 Poster: A snowHead
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I have a pair of Leki poles with the Trigger S grip. I now have to use a crazy amount of force to get the glove to click into to the grip. Does anyone know how to fix this? Maybe lubricate somewhere.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Don't know about the Trigger S, cos I've got the older version with the yellow bit that clicks into the top of the pole. However, a liberal dose of silicone lubricant in the moving parts before the most recent trip did wonders for the ease of unclipping
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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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Just take them off, put them in a bag and forget the straps.
Try living without straps on your poles, you'll learn to love the freedom.
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@DrLawn, you do have a point. There have been numerous occasions when I've taken a different pair of gloves and forgotten to swap the Leki straps over. It's no bother skiing without them.
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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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| DrLawn wrote: |
Just take them off, put them in a bag and forget the straps.
Try living without straps on your poles, you'll learn to love the freedom. |
The only time I ever use my pole straps is when touring or otherwise pushing/skating, especially on the flat where you run the risk of leaving the poles behind in hard but sticky snow. Oh, when skiing gates, although I haven't done any for a year or three now.
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Ive had Leki poles and gloves for a few years. Rarely clip into the poles now.
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@skimachine, I be tempted to give them WD40 and then activate the trigger for a while.
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One thing that could be is that "wire" for hook might be a bit thick and needs some force to get through pretty tiny space on grip. This gets better with use. Otherwise I don't really see what could be lubricated, as there's nothing moving much on that Trigger S system.
For everyone suggesting dumping straps... Straps have plenty of usage, and except for few occasions (skiing in avi terrain) they bring so much for skiing, that it's really worth learning how to put them on properly and in like 1sec, and you have them on before you even ski off the chairlift top station, regardless if it's normal strap or Leki's trigger system. I honestly need way less then 15sec to get both xc skiing poles on, with their straps being way more complicated then alpine loops.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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My OCD and indoctrination runs deep. Not only do I always use the straps (except if told not to, as a result of avalanche danger), but they have to be used correctly:
- Hand always comes up through the loop from below, to give better support
- Poles are usually designed to have a Left and Right - so should be used like this
- It doesn't take anything like 15 secs to get the straps on - in fact, I usually put them on while still moving away from the lift; or while others are "boot faffing".
And yes I know.....I'm Nuts!
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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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| primoz wrote: |
| I don't really see what could be lubricated, as there's nothing moving much on that Trigger S system. |
The whole "Trigger" where it pivots and brushes against the sides of the handle. I have mine freeze up on me occasionally, which require a quick inversion of the pole and a good smack on something solid, but other than that the system is brilliant.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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| Mosha Marc wrote: |
| primoz wrote: |
| I don't really see what could be lubricated, as there's nothing moving much on that Trigger S system. |
The whole "Trigger" where it pivots and brushes against the sides of the handle. I have mine freeze up on me occasionally, which require a quick inversion of the pole and a good smack on something solid, but other than that the system is brilliant. |
Yes, mine do this too very occasionally especially if I've been in deeper snow.
As for putting straps on or trigger S... I do it on the move as I'm heading off without needing to stop unless I'm with boarders which is more often than not nowadays.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Having used hire skis for the last couple of trips and not my own and having had straps with them instead of my normal Leki S Triggers, I found straps a really retrograde step. Like @hammerite, I clip them on leaving a chair so easily and found messing with straps again an irritant, maybe I need to check for L + R but on cheap hire poles who knows 
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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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| skimachine wrote: |
| I have a pair of Leki poles with the Trigger S grip. I now have to use a crazy amount of force to get the glove to click into to the grip. Does anyone know how to fix this? Maybe lubricate somewhere. |
This is not caused by snow or ice. I have had my poles inside for weeks. I don't see anything stuck in there either. I was thinking about spraying it with sme Sailkote by McLube rather than WD-40, but don't know if that would work or if there is some other reason why they are so stiff now,
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@zikomo, Your daughter is a racer, then she wont need 15secs to put them on. She has been trained.
You should meet my cousin ... it takes forever getting his pole straps over his mits and off again.
Maybe he should get some race training 
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