I bought a pair of TD3 standards from Okemo Mtn Sports (see classifieds). I ride stepins, but it's good to have the parts, and now I can try .951s.
If anyone is eyeballing that XR178 on ebay, PM me for a tip.
Love mine (purchased on fire sale from Bomber). Love it so much I'm having a 175 made, with KST 2 meters longer. Normally outside my board budget, but... #yolo, #midlifecrisis
Oh... you are winning fatherhood with that treehouse!
If I'm reading their site right then it looks like the cant/lift mechanism is similar to Bomber's - you get one sloped disc and you can rotate it separately. The mid-plate attaches to the lower assembly with one big honkin' bolt, which is reminiscent of Catek, but I think the similarity ends there. As far as I can tell they only offer a 7-degree disc.
Yes. With the FP's, Burton settled on a formula of 15cm nose length and 5cm tail length, so a FP 167 would have 147cm effective. MK 161 is probably 151cm effective or more.
I believe you meant Donek MK 161. It would be a much, much better board than an old FP 157. More grip, more edge hold, more energy, smoother ride, less chatter.
I was hoping Donek was going to buy the inventory, including parts, of which there is a considerable amount. Donek was at USASA nationals last week and couldn't deal with this until this week. Fin had asked the bank to give Sean some time but I guess they are hot to trot. Oh well, cat is out of the bag now.
If heel lift was an issue in your Deeluxes, you should consider UPZ. I use Intuition Power Wrap, they're the middle-of-the-road model.
I believe .951's are also famous for heel hold.
@GeoffV, you're running the silver tongues, right? This looks like a more fine tune-able setup. Luckily for me the gray tongues and stock spring system is a good fit.
Good technique? Eyes are looking into the carve, that's critical, especially on heelside. I love to see that. Back knee is a little tucked but ok.
What's the answer professor?
I think before I can agree or disagree, I need to set up my softboots the same as my hardboots - with custom footbeds and molded Intuition liners. I just haven't spent enough time in softboots to feel motivated to do all that, but I think I'm there now.
A number of times over the years, I will demo a board at the ECES at Stratton and fall in love with it. I'll order one for myself, get it to my home resort (Sugarloaf) and just think "huh... I don't love this". This happened to me with my Angrry-derived Coiler 163, and the MK. It even happened to me with an original Madd 158. I borrowed Shaggy's at Stratton and it was a dream. I then bought Fin's original 158 and just didn't love it at Sugarloaf. I just like a bit longer radius I guess. Two runs on the MK and I've done a thousand turns and I'm cooked. I loved my Proteus 163 (10.5m) and my current "short" board is a Kessler 168 (8-12m they say) which I'm loving. I think the forthcoming MK 170-something will be a great board. I rode workshop7's custom MK-derived 172 and it seemed like a great preview.