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Greetings,
I will be in Lake Tahoe the third week of March for business and I was wondering if I should extend my stay to ride in the area.
I will be staying at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe. We have a free afternoon to go to Diamond Peak for a quick session but I am tempted to stay longer and do more.
I was hoping to get some info from local people or frequent visitors about the typical conditions in late March.
Maybe if I could get advice where to go from the Hyatt on weather, snow condition and crowd.
Thanks.
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You are kidding, right?
$150 for a Coiler metal...
The answer is no. The board was built before metal was offered.
Thanks for looking!
Is the AM metal ? -
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Clean up time!
Just tired of moving the stuff around when I know I will not be using this anymore.
- - Coiler Freecarve 178 for a 225 pound guy! (178 x 20 x 10.5 sidecut radius) $200 plus shipping. (Sold)
- - Coiler All Mountain 172 for a big guy as well (172 x 23 x unsure of the radius) $150 plus shipping (Sold)
- - Burton Speed 168 W (168 x 22.5 X 10.46 radius) $200 plus shipping. (Sold)
- - Burton Race Plates (Brand new) $200 plus shipping (Sold)
- - TD2 Standard with yellow inserts and 3 and 6 degree cant disks $150 plus shipping (Sold)
- - TD2 Standard and Step-in kits with purple inserts and 2 x 3 degree and 1 x 6 degree cant disks. $200 plus shipping (Sold)
- - Intec heels (2 sets) $50 and $75 according to their shape plus shipping (Sold)
Thank you for all the interest!
The Coiler Freecarve is in great shape ridden for a few season lots of life left in it. No base damage!
The Coiler All Mountain was bought used from a BOL member and used only once since I found the waist too wide for me. Still in good shape and no base damage as well. I can't remember how use it got before I bought it.
The Burton is brand new ("second" model, I never saw any flaws but I wanted to mention it anyway). Bindings were never mounted since I realized I was way too heavy for the board..
The TD2 bindings are in great shape. Of course, they are Bomber plates!
The Burton plates are brand new!
The heels are good to go but one set has seen less use.
I have included a few pics but I can email more pictures and details shots for interested people.
email: guay_francois@videotron.ca
- - Coiler Freecarve 178 for a 225 pound guy! (178 x 20 x 10.5 sidecut radius) $200 plus shipping. (Sold)
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Wolf - Just updated my profile settings so I think I should be able to receive emails now. Also, yes, I am interested in more bindings. I recently picked up 3 boards so I am trying to outfit them all with bindings. Two 3 hole and 1 4 and as I'm sure you know the Burton bindings are quite the pain to find. So do let me know what you have available.
I noticed that the original poster has sold the bindings on ebay.
I don't think I am going to much in his kitchen if I offer one option for bindings.
So just follow this link to another posting and maybe you will find something that suits you!
Regards.
http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulletin/showthread.php?38306-Burton-plates
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Am looking for a pair of Burton plates. Prefer race plates, but whatchya got? -Charles
I bought these plates brand new a long time ago because I wanted to used them with my Burton Speed 168W.
It turn out that I never rode either the bindings or the board because I was too heavy for the board (230 +).
As I was ready to post a few boards and bindings, I saw that you were interested in those bindings.
So here is a picture of what I have.
If you are interested, you can get them for $200 plus shipping.
email: guay_francois@videotron.ca
Regards.
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For me, the head boots are too stiff to use with the bts. I've cutted the boots to have more flex and to allow the BTS to do its job.
You'll find a lot of info about that subject on the forum.
Hello, Stéphane,
I have been thinking about doing the mods to the boots. I was also interested to add the BTS but on the Bomber store, they say it does not fit.
Just curious to see how you did it. Do I have to be an engineer to do it?
You can email me directly at guay_francois@videotron.ca
Thanks Francois.
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Would like to be on the list as well.
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Sounds like the inserts might be further back on the new board. Put the boards side by side to compare. As Jack said, maybe just moving everything forward one insert will solve the problem, sounds like everything else has remained the same.
Yep, moving the binding one insert forward is one more avenue I will check after playing around with the heel and toe lift (if this does not work).
As for the inserts, I simply went for the middle position similar to the previous board. The only difference now from the VSR to the former board, the VSR has 10 inserts or 5 positions per foot vs 8 inserts or 4 position for the FC. Maybe this is moving back a bit???
This might be another clue to my mistery!
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You are correct, that front binding differece is between 3-6 degrees depending did you also change front heel. If you also changed front heel piece, did you tried your old board? is it killing now more your leg?
