteriorates with age & use - but eight year's old might mean eight week's skiing or much much more... Replaced mine with some Atomic Theories 2 years back, but I prefer to be on the B2's given the sketchy snow state in the Aravis at present.
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I also found that putting a three degree side angle on my B2's revolutionised their grip on hard pack.
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