mnfusion Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 wondering what is the real difference between the two? Can you wax both? or is lightspeed a fancy sintered? I have ridden only sintered bases and am considering getting an Alp with a lightspeed base and am basicly wondering if I'd be happy with it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Well, my Alp, I think, has a sintered base, at least the spec sheets I have seen, but the Burton "lightspeed" base is an extruded base, basically a less dense P-Tex....allegedly less fast, but I don't know if it matters for the recreational rider... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_x Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 someone posted last week, the Alp has an extruded base with something mixed in that helps hold wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerider Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 wondering what is the real difference between the two? Can you wax both? or is lightspeed a fancy sintered? I have ridden only sintered bases and am considering getting an Alp with a lightspeed base and am basicly wondering if I'd be happy with it. Thanks. Simple answer is no - it's marketing spiel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Dold Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 I had a Burton Coil that had a "Lightspeed" base. It seemed as fast as anything else I had or my friends had, based on gliding throught the flats. I'd buy another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 extruded suposedly faster than normal, I had a alp and it seemed easy to gouge but not all that slow, chances are if you keep it waxed you wont know the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.