Yes, I did went from supplied heel with the Head boots to the Fintech so I could use TD3 step-in all the way as opposed to Step-in for the rear and standard for the front leg on my previous set-up (TD2). This might explain the difference I felt right away with the new heel. Maybe 3 rear and 6 front might put me back where I was before since I had no leg issues with the previous set-up.
No, I did not try the old board for 2 reasons. First I did not bring the old board.
Silly me, I could have compared the 2 set-ups.
It reminded me of a day when I went to the slope with only my carving set-up to realized that 24 inches plus of snow has fallen...
There was the issue of the new Fintech heel that does not work with the aluminum heel receiver from the TD-2 as well.
I will definitely bring 2 boards (new VSR with revised heel and toe lift, old FC with the exact previous set-up but standard for the rear leg because my new Fintech heel prevent me from using the TD-2 alumimum receiver, extra ring and tools on my next trip to the hill.
Some Sportlegs as well for extra safety...
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Opinions may differ on this, but I think that at your height you might do with widening your stance a bit. I was riding 19.5" (three rear, six front) for the last year or so and I am just 5'8" tall, and it started to feel a bit narrow at the beginning of SES. Over the past two weeks I've made some adjustments and now it feels just right to me at 21". Aside from feeling more stable, the 21" stance seems to be easier on my legs. YMMV as far as that goes.
You bring a good point about widening my stance. I have been thinking about that. Since I want a quick fix for this week and don't want to fuzz around too much, I will probably try more toe lift and play around with the rear. When all is back to normal, I think I will experiment a bit with stance width.
Nor sure how many more week we have left? Because our snow coverage reminds me of some of the sites in Vancouver. Pretty thin...:(
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Go to the car, have a snack and some water, get out your tools, fiddle with the bindings until your leg feels better, put away the tools, go back out and ride.
It's not a permanent fix, but what else is permanent?
Sounds like my plan for wednesday!
Just trying not to do too much tooling around and start with the best possible fix!
Otherwise, it will be yell at the chair lift guy, get drunk the bar, get back home with a taxi and then sell the Terminator and all related junk only to regret it in the morning with a huge hangover...:lol:
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I've sometimes wondered what 6+6 would feel like - how wide is your stance?
I would probably start with 3 in the rear and 6 in the front, because you are not changing the overall amount of lift you are applying in that case, just biasing the lift further forward (in terms of front/rear footing). How tall are you?
I am 6feet tall with about 32 inseam height.
I remember that I saw somewhere that 0.607 times the inseam was a good starting point. My stance is 19.5. I took the measurement center to center on my binding. Is this the right way?
I will take your advice and run with 6 front and 3 rear as a starter.
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+1 on this. Lift offloads weight.
Would you swap both or would you change only the front from 3 to 6.
I have an extra 6 I could use so I could run 6 rear and front??
Thx.
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Forget all that moving of bindings, swap that board with me for $$$
Sorry no can do!
If you are on the waiting list for a Coiler, I don't mind sending you the custom topsheet file far a few buck! This way you can have your own Termi.
I know this is fixable I just want to find the solution asap so I can ride it and switch faces from agony the a bit grin.
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But another thought if you try both boards on carpet: does the stance feel same? And is front binding centered (i.e. same distance from edges on heelside and toeside)? If heelside (or toeside) turn feels more tiresome on front leg then adjusting binding position might help?
Binding are the same as far as positioning, no different for the legs burn from heel or toe side turns?
I did not ride carpet. The trouble is that I switch to the Fintech heels and I did not adjust the heels receptacle on the former TD2. This would require some playing around. Maybe I will just put a pair of standard TD2 on my old board and then compare both on carpet.
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What are central widths of the boards? It seems that Coiler Freecarve is quite narrow by today's standards (<19 cm) but I guess that VSR is much wider (21 cm? more?) If this is the case then I see no point in using same binding angles as it requires more effort to put board on edge and could be reason for leg burning. Set rear binding so that there is no overhang from binding and boot and set front binding angle some degrees more (I use +3 degrees).
Both boards are 20cm at the waist.
You can order different width for those 2 board type, I kept the same width because it works for me.
Angles are the same with no booth overhang.
Theonly true change is the front binding from TD2 standard to TD3 step-in.
Maybe my front heel sits abit higher now with the TD3.
This is still a mistery for me why the change has been so drastic.
Thx.
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quit staring at the Terminator and look where you are going...... :lol:
I think I know what it is! Those red eyes are melting my legs.....
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try swapping your cants - put the 6 in front and the 3 in back - just an idea.
Usually when my front leg is burning I either increase my front toe lift or widen my stance a quarter inch - and move back ot original a day or twi later...don't know why this works, but it does for me.
oh, and +1 on sportlegs.
