 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, it's dawned on me that the edges on my new skis are not the best...but I have no idea what that angle is or should be! They are 2011 Rossignol Z82's , and while they are nice and stiff so you can lay down the power the edge hold has got drastically worse after a recent shop tune in Chamonix...I reckon they just threw them through with all the crappy rentals. Previously I had a hand tune from queenstown, NZ, and the difference between the before and now is astounding.
Does anyone know what the (a) factory bevel settings are and (b) what an optimal setting is?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've got a feeling all Rossi's are out of the factory 1,1 or base 1 degree side 89 degree, you possibly had 1,2 or even 1.3 previously, I usually go for .75, 2 and don't generally have grip issues but 3 degrees side edge would give even better hold and doesn't have premature blunting issues apparently!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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RozziZ82, spyderjon has my Rossignol Z9.5's at the moment for a service and he also prepped them from new last year but I've never asked him about the angles. They seemed to ski fine though. I'm inclined not to worry about the angles providing they are sharp. I'll have to ask when I pick them up. I did buy one of those edge trick gadgets from him which is useful for deburring/polishing the edges every night.
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gatecrasher, 0.75 and 3 is my fav combo... just haven't got round to changing my mid fats from 2 yet LOL.
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Thanks for the feedback, makes me think that the turkeys in the shop just throwing them through at 2 degrees on their machine, then detuning the tips and tails probably gave me some kind of cocked up angle of 1 in places and 2 in others. I will take them in to get them checked.
pokemon , what sort of turnaround do you get on your skis when they are at spyderjons ? a week?
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RozziZ82, I think it depends on how busy he is. Last time it was a week. This time probably 2 weeks although I think he can prioritise based on how quickly you need them. Give him a call or drop him an email. His contact details are on his website (see link in previous post). If you PM him he doesn't always respond as quickly as it relies on him logging into snowheads.
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Scarpa, RozziZ82, Ive just had my salomon lords done to .75,3 for my next trip with the current climate, more aggressive angles are more effective on hardpack etc. and have less or no extra effect in soft snow, hard moguls they will. 
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FAQ
I think I need to drive up to the hand tune man's spyderjon and get him to sort them out 
for their rental fleet. I had just the same happen to my Rossi S5's and they were horrible till spyderjon sorted them 
