 Poster: A snowHead
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Just curious. How much do your skis weigh together with bindings?
Starting with mine: 5.0kg
Blizzard Power RC Carbon 172
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Why does it matter? In use, they are usually on the 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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@under a new name, matters when you are cramming it all into 1 bag. In this context not so much. Mine? No idea.
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@holidayloverxx, ah. Point. Maybe, maybe not, ages since I had to think about that.
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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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@under a new name, same here...largely. i usually just book business class one way on BA or travel Swiss or Lufthansa which means i get ski carriage included if i need to take skis...usually 1 trip a year...i don't always want to go to Flachau (i have kit.. except boots.. in Flachau and the UK)
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No idea, but it certainly matters to me as my board bag, which contains skis, assorted clothes and other stuff has to come in at <23kg to avoid ski carriage with BA (I travel Economy). Also weight matters to me when I'm carrying them; used to have a pair of Heads plus can't remember which bindings, which I could hardly lift on to my shoulder. 
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To be fair it also seems to matter to the touring purists who want to shave every gram off.
Makes me laugh that you have manufacturers competing on things like tech bindings for who can make the lightest ones... people launching revolutionary new products to shave 5 grams off last year's model. Then you put a 30 gram chocolate bar in your bag and the whole thing is funked up.
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@dp, my understandng there is that it’s not just the weight but where it is that matters. 30g in your back pack when you and it already weigh, say, 85kgs is trivial, but those 5g on your feet when you’re climing and lifting and lowering them every step makes a big difference, especially when racing.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@holidayloverxx, if you're travelling BA Business do you need to tell them in advance that you're bringing skis or do they just go in as one of your bags?
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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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I know my ski bag (two pairs of skis padded out with clothing etc) weighs in at 29kg, just barely under the limit
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| Valkyrie wrote: |
| @holidayloverxx, if you're travelling BA Business do you need to tell them in advance that you're bringing skis or do they just go in as one of your bags? |
Dont need to tell them in cattle class. Just turn up with it. Cant see why Business would be any different.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Valkyrie, just turn up. You get 2 bags... they dont care what is in them
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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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| Bones wrote: |
Reminds me of lardie back bottoms buying the latest lightest road bike, but being 2-3+ stone over weight  |
Yeah you get it in motorsport too, people spending huge sums of money to lighten their car (or having the bare minimum of fuel) when they'd save double the weight by just going on a diet and taking up jogging.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@SnoodlesMcFlude personally I think that burgers are a perfectly good reason to spend huge sums of money on lightening a car.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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SnoodlesMcFlude, I know, and agree - at least personally I'm well within weight limits 
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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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@dp, for most amateurs it doesn't make the difference. I still have the burgers and beer, and we hardly spend anything on the car
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with you at the wheel I bet you don't need to spend a penny on generating downforce
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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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@dp, Yep, there's a reason that I accelerate quicker than the old man, got a lot more weight over the driving wheels!
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