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Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
- Stephen
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6’3” / 191cm — 172# / 78kg, size 47 / 30 mondo
Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
Those pictures make me want both!
But they also suggest that the Ingstad would probably suit my skiing better (miles over turns).
But they also suggest that the Ingstad would probably suit my skiing better (miles over turns).
- JohnSKepler
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Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
That's what I have on mine. You won't be disappointed. The Alpina Alaska XP is very nice, too. Completely different experience.
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- Stephen
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6’3” / 191cm — 172# / 78kg, size 47 / 30 mondo
Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
And, like @Tom M, I’ll replace the bindings on my Voile Objective BC with Xplore.
- lilcliffy
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Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
@Stephen
So!
Why the FTX and not the Rabb 68?
So!
Why the FTX and not the Rabb 68?
Cross-country AND down-hill skiing in the backcountry.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
- Stephen
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6’3” / 191cm — 172# / 78kg, size 47 / 30 mondo
Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
@lilcliffy, price and availability.
The FTX was about 385€ (delivered) at Varuste (they don't carry the Rabb ) and the Rabb looks like about $615 (delivered, including state tax, which Varuste does not collect).
I think the Rabb might have fit in my ski selection better, but I'm cheap thrifty and the extra $230 wasn't worth it to me.
The FTX was about 385€ (delivered) at Varuste (they don't carry the Rabb ) and the Rabb looks like about $615 (delivered, including state tax, which Varuste does not collect).
I think the Rabb might have fit in my ski selection better, but I'm cheap thrifty and the extra $230 wasn't worth it to me.
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Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
I also thought about this when writing "while in more consolidated snow a stiffer flex is also needed to increase support/float." A stiffer flex will increase the surface area and can increase float, while soft tip and tail will decrease surface area. All parameters of a ski is a compromise, where a soft tip can help the ski turn, as well as follow the terrain and stay on the surface instead if sinking and thus reduce drag, especially downhill but also on the flats, while it can also create an uphill for the front part of the ski when the the middle and end sinks while the tip floats, and thus push against forward motion when skiing forward both on the flats and uphills. Rocker seems like a good alterative, where the tip can be stiffer but still help a ski stay afloat.Stephen wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 6:33 pmI have even noticed this tendency with the 210 Gamme (for which I am light), in certain conditions. The feeling of walking uphill on the flats. Each step forward left a notch down in the snow, behind the tail, when the underfoot and tail punched through the snow platform already made by the ski’s forward travel.
Much extra effort.
- lilcliffy
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Re: Asnes Falketind 62 Xplore vs Ingstad BC
@Stephen
Do you still have your 2nd-gen FT62?
And- if so- can you give us a similar comparision with the FTX?
@fisheater
Bob- do you still have your 1st-gen FT62?
Do you still have your 2nd-gen FT62?
And- if so- can you give us a similar comparision with the FTX?
@fisheater
Bob- do you still have your 1st-gen FT62?
Cross-country AND down-hill skiing in the backcountry.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.
- Stephen
- Posts: 1458
- Joined: Thu Aug 06, 2020 12:49 am
- Location: PNW USA
- Ski style: Aspirational Hack
- Favorite Skis: Armada Tracer 118 (195), Gamme (210), Ingstad (205), Objective BC (178), Nordica Enforcer 94
- Favorite boots: Alfa Guard Advance, Scarpa TX Pro
- Occupation: Beyond
6’3” / 191cm — 172# / 78kg, size 47 / 30 mondo