 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello all,
I just had a bargain offer fall into my lap - 2009 K2 Apache Recon 184cm in very good condition for £40. OK so some of you are probably going to tell me this wasn't a bargain but seemed pretty good to me!
Question I have though is that I normally ski something about a 172 - 178cm length as I am 6ft tall. I like longer skis with a slightly wider width underfoot so I figured this would be about right. Do you think the slightly longer length is going to be an issue?
Thanks
Sid
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kosciosco, don't know what your level of skiing is, but if good intermediate or beyond, 184 should be fine for your height
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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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Should be fine, I would have thought. When I learned to ski (admittedly back nearly in the last ice age) you'd have been on about 207cm
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You could always cut the end off 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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kosciosco, If they have any bases and edges, have less than 3 sets of binding holes, don't look as if they have been in a boot sale, they are a steal, rate those at about £100.
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Not too long.
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i have 184cm Apache Crossfires, I think they are 2009s, I am 5' 11" and a pretty steady cruiser these days, they suit me fine. Excellent on piste skis, and, if you care (sadly, I do), not everyone else on the chairlift will have them on either.
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Thanks for the thoughts, reckon they look pretty good. They have been untouched living in Libya for two years so I reckon that they may have only been skied on for two weeks in total!
Another question, could anyone recommend a place to go get the checked over and waxed? I'm near MK and Hemel snowdomes, live just north of Hitchin.
Cheers
Sid
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Personally, I'd get them waxed next time you go to the Alps. The shop should do a binding check too.
Last time I got skis serviced in the UK they were over £25. Paid a fiver in La Norma last year...
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Bedfordshire is not too far from The Piste Office. You might wish to try there. Bit more than a fiver but frankly, you pays your money...
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| Personally, I'd get them waxed next time you go to the Alps....Last time I got skis serviced in the UK they were over £25 |
Er, was that in about 1990? I recently paid a bargain £25 from a local one man band ski servicing outfit - versus about £35-40 in my local ski shop.
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What did you get for that?? (Wax and edge only?) It's about €40 for a full service in Tignes - but worth it as the bases come back as good as new.
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