 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
I`ve been offered 2 sets of brand new skis, the first pair being,
Fischer Revolution Ice, 180 long 93-63-93, with Marker bindings. set up for size 9 boots.
And the second pair being,
Head Cyber 22 X L, 180 long 97-63-87 with Tyrolia bindings. set up for size 6 boots.
I been twice before and going again in January & Febauray next year so i`m a beginner but want to progress and maybe even get to go to an indoor ski centre in this country as well.
I`m 6ft tall and about 13 1/2 stone. size 10 boot.
So what i`m wondering is can the bindings be adjusted to suit me? and which would be a better pair for me to use for few years.
Thanks in advance
Wozzie
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Get the fischers the bindings might adjust for your sole length without remounting. Try them with your boots before buying. AFAIK both skis look like thay might be 6 or 7 years old judgung by the names and dimensions so I assume you wouldnt be paying a lot for them.
As a beginner you might want a shorter ski though 165 or 170 is perfectly feasible in a piste ski even for 6 footer.
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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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fatbob,
Thanks for the reply
£40.00 a pair, is that a fair price?
Is Fischer likely to be a better ski than Head in this case?
Wozzie
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£40 seems fair if they're not too beat up. You may want to get the bindings serviced by a shop particularly if you don't know what you're doing for safety reasons though.
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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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fatbob,
There brand new never used.
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Still might be seized up if they've been left around for a while (based on ski model year)
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So do you think the Fischer ski might be the best bet?
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wozzie, IMHO the answer is 'neither' . The designs are ten or more years old and will not help you learn to tip the ski to turn. Find something modern with at least 110 mm tip, or with 17m turn radius or less.
If had showed up at our swap today with those in hand, even still wrapped in plastic, you would have been told to throw them in the skip. Instructors at my home hill would (rightly) refuse to teach you and would make you get hire skis.
If you feel you must, must, must go with one of those, then the Cyber 22 (1999? which colour and does it have a ribbed topsheet?) is probably the lesser evil. Again, my answer is neither.
For a computer analogy, that's Pentium one technology at best.
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comprex, what did you think about the length. 180cm a bit long?
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pam w, the sizing is, imho, entirely appropriate for that era of design and the 22 is designed for quite a light skier; shorter maybe if he was considering the Cyber 40 or Cyber 60, both of which had more shape and a stiffer flex. The ones with "Space" in the name as in Cyber Space XT could possibly be skied in modern lengths, especially if one fitted a plate on them appropriate to wozzie's weight. I think they were featured in some of Martin Heckelman's videos. The Fischer equivalent would have had an asymmetrical sidecut and been designated 'Radarc' in addition to 'Revolution Ice'.
Don't forget that wozzie would have been fitted with 195cm-200cm straight skis in 1996 unless he was participating in a graduated length learning program, and these came barely an eyeblink later.
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See, now that is a good argument from comprex.
Totally nailed it, IMV, even remembered the skis spec.
I don't know if Euro instructors would refuse to teach wozzie on them but maybe that should be the decider.
That is if you are having lessons.
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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 thank you all for your advice, so don`t bother with these skis for me then.
Anyone want to buy a pair of fischer and Head skis going cheep 
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