 Poster: A snowHead
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Bit of advice please.
I bought my first skis a few months back and some poles to go with them. The skis are great, tried them out in Chillfactore last week but the problem is the poles are too long. They are 135cm and I need 125cm - 130cm. My question is can you remove the grips and cut off a few cm and then reapply the grips? I have had a quick look and can't see any screws etc holding the grips on, is there any tips for removing the grips? Is this a practical idea or just plain daft? 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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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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My old trick for removing motorcycle hand grips was to put a compressed air line ito the end hole & see what/who you could hit with the liberated lump of rubber 
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@Poshprop, cheap poles are, cheap. buy new.
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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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As above : No problem removing grips to cut the poles
I've even done the opposite and lengthened some which were too short, by putting a couple of inches of dowel into the end of the pole and sliding the handle back on 
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Thanks for the tips. I'll have a crack at shortening them.
@underanewname They're not expensive poles but they're not cheap either so would rather alter them as I really like the colour.
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You can use a vice or anything similar... anything with a gap that is larger than the pole but smaller than the grip. Insert --> yank towards you and pop it off. Use a pole cutter to cut though you'll want to do that proper, although I suppose if it wasn't a great cut it wouldn't matter because that end will go back inside of the grips.
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@Poshprop, when it comes to ski kit, the colour is all that matters.
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I've shortened a couple of pairs of mine by 5cm, by warming the grip and pulling it off before cutting them down. You might want to check if taking 10cm off that the shaft doesn't start to taper above where the grip will fit on the shortened pole.
Tip: mark the point when the grip currently meets the pole before removing the grip. After removing the grip measure the distance from mark to end, and put a mark that distance down from the new cut end - so that you can see that you have pushed the grip fully home when you reassemble.
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| @Poshprop, when it comes to ski kit, the colour is all that matters. |
Look good ski good!
They are a really lovely shade of blue though 
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