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you caught me :) definitely i don't know it's that copyrighted glamourous Alu alloy until I place the board into spectroscope, but it's definitely some aluminum alloy topsheet, as seen on the photo and as seller writes so, question remains: absolutely unknown O2?... i'll be the only rider on it? ;)

hi, do you know some about this titanal oxygen board? 164cm total length, 18cm waist. year? type? others? PS just bought it off ebay.de

you are not right. sole length of raichles/deeluxe ****ty shells shrinks for over half the size (~5mm) when dropping from +10C to -25C. head plastic stays same length and same subjective stiffness.

thanx, bosco! did any spring contact took place when flexing the boot max forward? can you post the photo of boot max flexed forward - to look at how spring placed in that stage. seems that I will need some pant protection coz I think they will be chewed in and out by spring in action

I've gone single-liner way for high-altitude backcountry for me (for comfort and weight-savings): single intuitions molded in raichle sb325 shell, and using that liners in lowa civetta mountaineering plastic outers for climbing, long approaching and other tech work. never will look back. BUT will never take this way on resort/carving usage also: having like Fin experience in my raichle's thermoflexes in other guy head stratos shells of the same internal size - just to try. Hurt-O-Rama for sure.

Zach, thank you! again, our snoshoe advocates asks me for your further insight on such claims: 1) on snowshoes it is easier (than on skis) to do steep frontal ascents 2) if no of touring skiers in company - and there are snowshoers with his own ascent policy - is approach skis advantageous in this situation? 3) do you use crampons around skis on hard firn and ice patches?

Zach, yet one question: why skis and not snowshoes? I try to make decision which way to go for backcountry next season, and all people around are favoring snowshoes. please elaborate if possible. PS I'm hardbooter and didn't like split idea

yes, if you use intec heels on strati - I recommend to replace stock soft-metal inserts in the boot with t-nuts from intec heel package. if you didn't do that - you surely will have a difficuly time when you want to unscrew heel

as a proud owner of Rossi Undertaker 198, I can say that IF ONLY i have to ride on it's preferred condition (softer open slopes) only - I drop all coilers/doneks/volants altogether and gonna ride u-taker only. it's soooooooo much fun to ride. it's great open-slope carver - on groomed slopes or off. it shines on steeps - where only speed limit is your clothings. 13.5m of sidecut radii will do best to do laydown carves on almost any condition of slopes excluding icier moguls. can't ride it with softboots though - 28.0 mondo size and 23.5cm waist. LOVE this board. fastest and funnest pow-pow board ever, only complaint that after riding it for two days - next few days on any other board I regain my skills, after riding with such a huge setback of swallowtail. PS not a good photo nor a good day, but first day on it:

my BXers which I ride for many days. in powder: santa cruz tbx 167'00: very good, like almost all other usual FR boards f2 elim.ltd 167'02: REQUIRED to shift binders back, not possible to go full warp in usual centered stance f2 elim.ltd 167'04: too.. f2's is very stance-centric boards: they're really bad on groom with set-back stance, and also considerably bad in powder with centered (by the stance-marks on board) stance. my verdict: f2 elim.ltd is rather bad powder board, but excels and outrides almost anything in mixed/icier condition (high-altitude backcountry), with light set-back. it is - in other words - an widish SLALOM deck, by all means: it can be ridden recreationally, but there's no fun in this - it requires to be pushed hard, and pays with HUGE fun for that. hope this helps

Hans, thank you for contact! so, any other offers?

equally the same words I can tell about my two very different eliminators - f2 eliminator ltd 167 02/03 (cap orange draco) and f2 eliminator ltd 167 04/05 (cap-sandwich green eyes). it's like wide roundtail slalom board. wanna be ridden very aggressively, when you feel what this board was made for. PS no 1st hand experience with lamms.

thank you! 200lbs, pretty aggressive, but no racing, head stratos pro.... don't you think it's reasonable to set longer springs in Med and short heelside springs in Hard? and main question: WHEN to place an order? ;)

other question: heard that BTS will work on Head Strati without modifications? is this true? will medium springs work for me @ 200lbs - if I like softer flex? will harder short springs reasonable? I won't order many spare springs to experiment ;)

there are many bataleons around me here in siberia. I have possibility to test ride BX model bataleon, but cannot urge myself to do it after my friend, best russian/eurocup BXer - testridden it vs. f2 eliminator.ltd (his usual BX deck), and found that bataleon is not his cup of tea, but in all other aspects is very sturdy and dependable deck. I have it in my hands for some days too (not fs/jib decks, I mean BX deck only). when layed on floor - there are some near 1mm under cants. convexines by design, but with flat central part - so straightlining is dependable, and carving possibility is some bit degraded IMHO. and yes - when I saw it for the 1st time - emotions was "skidders paradise board for sure" :)

bump.

please send offers to 179fc2@sib.ru

my two caps - santa cruz tbx 167 '00 and f2 eliminator ltd 167 '02 - holds an edge like hell and proves that smokes over donek incline like it's nothing matters. and cant compare steel-cap edge-holders from volant with anything else on sheer ice. all I can say that cap or sandwitch is a matter of production and preference when we talk about modern top-level boards.

I surely think that riding with loose bales is a urgent call for binding/boot destructive problems, ESPECIALLY of intec heel.

my vote is for oakley racing jackets work tearless until low mach1 speeds

with 280/287mm feet, came through oversized burton furnace and deeluxe indy 29.0, then raichle sb325race+intuition, then head stratos pro 27.5 (tooooo tight with original liners, have used with intuitions), and now 11 days in super-comfy new stratee pro 28.0 with original liners. first 6 days was tight, but now it's gone. i'm no longer trust in raichles. WARNING: do not use soft heel pads in stiff bale bindings (TD/catek) - it'll rip heel peace off the boot (done that on BOTH of my older heads...). works fine with hard or intec heels.

palmer power link flex system patent infringement? :)

i ride 42..45/30..35 on f2 eliminator ltd using f2 race titaniums

i've delaminated donek wide by catek olympics in a couple of days :( so be warned: use soft binders only (like F2 carve RS or other plastics), or tell sean to build reinforced board to use with such overpowering vehicle like hard boots.