I am looking at some sweet Åsnes Ingstad, and I am unsure whether to go 195 or 205. I am 180 tall for 80kg (give or take), and with gear and backpack I am probably 90 or 90+ I would like to have some float in deep snow, but I might want to go offroad across forest land (quite rugged terrain), and ob...

I have the Hoks 145 and I am debating whether getting the Taos or the Koms at 172 (to do what I already do with the Hoks really, going around the forest and over snowmobile tracks). I am happy with the Hoks but when I can get on a snowmobile track they seem terminally slow (and they get terminally t...

Are the Taos any faster on a snowmobile track compared to the Hoks?

fisheater wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:57 pm

I can’t understand why you would want to skate, when you could kick and glide (diagonal stride).

The answer being in my first statement: 'I am a rank novice'. What is this thing you are talking about? how is it done? how does it differ from skating? (all real questions, no sarcasm)

I think the skating performance I'm targeting is 'not too atrocious', rather than good...

Hi All, I am a rank novice living in Finland. Near where I live we have a lot of 'trackless' woods, but also proper cross country trails (done with a machine that pack the snow and cuts the grooves) and lakes where (ice permitting) we have ski tracks. I am mostly interested in the offroad side of th...