Three 11" days on the Fats recently ...
Heavenly.
Pat, you are a genius.
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Three 11" days on the Fats recently ...
Heavenly.
Pat, you are a genius.
Word! Loooooove mine!!
Anyone ever ski the Fat @ two different mount points?
If so did you notice a difference in performance and how so?
I finally mounted my pair of Kusalas and found them soooo much easier to ski than my Fats, especially in tight trees.
Really not that much of surprise considering how differently the skis are designed.
Mind you, I hands down prefer the Fats in above tree-line open bowl settings.
At days end with the Kusalas, I had almost no quad fatigue (actually a little fatigue in the calves, which is unusual).
When skiing the Fats at days end I will typically have really spent quads, maybe even a little crampy.
Which leads me back to the initial questions regarding mount point differentials.
I just dropped a pair of binders into the existing holes in my back-up pair of Fats, which were drilled on the line.
Years ago, I mounted my "normal" pair of Fats @-1.5cm (because I'm a badass charger).
How much more nimble does the collective think the pair mounted @0 will be vs the pair I've been skiing for years @-1.5?
Will they engender less fatigue?
Will they lose so much stability as to become death traps?
I will be skiing them both, back to back over the next few days and will return with a report on any performance differences.
The Kusala is to Lhasa Fat as the Renegade is to the Billy Goat.
A pin-tailed, camrock, traditionally mounted ski is more work than a heavily taper, reverse-camber, progressively mounted ski. The trade off is that the former is much less balancey than the latter. As to your specific question, I haven't messed with mount points much, but I didn't notice much of a difference with my pair swapping between tech and alpine binders—IIRC, mounted at 0 and +0.5 cm from the line.
IME, YMMV, and all that jazz.
Wishing I had some fats to round out my quiver. Anybody holding?
RIP to my 186 Lhasas. I am very sad.
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...97&oe=5942A2DF
Surgery?Quote:
Originally Posted by RootSkier
I don't know...it's right underfoot, and the sidweall is pretty mangled. It seems like retirement might be the better option
Want to buy some newer 186's? I was about to put up a for sale thread.
Maybe. PM sent.
I suck at taking photos, but here's some stoke from my brother's first tour on his new (my old) 191 Lhasa Fats over Christmas last year.
http://i.imgur.com/gX1tQXjh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1jybp79h.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vh5kO6Sh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vU5VDxUh.jpg
He's been super stoked on the skis! Wish I had more/better action shots, but I'm still learning here.
Again, if any 191 Lhasa fats are available I'm down. Have regular Lhasa 191 used carbons in great shape and well used hybrids I migh be willing to maybe consider trading I think