I think there is a general concensus here maybe wider stance, increase toe lift and a bit or either fore or aft positioning.
Just looked at the forecast and it looks like the we could get more rain then snow...
I will definetely make it to the slopes this week to tweak my stance.
Thanks for the help.
Will let you know how it progress.
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This is worth a try, but I would recommend moving your stance forward one set of holes first. If that doesn't do it, then move them back, and swap the cants. If that doesn't work, then move the bindings forward again with the 6 in front. When bindings are too far back, you have to lean on your front leg more.
This sounds like a plan.
Sportslegs and then playing around with those stance changes.
I will bring my old board so I can see if the legs are the problem so this way I can rule out possible causes one by one. Like someone said only change one thing at a time.
Do you know if going from a TD2 standard to a TD3 step-in the front might change my heel height compared to my toe height ratio?
Thanks for the hints!
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SportLegs.com
It works.
I have used Sportslegs in the past and I know this works. The thing is, I have been riding top to bottom all season without it with no burn and since I switched boards it is like someone has stolen my legs. Litteraly!
I am no expert but I am pretty sure it is set-up related.
I will definitely take some sportlegs on my next session along with some set-up adjustements. Not sure yet what they will be.
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I am trying to understand why I am having major front leg burn:flamethro.
I was riding a Coiler free carve 178 until I switch to a Coiler VSR 173.
I felt a real difference in my riding with the VSR (improved hold in the carve, ease of riding) but I am having front leg burn that will require skin graft....:(
So here are the 2 different set-up. Maybe you will be able to help me understand and possibly fix my problem.
Coiler freecarve 178
19.5 stance centered in the inserts.
TD2 standard in the front with 3 degree toe lift
TD2 step-in in the back with 6 degree heel lift with about a 1 degree outward cant.
57 degree front angle and 52 degree angle.
No burning what so ever, well maybe later in the day.
Coiler VSR 173
19.5 stance centered in the inserts.
TD3 step-in in the front with 3 degree toe lift
TD3 step-in in the back with 6 degree heel lift with 1 degree outward cant.
57 degree front angle and 52 degree angle.
Noodles legs, wimp...
I was under the impression that I had duplicated the same set-up and I was ready for a great day.
No such thing...:( I had to stop about 2 to 3 times per run because my front leg was burning so much I could hardly stand up...
I almost forgot, I also changed my liners. But I don't think this could be the reason but I thought I should mention it so you know everything that has been changed from the Freecarve to the VSR.
I tried one change in my set-up before ending my day early. I moved my front binding assembly one insert back and it did help a little but I did not came close to my usual riding feeling.
The only thing I can think of was that I am unbalanced with my weight too far forward. Maybe the TD3 step-in in the front is raising my heel compared to the TD2 standard?
I was thinking about putting a 6 degree toe lift to change my weight distribution. What do you think? I was also thinking of putting my old liners back in my boots as well.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The kids are starting their school break and we had plan to go to the hills for a few days. This looks like a challenge for me at this point. I would like to avoid my kids from picking me up at the bar totally smashed.
At this point, I feel I am not worthy of my VSR Terminator.
:mad: Please help! Thanks.
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THAT is just simply BAD A$$!!!!!!!
Bruce's building skill......check
Steve Fleck's Graphic skills......check
High Quality topsheet from Lindsay.......Check
Long skinny box on front porch a few weeks later........Permagrin/giggle
I experience the same exact level of competency from each of the those guys during my build last winter and I still giggle while ripping odwn east coast hills.
If you ever want to unload it, let me know.
Next build will be slated in 2011, thinking longer NSR
Mr. Fleck you will be hearing from me.
I agree the board turn out great!
As to unload the board, give me a chance to try it...
Honestly, I don't expect to want to part with it for a while.
But if ever that's the case, I will remember you had a crush on it.
:mad:
Aiguisage de planche????
in Canada - Québec
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Salut Steph!
Je dois faire un tune-up et j'ai pas beaucoup de temps avant d'aller rider samedi!
Est-ce que tu sais ou je peux aller faire tuner mon board étant donné que je suis serré dans le temps?
Je passe près de Sharks mais je ne sais pas si aurais un autre shop que tu me recommande???
Je t'offrirais bien quelques bières si tu me donnais un cour pour faire mes tune-up.:lol:
Je ne sais pas si tu as de l'intérêt pour propager ton savoir???
Je cire les skis de fond de ma blonde mais je ne fais rien pour mon board à cause des carres que je ne sais pas trop comment gèrer..
Any way, si tu peux me conseiller, cela serait apprécié!
Merci Francois.