Corey

What's the weather like up there? :lol: Seriously, could you get any more condescending? Come on, that's just too far. You're doing exactly what you've previously accused other people of doing, discounting their opinion and calling them out. I was the 'clueless poster' in that first example. I certainly didn't challenge you, I asked pointed questions that you dodged and/or didn't answer. http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=225468&highlight=6061-T6#post225468 Take this back to the intellectual plane you mention above so that others can benefit from your vast knowledge. Good science doesn't depend on someone calling out everyone else, it stands up to close scrutiny and even calm discussions on the internet. Even scrutiny by 'clueless posters'. This was a pretty good discussion until the pissing match started. I for one am curious if the differences between a clothoid curve and a simple segmented (13m front, 15m rear section) sidecut are within the manufacturing tolerances of the average board maker.

They're in the hands of Canada Post now. Tracking number sent to your PayPal email. Hope you enjoy them! :)

This is all over the news now. Locally there are petitions to make helmets mandatory for skiing and snowboarding. Ironically, I think I read that you are more likely to die from a head-injury in a car crash on the way to the hill than on the hill. Yet no one is campaigning to mandate helmets in cars... For the record, I'm a die-hard helmet user.

PayPal received. I'll see if I can get them out tonight for you Dave. Hope you enjoy them!

Got them all boxed up and weighed, here are the options: - Canada Post: (delivered by USPS at your end) $25.12, delivery in 8 business days - UPS: $32.56, delivery 1 week after shipment - Fedex: $22.33, delivery 1 week after shipment I've had the best luck with Canada Post. I've heard bad things about Fedex delivery in the US, but I can risk it if you want. My paypal and email is "corey_dyck" with "@yahoo.com" on the end. I can send them out on Friday near the end of the day.

You are a cruel man. :p I want to move to Colorado just a little more now.

More coils and thinner wire will give a softer spring, less coils and a thicker wire will give a stiffer spring. If you want a quick and dirty test, try to balance a weight on each one and measure how far it deflects. Call Bomber. :) They'll fix it fast for you, they're as good at fixing issues as they are at making nice parts.

Ok, give me until tomorrow to sort this out. I'm at work now and have a very full evening tonight. :( They'll be coming from Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3M1E9 if you want to make an educated guess on the size/weight on one of the shipping sites. www.canadapost.ca can have very reasonable rates to the US.

Absolutely. PM/email me a city, state, and zip code and I can figure out shipping costs.

Ditto, this shouldn't really happen. If it happened to me, I'd try spreading the toe clip open (closer to this "|" than this ">"). Dave/YYZCanuck, please check your email. :)

The cole's notes version is that the toe and heel pieces on the binding should be set up as short as possible while still allowing the pins to pop out when stepping in. This puts most of the downward load into the front (non-moving) pins. I carry my old F2 heels as spares. I think the only things likely to fail are the cables and the little plastic link that the cable pulls. Even that's fairly unlikely if you push down on your heel while trying to release. I pull the cable gently and then push/rock my heel down. You can actually feel the pins release as the cable slides upwards easily. Very minimal force should be needed at the cable, maybe 5-10 lbs.

I have a set of Catek World Cup Series 1PL bindings. They're well used and scuffed but in good working order. They have the normal divots from the adjusting screws that these bindings get over time. $75 US OBO <--- SOLD to Dave! I'm the second (possibly third) owner of these, bought here on BOL about 4 years ago from a junior racer. Functionally, they're good. Cosmetically, they have been scratched up a fair bit. They fit both 4x4 and 3D insert patterns. Pictures: More: http://i42.tinypic.com/6sb235.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/savzth.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/24o2csw.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/zv9yd5.jpg - the scratches on the underside of the left binding are only surface scratches in the paint/anodizing, nothing that will damage a board.

