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Scott SRS pole straps - too short?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Bit of an odd one to post about but here goes...

I used to love Scott ski poles, always thought the WC racer straps were great and shaft tough. I just got some Riot 18 poles.

They have the SRS strap, which is one of the reasons the poles appealed. I have wrenched my shoulder before...

The straps are also marked left and right. My current K2 poles are handed and so is an ok small detail.

My hands are long but not fat. I am a size 11 glove.

I am using them right! Used to race and teach so know which way up they go etc. Laughing

With the straps right at the end of the velcro adjustment I can barely get my hand on the grip. It's a tight wiggle to get my hand in the strap and then my thumb is above the top of the pole. The left/right text also disappears inside the adjustment! The straps just seem too short.

With my very slim spring gloves on they are just right.

Anyone else using SRS straps? Any issues with strap length?
I can't see how to modify the straps or get spares.

I'll also write to Scott.

I might just dump straps as I ski mostly off piste, sometimes trees and avy terrain. Very handy for piling on the flats though, and hanging off skis at the café.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Should you use straps anyway? BTW skilegs, who started that thread, is one of the best skiers I've skied with.

skilegs wrote:
Years ago I hurt my thumb using my straps and ever since, on the advice of an eminent Swiss mountain guide, I have never used them again and never had a problem except very occasionally when poling I have left one behind. I do not feel they make any difference to my pole plant so why do manufacturers always include them. Heliskiers never use them nor do dry ski slopes.
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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?

Thanks, a very enlightening thread echoing a lot of my thoughts. I have dodgy thumbs but also a 30 year engrained habit of open hand poling, mostly on the flat for power, and a solid pole plant on bumps and steeps. I'll be trying without for sure.

However I'm still confused buy the fact one of the main marketing points of the poles (I actually bought them for the long grip for hiking/traverses so no straps in that mode, as well as moar ORANGE!) is the quick release strap, which really doesn't seem to fit my hand. Odd.
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