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I want to get some powder baskets for some Kerma Alu poles 
Choices are K2, Black Diamond and Leki.
Are they all the same size?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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That's the fitting to the pole not the overall size 
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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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BertieG, No, there are different systems and sizes...
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I'd been wondering to change mine for a while, and finally wondered into a random ski shop in a resort last Jan and waved my poles at them and asked them to fit some bigger baskets. Seemed to work pretty well - the guy did a bit of fiddling to find some the right size, but he got there in the end.
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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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I've found they are all more or less interchangeable, if you hit them hard enough and use plenty of araldite!
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I had problem getting powder baskets for my very old Goode carbon poles because they have a "special" collet fixing. My poles are very thin and don't taper unlike the more common alu poles.
After years of having a Heath Robinson solution I wandered into a ski shop in Val d'isere expecting the usual "they need a special collet and basket". 3 minutes later they had fitted nice big baskets to my poles. I suggest going to an "old fashioned" shop in resort because they have more experience of fixing stuff.
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| welshflyer wrote: |
I had problem getting powder baskets for my very old Goode carbon poles because they have a "special" collet fixing. My poles are very thin and don't taper unlike the more common alu poles.
After years of having a Heath Robinson solution I wandered into a ski shop in Val d'isere expecting the usual "they need a special collet and basket". 3 minutes later they had fitted nice big baskets to my poles. I suggest going to an "old fashioned" shop in resort because they have more experience of fixing stuff. |
Which shop was it? I have some Goode's whith knackered baskets and need some more.......
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scooby_simon, you can buy replacement baskets (actually, as far as I can see you can replace any part of the pole!!) from the Goode website.
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scooby_simon,
I had the baskets replaced in the Intersport Shop opposite the English Doctors Surgery & Saloon Bar, where you can ski right up to the shops in the "snow square".
under a new name,
I contacted Goode in the USA ages ago and got some replacement straps but the last time I tried to contact them I didn't get any joy from them.
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