Thanks for posting your stats. It was very interesting but not surprising. My theory is that everyone has a cadence that makes them comfortable, and you probably settled into that cadence on both trials. As expected, the heartrate shows that it was more effort to maintain your cadence when you were...

Agree with others, that’s a very soft boot and not good for downhill. Not bad for kick and glide, but given the very soft tow flex I hardly used the pair I had before selling them. keep looking if you need downhill performance.

A standard flexor does not keep up with a stiff boot (Alfa Guard, Alaska BC, Crispi Svartisen) You are right. Good skiing technique, (and good technique only) keeps your BOF against the ski. Nothing else. 8-) Flexors, cables, springs and all that stuff are superfluous. Probably true. I have not att...

I do not, but I have been out with a meetup group a few times this winter and a few people in that group do wear helmets. I didn’t notice what kind of helmets they were wearing. It makes some sense. I would NEVER go mountain biking, even on mellow, rolling trails, without a helmet. So why am I wilin...

How long is it? Last week my wife and I came upon a situation like this. It was really steep. I skied off trail, zig zagging back and forth through the trees, and fell three times. It was maybe a couple hundred yards long so my wife took her skis off and walked (the track was very firm). She beat me...

I've been using a voormi hardened wool layer on top of a short sleeve wool shirt. I literally use it from 5-30 degrees. I zip on the hood when I get cold. I unzip it down to the stop when it gets warm. I throw on a goretex jacket for the downhill and if the weather turns sour. Interesting. I hadn’t...

For those interested, I edited the original post with a short review of the jacket I ended up buying - the Rab Borealis. It’s pretty good for me. But for those who tend to run hot, it’s probably still not breathable enough. If getting any exercise at all, I still cant imagine anything other than so...

For those interested, I edited the original post with a short review of the jacket I ended up buying - the Rab Borealis. It’s pretty good for me. But for those who tend to run hot, it’s probably still not breathable enough.

I think there was a thread for sharing good deals available, but I can’t find it. Anyway, I just stopped by Boulder Sports Recycler in Boulder, CO and they have: Asnes Fram (195, I think), waxless, Xplore bindings, and X skins for $500, down to $300 if it doesn’t sell in a few weeks. It all looked p...

Amazing. I’m not that good either. I can do tele on NNNBC with skinny skies, but only on “hero” snow and definitely not in the trees. Whitegrass is a treasure. If folks haven’t been there, and you find yourself in the mid-Atlantic region in winter, it’s well worth the visit. Just has an amazing, dow...