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  4. Titanal snowboard

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I honestly don’t think that’s it. I’m US 8-8.5 (~MP 26) which is likely just to the smaller size of the middle of the adult man Bell curve for North America, and I need 30+ degree angles to carve a 255mm waist without getting a lot of bootout.

    They just seem to prefer using high softboot stance angles. 

  5. Tell me about your Mountain Bikes

    in Summer Carving

    Posted

    Was able to make a few garage tweaks (adjusted cockpit lever angles, trimmed the bars a bit, adjusted sag, played around with some shifting options in the SRAM app) and froze my ass off for a little 45-minute ride this weekend. We’ve since got our first real snow (finally!) and I likely won’t have it out again til spring. 

    It’s a bigger bike for me, but certainly does feel slightly lighter and more responsive compared to other 6-inch travel bikes I tried this fall, namely the SC Bronson and Specialized Stumpy EVO. It kind of feels like a Yeti SB130LR I was really looking at pretty hard as my next-best choice, although the Arrival has more rear travel. But it’s not a plush full suspension ride at all — it sits really high in its travel (I think my sag is around ~22%) and it feels really firm by nature. That’s unlike the Bronson in particular, but kind of in-line with the Yeti SB5 I was coming from and frankly just what I was looking for — snappy-feeling and maybe a little feedback-heavy when on the pedals, but the travel’s there when needed.

    The geometry on this bike is very modern compared to my older bike and the 29 wheels and slack head angle made the front wheel feel way more out in front than I’m used to in coming from 27.5. And I’ve always been a Shimano guy so the SRAM drivetrain also feels strange. It will definitely take me more time to adjust than I’d initially thought.

    Having said that my face was frozen in a maniacal grin after a bit as I kept struggling to slow down to the frozen-rock-hard conditions. This thing keeps wanting to head directly to top speed. I suspect it will be a really fun summer destroying the local trails. And surprisingly stealth camouflaged too….

     

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  6. Sinline Plates - overview and review

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Thanks for the review. I’m curious how one gets a Sinline in Canada and will put it on my radar to look at further. I’ve really been enjoying the older-tech Apex V2 plate for this season, but it certainly has a slightly higher stack height; and I know the new Allflex/Sinline design is supposed to be a step forward.

    Do they use the same insert pattern as Allflex? And is the Sinline lower profile than something like the Allflex H longitudinal plate?

    The Vision seems similar to the Allflex H-cut category, although the Vision appears to be slightly heavier (only 150g or so). Have you specifically ridden the Allflex H-cut as well?

    Finally, I do have a question that I hope you’ll take in the honest advertising spirit it was intended — do you receive any product or form of compensation from Sinline? 

    Many thanks! 

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  7. Titanal snowboard

    in Carving Central

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    It just feels like that’s the design for the Japanese/Korean carving boards I’m seeing. They are designed for softboot carving use, and they are made ~25-26cm wide. Ergo, you have to run high stance angles to carve them or else you boot out. It’s not even like they’re giving you a choice of 27-28cm waist widths.

    Anyway, whatever, not my bag or my money, and the more the merrier from my perspective. 😀 It was fun to try the Yonex and have one guy on our lift look down and ask me about tennis racquets. 😆

  8. Titanal snowboard

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Interesting, I ran into a Japanese softboot carving group myself yesterday, and they had a Yonex as well as some Gray hammerhead boards. They were asking me questions about the wide Coiler, so we did some switching for a few runs. I’d never ridden a Yonex before. It seemed pretty nice for two runs. 

    Those boards are so narrow for softboot carving, though. I’d say somewhere around 250-255 or so. They’re running angles in the 40s by necessity to avoid bootout. I continue not to understand why anyone would carve groomers in 40+ degree softies — all that effort just to approximate a hardboot setup. I don’t know what the Yonex boards cost, but it’s a head-scratcher to me that anyone would ship a Gray from Japan at something close to 3x the price they can just pick up a Coiler from Bruce down the road. I don’t know. 

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  9. UPZ Canada?

    in Carving Central

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    Wow, I’m really sorry to hear this. I met Dan in BC once many years ago and he was a real one. 

    I will say that I am not exactly pleased with what has happened in this thread. No one needs to have anything announced if they do not wish to do so. But if that is the approach, then speculation is what naturally happens, and that is fine too. There is no need to retcon based on the incomplete information available to people at the time. I directed two people to UPZ this fall who reported back to me that it seemed I had sent them to a non-responsive company. I was embarrassed and assumed Dan was shutting it down. I’m glad that’s not the case, but there’s no need to cover up the uncertainty that happened in the meantime. 

    Cheers to Dan. I hope he’s got a bluebird day up there somewhere. 

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  10. Edge tuning tools 🛠️

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Those are dirt cheap. The newest battery drills are probably more than fine at this point, they are really great. If you’re using it only for this specific purpose and don’t want to worry about charging, the gently used market for corded is pretty solid (at least in my area) with everyone switching over to battery.

  11. Titanal snowboard

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    What a unicorn: “Need high speed 60+kmh GS piste carves. With soft boots and low angle duck stance. Also, extreme carving and tail-hook freecarving. Must float well in powder and offer playful pop for side hits.”

    Ef it, might as well also throw in oral sex. Let’s see just how much magic Sean has in his bag…!!!

     

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  15. Tell me about your Mountain Bikes

    in Summer Carving

    Posted

    Finally did an upgrade to a We Are One Arrival 152. It is a bit bigger than my current bike or what my terrain really needs but I ride pretty hard and should use the travel. 29er wheels feel strange and my jury’s still out on the fancy electronic shifting, but so far it’s a scary fast and capable ride. And kind of cool to have a made-in-Canada carbon bike!

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  22. Softboot carvers: mainstream vs custom

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I think any board can carve moderately well. Go rent a shit park board from your local hill next weekend and I guarantee you’ll be surprised at how well you can lay it over. 

    You’re mistaking board performance for rider interest. The vast majority of riders are not interested in carving fundamentals period. Whether their board is designed for that in mind or not is completely irrelevant. 

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  23. Recommendations for soft boots & bindings

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I hope that was AI generated……

    One more thing is width and boot overhang, to avoid boot out when carving. Some boots and bindings are longer than others. Depending on your foot size and board width that could be a consideration. For feet size 9/42 and large, board waist widths under 26cm will need moderately high stance angles to avoid boot out.

    Unfortunate I don’t think boot makers generally publish the total exterior sole length. You kind of have to compare. 

    The Flow NX2 bindings do not have a lower heel cup, and as result they have slightly less heel bulk than some other models. Something to consider.

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