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Fischer RX 8 length? I'm a bit big!
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Hi All

Put it this way I'm not light on my feet! I'm 6' 1'' and 17.5 stone, solid rather than fat, I'm told.... Wink Rugby player as opposed to couch potato.

I hired Fischer RX 8's in Soll in 02/07 and they blew me away- don't know what size they were though- shame!

I was unfortunate enough to hire knackered ancient Rossignol skis this year in St Johann and they were ****, quite frankly ruining my holiday!

So the plan is to buy this years RX 8's cheap the only question I have is 170 or 175's?

For my height I should be on 170's but if I factor in my weight I' leaning more towards the 175's.

Any advice greatly received Smile

Cheers

Andy
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I'm taller 6ft 3 and a little lighter 15st and ski 175. I ski the ski that must be 05/06 and its also fantastic. look at ski bilek for deals
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Redbrick, Welcome to snowHead 's Very Happy

I think you need to consider what sort of skier you are and where you intend to ski. I bought my RX8's from XSPO.de this year (and saved over £150 on UK price Very Happy) in a 170. I'm about a stone less than you.

However I don't really do 'off piste' and specifically wanted a shorter ski than my previous B2's. Several folks here advised me to go longer for my weight, particularly if I wanted to go off piste with them (which I didn't).

The Fischers are great BTW, and when it dumped last week at the MSB they were fine in the (on-piste) powder. I'm not the worlds most aggressive skier though Madeye-Smiley HTH
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17.5 stone! Holy s**t if that's all muscle (as you claim) then you should def be on the 175.
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Redbrick, 2 stone up from you and I ski 175's. I would have liked a bit longer but still love them......... and no the ice perv, it's not all muscle.
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Frosty the Snowman, Imagine how many sit-ups it took to build a waist like mine Cool
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Axsman wrote:
Frosty the Snowman, Imagine how many sit-ups it took to build a waist like mine Cool

You can sit up?
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Thanks for the replies, really appreciate it.

The deed is done... 175's from skiprofis on the Bay for 202 Euros.

That is so stupid cheap. snowHead I gave Ellis Brigham the opportunity to price match but said they couldn't get them themselves for that money.

I now need to blag another holiday or long weekend before the end of the season- any recommendations on destinations that I could drive to?
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Good price. I can't remeber what I paid in 2006 but I thik it was about £220 in total (EB were £500) -good deal
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Just bought a pair of these from Ski Bilek on ebay for 200 Euros plus 8 Euros for the bindings which are railflex. Does anyone know about railflex bindings. I think the whole deal will just be over £200 with postage, which I think is fairly reasonable compared to UK prices.
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5ft 11, 16 stone and I ski 160
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jmm2130 wrote:
Just bought a pair of these from Ski Bilek on ebay for 200 Euros plus 8 Euros for the bindings which are railflex. Does anyone know about railflex bindings. I think the whole deal will just be over £200 with postage, which I think is fairly reasonable compared to UK prices.


I expect they are the Fischer- tyrolia binding. I have them on my RX8. They seem to the job and are fully adjustable. i bought mine from ski bilek gavve them my boot size and they were delivered without problems
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With railflex there will be a screw in the centre of the plate, you can take this out and move the whole binding back and forward 15mm each way. (then put it back in, make sure you don't crossthread it) I always used mine 15mm forward, but it is interesting to play around with.
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