I'm the second (possibly third) owner of these, bought here on BOL about 4 years ago from a junior racer. Functionally, they're good. Cosmetically, they have been scratched up a fair bit. They fit both 4x4 and 3D insert patterns. Pictures: More: http://i42.tinypic.com/6sb235.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/savzth.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/24o2csw.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/zv9yd5.jpg - the scratches on the underside of the left binding are only surface scratches in the paint/anodizing, nothing that will damage a board. Note that I'm in Canada. :)

I have a set of Catek World Cup Series 1PL bindings. They're well used and scuffed but in good working order. They have the normal divots from the adjusting screws that these bindings get over time. I'll post pictures Friday sometime. $75 US OBO.

I haven't found anything to work in all conditions, though car polish and wax makes boards look fantastic! ;) I find that if I spend a little time wiping snow off just before I get on the chair, the board cools nicely on the way up and less snow sticks for the rest of the day.

You are such a tease! ;)

I have Randalls on mine and run them pretty soft even with my 205 lbs. I only get to ride on flat ground though.

Just a little techy nitpick here: Windchill doesn't apply to things that are at ambient temperature. It's only for things like humans that are warmer than ambient temperature. If you think this through, it makes sense: - If a block of steel is -20F and a -20F wind blows on it, it'll still be -20F. - If a person is sitting at a comfortable 98F and a -20F wind blows on him/her, the wind strips away their body heat faster than if it was still air at -20F. Do they really shut things down at -20F? That's when we Canadians start to put on hats and long pants. ;)

I'm a newbie that's only ridden 1 longboard, but I love my Loaded Vanguard. It feels a whole bunch like doing small-radius turns on my Donek FC1 when I'm pumping it down the street/sidewalk. It's wild to bend the deck and tighten up the turn radius just like a snowboard. www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum is a good forum with tons of stuff to read.

I had ankle pain too, it was fixed by going from a 3 degree heel lift to a 6 degree lift. Most of my pain was due to inflexible ankles but this made a big difference. For reference I ran with my rear foot leaned all the way forward on the 5-position adjuster, and now almost that far with the BTS.

BTS spring rates are at the bottom of this page: http://www.bomberonline.com/store/boots/BTS_kit.cfm

I get 'speed board' comments about 5:1 over anything else.

100% agree! I didn't think of it before but I definitely started on the path to becoming a better rider when I decided to tough out a really crappy/icy day. I really focused on technique and slowed right down. At first it was almost like some kind of self-punishment but all of a sudden things started to click that hadn't made sense before. Of course, I've also learned as much on hero snow days when you can push your limits. I think I enjoy the learning process almost as much as the snowboarding. :)

They must have seen the plans for the TD4 and stole the idea! ;)

I don't think the difficulty level of carving affects participation. Think of something like street skateboarding - you spend a LOT of time trying to learn how to ollie without rolling. Then you try it while rolling. Then you try kickflips, etc. etc. The learning curve is much harsher for that because frankly it's not as much fun as sliding down a hill, even partially in control. But yet there are hundreds of thousands of people that will be trying to master their kickflips after school (or work) today, some in a basement because of the snow outside. They have to be strongly internally motivated to stick with it to learn the basics. Another point: Ever read a snowboarding magazine article on how to do a trick? An example that stands out in my mind was for how to do a 540 spin. It was basically: 1. Find a jump 2. Go off the jump while starting to spin 3. Spin 1 and 1/2 times in the air 4. Spot your landing 5. Land centered and ride out That's a ludicrous simplification of a quite difficult thing, but they leave out the finer details that can't be expressed without a coach seeing what you're doing wrong. The articles here are similar, they give you a good basic foundation but the fine details need to be pounded out by each rider. Mostly because one rider is going to have a grossly different set of issues than the next, but partially because to describe every little aspect of a carved turn would result in a novel that no one (except for Scott and myself ;)) would want to read. If you want to read a really good book about sports psychology, check out the "Inner Game of Tennis". (I think it's by Tim Galleway, no idea how the name is actually spelled.) I don't even play tennis, but it has helped me immensely in both car racing and snowboarding. He talks a whole bunch about relying on your muscles and nervous system to figure out the finer details of a given skill, and how getting your big clumsy brain (and consequently your ego) involved is actually a slower and more error-prone process. He actually recommends distracting the brain from the activity a bit to let the body and central nervous system give it a shot on autopilot.