Åsnes Falketind with Rottefella Super Telemark Cable
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:16 am
My new Falketinds have arrived. They are the 196cm long, new model. I also got a 58mm Mohair short skin.
I have not skied them yet, there was a warm spell and the snow has turned to ice or melted away on my local mountains. When I get a chance I will give them a shot, hopefully soon, but I cannot go too far to find snow at the moment (it is a bit of a busy time around home suddenly, we became parents two weeks earlier than expected
).
As others have reported earlier, they are surprisingly light.
The skis are mounted with 10mm Rottefella riser plates and Rottefella Super Telemark cable bindings.
The Rottefella Super Telemark Cables are actually hardwire bindings. The wires are removable by twisting the heel piece by 90 degrees while lifting the heelpiece upwards, then the cable hooks can be disengaged from the toe piece. I'd say its a tiny bit more tricky to put them back, than the Voile cables.
On the other hand they can be nicely clipped behind the rear riser plate heel piece while skiing, in contrast to the Voile cables, provided that the heelpiece is not too far backwards
The wires weigh a bit more than the Voile cables. 300 g /pair for the Voile, 540 g / pair for the Rottefella.
I have not skied them yet and need to spend some time adjusting the spring cartridges further. From brief attempts on the workbench, it seems that the Rottefella wires and Voile cables are interchangeable.
The Rottefella bindings are a bit less stiff to operate than Voile. As others have reported earlier, the Rottefella clamp down tighter on thinner duckbills. The Crispi Bre I have, could be locked in the lowest latch of the Voiles, and in the Rottefella Super Telemark they are secure in the second highest latch.
Regardless, both my Asolo Extreme Racer and my Crispi Bre fit very well in the bindings.
Regarding the skis, they have been reported on in much more detail with hands on experience, than I can provide here. But I can confirm that they are very soft and compress almost under the weight of the boots. But I was expecting as much, these will be the soft snow and vertical tour skis, where K&G efficiency is less important; I can use the Nansens when I am expecting more consolidated snow.
I have not skied them yet, there was a warm spell and the snow has turned to ice or melted away on my local mountains. When I get a chance I will give them a shot, hopefully soon, but I cannot go too far to find snow at the moment (it is a bit of a busy time around home suddenly, we became parents two weeks earlier than expected
).As others have reported earlier, they are surprisingly light.
The skis are mounted with 10mm Rottefella riser plates and Rottefella Super Telemark cable bindings.
The Rottefella Super Telemark Cables are actually hardwire bindings. The wires are removable by twisting the heel piece by 90 degrees while lifting the heelpiece upwards, then the cable hooks can be disengaged from the toe piece. I'd say its a tiny bit more tricky to put them back, than the Voile cables.
On the other hand they can be nicely clipped behind the rear riser plate heel piece while skiing, in contrast to the Voile cables, provided that the heelpiece is not too far backwards
The wires weigh a bit more than the Voile cables. 300 g /pair for the Voile, 540 g / pair for the Rottefella.
I have not skied them yet and need to spend some time adjusting the spring cartridges further. From brief attempts on the workbench, it seems that the Rottefella wires and Voile cables are interchangeable.
The Rottefella bindings are a bit less stiff to operate than Voile. As others have reported earlier, the Rottefella clamp down tighter on thinner duckbills. The Crispi Bre I have, could be locked in the lowest latch of the Voiles, and in the Rottefella Super Telemark they are secure in the second highest latch.
Regardless, both my Asolo Extreme Racer and my Crispi Bre fit very well in the bindings.
Regarding the skis, they have been reported on in much more detail with hands on experience, than I can provide here. But I can confirm that they are very soft and compress almost under the weight of the boots. But I was expecting as much, these will be the soft snow and vertical tour skis, where K&G efficiency is less important; I can use the Nansens when I am expecting more consolidated snow.