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Low grip skins for prolonged flats?
- thunderchief
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Has anyone tried, say, a thin segment of skin cut from a pair of old skins... to give only a minor amount of grip?
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Some would suggest fishscale skis for such a thing.
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- Aleksey
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work well as a second emergency escape sort of skin, especially if you carry enough voile straps to tie em in the back. try making the width work so that if you were to put them together you'd get one whole size skin.
there are sites that sell mohair and my favoritte (the bd mohair mix) by the meter i believe
pure mohair will be wet in spring conditions in a very short time but the mix seems to be the best of both worlds
those scale situations are iffy....they never really bite enough that you dont slide back here and there and the rhythm is thrown off. at least as you really get climbing and with my less than perfect technique. also the glide is noticeably worse on the way down. to me the scales are nice for a walk but as an approach vehicle i am doubtful.
check out luc mehl's site. those guys are putting dynafits on cc skis, but thats a whole different ballgame. i assume you have actual turns in mind.
if this is about hwy 20 or cc river road....shoot a pm
cheers!
skimo.co/skin-parts
www.barrabes.world/skiing--snowshoeing/s...kins/dep-800030400-d
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- Aleksey
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Once in a while my partner will use skinny skins on road approaches. It works great until there is any side slope and then his exposed base contacts the snow and his stride is interrupted and usually there is cursing.
agreed, though ive made em work on an actual lap of skinning. my abs were screaming for a week.
if you want to get real mad try kicker skins.
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I have a skinny skin setup that I've used quite happily.
I call them bikini skins at 50mm, works great and dont weigh much.
I also carry the Swix blue extra 40 for cold days. I never had much luck with the warmer waxes.
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- thunderchief
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Thanks!
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I tend to be a fan of found materials, especially when kayaking, but you can do it too when skinning. Choosing the right conifer branch can work surprisingly well. Fir is good because the needles are fairly dense and will orient themselves as needed. Pine is probably the best, though because the needle bunches are all swept in one direction. Pine branches tend to be a bit heavier at the butt so need to be lashed well high on the shovel of the ski to keep them from digging in. A couple of Voile straps in front of the binding and one behind should be about right to fine tune the attachment. Hope this helps..
I may start doing this at the parking lot, just to see how my partners react.
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