bobbytooslow
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Last Activity: Today, 09:52 PM
Joined: 12 July 2017
Location: Flagstaff, USA
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Was this cut and pasted from a project about climbing?... -
This is spot on. One other thing to consider might be a mid-drive motor and and internally-geared hub. A lot fewer parts exposed to the conditions....Leave a comment:
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Underpowered. If you're gonna use an eBike, might as well use one that leaves your legs fresh for the skiing. 600W with all that weight is gonna leave...Leave a comment:
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Here is an old article about eBike backcountry ski access from Lou's site. Lots of discussion in the comments. The article is 4 years old, and eBikes...Leave a comment:
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If the question is "Is taking an ebike against the spirit of earning your turns?", I say hell no.
To paraphrase what Lou Dawson...Leave a comment:
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After what you guys said about Jay Peak and Alpental, and seeing how A-Basin has abandoned their lottery system, it's almost like the plan is to have...Leave a comment:
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Dostie The logistics of it all fascinate me too. The #1 essential part of any system is having all skiers carry scannable cards (barcode or RFID) that...Leave a comment:
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Ha, they have for sure, myself included, but not on steep windy long broken-asphalt mountain roads. Turns can be made to follow the curvature of the road,...Leave a comment:
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I have something similar, the Skike V8. There are a bunch of brands that make what essentially amounts to a long tube with wheels bolted on either end....Leave a comment:
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Uh-oh, don't let tele.skier hear that!
Yeah, the rollerskis really make stark the point ol' ScottyBob was trying to...Leave a comment:
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Downhill Rollerskis
My summer project has been building rollerskis that are good for both uphill and downhill. In other words, they have reverse lock wheels for kick &... -
Very nice! Thanks for sharing. I have a big roll of rubber sheeting for covering the screw heads. PM me your address and I'll send you some.
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Not that it needs the help, but the on-piste fitness-skinning sub-genre is set to blow up even more bigly this season. The contagion risk areas are the...Leave a comment:
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I'm just getting my popcorn ready, waiting for the lawyers to get involved.
Jackson Hole announced that they were suspending season pass...Leave a comment:
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For sure, all 300,000 former tele skiers won't return. I agree that many of those were in it for other reasons besides a love of the turn, and they ain't...Leave a comment:
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It's a multi-pronged problem, with a multi-stage solution.
Attracting new folks is only half of it. The sport also...Leave a comment:
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This is a good point. It makes me think about the static nature of an ad photo. A still photo of a tele turn doesn't look much more impressive than the...Leave a comment:
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telemarkmark That latest iteration is looking pretty slick. Shaving off 150g would make it extra impressive. You should share it in the Tt2? thread, your...Leave a comment:
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Thanks for mentioning that. Why should any of us care what the perception is? Because we need the brands who make our equipment to not only stay in business,...Leave a comment:
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For years, making fun of tele skiers was like shooting fish in a (patchouli-scented) barrel. Much of the deriding was -- and still is -- well-deserved....Leave a comment:
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