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Somebody enlighten me on the lingo please.

Wasn't someone here going to apply as a ski instructor at Blue recently? Book him for a full weekend, and you'll ski GS like Bode Miller!

You have same boot size as me. How about buying that Renoun instead of a bike that you'll still not be able to size properly?

Interesting business. I think investing in one is like buying GO bonds. Backed by the taxing power people of the state. How much per tombstone?

I should've said: "There goes the Sally's thread", if it would make it any clearer.

There goes Sally's neighborhood.

Yeah, I sometimes struggle to find meaning or reason behind some posts here.

Who, me? I don't think he would find inner strength to do it.

It's interesting, right? They claim a number that's 10x more than what other companies claim when they talk about their improvements. No, I don't know how they measured it and if they ever measured it. Take a look at the video below. It's interesting to watch it by itself, just to see how skis are made in general, but something also tells me that those guys don't really have access to any lab equipment. What speaks in their favor are the reviews and their return policy. I've seen a few interesting mentions of other companies dampening methods lately. E.g. some say that a university student tested the effect of Head's intellifibers in snowboards and found that instead of damping vibrations as they were supposed to, they only exacerbated them. On the other hand putting a dampening device (like that RTM UVO) indeed helps dampening first mode of vibrations around the bindings area and is indeed improving the edge grip.

That's half the fun.

LOL, no idea, honestly. They're awfully expensive, but take a look at @SallyCat, she justified buying a 2018 pair of 84mm RTMs, and it's only one step more toward justifying a Renoun.

Renouns are the new breed of skis from a tiny company that everybody's raving about elsewhere. Instead of going the usual route of overloading a ski with tons of metal and graphene to make it more stable, rigid and hence skiable at higher speeds, they loaded it with a non-newtonian polymer that's normally soft, but becomes stiffer when abused. This creates a ski that can be both soft and rigid, depending on how you drive it. You can carve slowly, you can fly fast. Hence all the hype. And they do have a 100-day no questions asked return policy.

It's not a hologram. They just have the fiberglass layer turning up under the bindings to get some rigidity. Close to what Head does with graphene on M88. And an UVO attachment on the tips to dampen vibrations. Like those rubber dampeners on axles.

Still. Close to Renouns, and those can be tested for 100 days, so the point of you testing and liking RTMs doesn't apply. You could've tested Renouns whole season and then gotten on proven RTMs in spring if you didn't like them.

They're swapping the skis for her, what better support do you expect from a reputable shop?

Too bad. I was gonna ask for your feedback on them this weekend. If you got them with only some discount like you've said, have you considered Renoun? Has got to be close in price.

2018 RTM 84, 172?

I think with all the swapping and trying it's too late for a loctite now. So it's either drill bigger hole, put new threads and use bigger screw, or drill, put some thread repair coil in it and reuse old screw. Either way this will affect a resale. Where did you score these RTMs?

Oh, it's soooo important to pay for the final adjustments. Rocket science. Is it the bolt that's stripped or where it's being screwed into? It's not clear from your picture where exactly that bolt is, but if it's anything like those Fischers or Atomics that I've seen, then it's not really load bearing. You'll be screwed only if it completely falls out. With that said, if the skis were bought locally, I'd just exchange them. If the screw is not too loose, I'd use blue loctite and then still check it every time I go skiing. Otherwise just create new threads and find a bigger bolt in HD.

That follows a prior storm-related topic.

If I understand this guy correctly, and he's really rushing it, the construction of Monsters is different, depending on the width. Up to 88 they put graphene under the boot, after that they put it near the tips and tails. That's hilarious. On one hand he's talking about making tips softer in 2017/2018, and on another they have an extra levels in tips and tails just to make them stiffer.

Create your own thread...

I can work remotely, so kinda yes, kinda no.

Couple if inches, huh?

I used to be like that. Lately started paying attention to falls. The amazing part is that I was riding with some juvenile boarders after the fall, got the bar down to use the foot rest and had to listen to their moans and bitching all ride long. One of them had to be either drunk or stoned. They knew about the fall and were just openly mocking the victim for not being able to sit still and straight.