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Advice needed on Fischer RC4's
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Hi all

hope someone on here will be able to help.

I am about to start racing, not seriously but as a way of improving my skiing and my fitness and wondered which skis i should get.

I have been advised that the Fischer RC4's are a good ski to get but am a bit confused by all the different models. the 2 i have been told about are the Race SC (seem to be very common in shops and on ebay) and the Competition (finding it really hard to find info on these but did find 1 article that said they were for beginner racers). which one out of those would be the best for me? also someone mentioned the salomon equipe SC race but i don't know much about them.

any advice would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance
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dougmonkey, What kind of racing are you going to be doing ?

There is info on the range on the Fischer website.
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dougmonkey, I have a pair of the 'World Cup' variants of the RC4 for skiing on plastic (and a pair of the equivalent Rossignol ski for snow) and wouldn't want to drop down to something softer in the Fischer (or Rossi) range.
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dougmonkey, I think that the Race ( I have a Pair as training skis) would be a good choice for learning to race on, a bit more forgiving than the WC although if you get really serious about racing you will want to upgrade.
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thanks for the replies. i will be racing on plastic, but will take them on snow when i go away next year (not to race but just ski on).

i'll keep an eye out for the race model. thanks again
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dougmonkey, Worth keeping an eye on here if you want a new pr. Ski Bilek Would suggest about 160cm without knowing your stats. if you want to use on plastic and snow.
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dougmonkey, agreement with kevinrhead here. I originally got some 160cm Race SCs and they were fine to start with (and for my first year's dry-slope racing). I did change this year though to some 155cm Dynamic iPerform 1.2s, and noticed a huge improvement: better edge grip, tighter turns (I think the current model is now termed 2.2). Actually there was only about 2cm difference in the length of the running edges. I have noticed that the Dynamics are going through the edges quicker than the Fischers; that may be due to the Fischers having a harder edge metal, or just that I'm skiing them much harder now, or most probably a bit of both.

If you want a single pair for plastic and snow 160cm is probably the only choice, unless you're a small guy. The 155 gives you a tighter turn, which you really need on plastic, but at the expense of reduced fore-aft stability, but that is probably needed for snow. I've skied 160 on piste fine but it's a real challenge in soft snow (I'm 90kg+).
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GrahamN, 155's at your height? were they out of 120's NehNeh
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I too have the Dynamics in 155... similar comments and (slower snowHead ) experience to GrahamN, . If anything I find them a bit too easy to turn... but they are great fun to ski on. The edges do need the occaisonal tweak, but not as much as some other skis (Rossis) - where I could feel the edge go off after 4 runs. IMHO you should look at Slalom skis, rather than the detuned versions, as you'll soon want the stiffness that they have.

Which club are you going to ski at ? There will be people there who'll have some advice too.
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thanks for all the help people. i was in bartlett's the other day when my girlfriend was getting a new pair of boots and i had a chat with terry. he sorted me a out with a nice pair of used 166 rc4 worldcup slaloms for cheap. so that's all good Very Happy thanks again for the help.
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