KnappAttack
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Suddenly shims are a big thing on the new Stryke skis...... WTF......
I know you don't want shims under the heel of the skis for the SnowTrackers. The will get to darting, hunting and hard steering if the corrector doesn't contact the snow surface. O course the hard steering will not effect the EPS sleds. Looks like these shims are causing more headaches on the EPS sleds than in the past. Sounds like it can really mess with the handling and darting more than normal. I've never messed with the strike skis, but how's its going to react when the rubber bumpers take a set? Its why I never liked shimming the heel in the past with normal carbides, because the rubber gets weak and settles in anyway.
Guess if I get a new EPS sled I can plan to thro the stock skis away right away and go to my favorite Doo 5.7R skis and aggressive trackers right away. This shimming skis sounds like a pain to get things "just right" only to have the rubber compress and take a set.
I know you don't want shims under the heel of the skis for the SnowTrackers. The will get to darting, hunting and hard steering if the corrector doesn't contact the snow surface. O course the hard steering will not effect the EPS sleds. Looks like these shims are causing more headaches on the EPS sleds than in the past. Sounds like it can really mess with the handling and darting more than normal. I've never messed with the strike skis, but how's its going to react when the rubber bumpers take a set? Its why I never liked shimming the heel in the past with normal carbides, because the rubber gets weak and settles in anyway.
Guess if I get a new EPS sled I can plan to thro the stock skis away right away and go to my favorite Doo 5.7R skis and aggressive trackers right away. This shimming skis sounds like a pain to get things "just right" only to have the rubber compress and take a set.
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Which carbides where you using with this shim set up?
KnappAttack
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I believe he said he was using Woody Doolys earlier and could not get it to stop darting and hunting, which it should never do with dual carbides like that.
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That is strange, my sled is strait as an arrow with the double downs. 5.0 shim in the rear.
My ski's are toed out less than 1/8 inch per side.
Polaris guys all run them here.
What we DO have is a TON of dirt road crossings, driveway crossings and dirt road running in some spots. Runner like the duallys, Snow trackers and such that have a lot of stuff hanging off the bottom of the ski tend to get beat up, bent and in the case of dual runners, have rocks stick in between the runners, which is a pain.
My ski's are toed out less than 1/8 inch per side.
Just as a theory I think the people out here like these type of wear bars is because we don't really have any trails that are high speed for very long. They seem to work well in tight twisty trails. Some railbeds and northern N.H. are about the only places you can run high speed for extended periods of time. Northern Main excluded of course.
Polaris guys all run them here.
What we DO have is a TON of dirt road crossings, driveway crossings and dirt road running in some spots. Runner like the duallys, Snow trackers and such that have a lot of stuff hanging off the bottom of the ski tend to get beat up, bent and in the case of dual runners, have rocks stick in between the runners, which is a pain.
