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My cracked up edge... WHAT DO I DO??
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So my edge is cracked in and all bust and I was wondering if there was a way I could fix it??
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Nothing you can do, it will eventually blow out unless you stop hitting rails.
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look into epoxy, but thats only when it starts delaming sections of the edge. thats what I do, just to give them a few more days.
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it it gets really bad then rip it out cuz you dont want it dragging behind you
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deal with it. its part of the game. it sucks. like ^ said, once it gets bad, tear that shit out, and where it stops, file it at an angle so its smoother. dont worry about doin much to them, like re epoxing them. they will be fine with the edges pulled out. get used to skis lastin a season or less. last year my shit lasted a month.
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Nothing. Don't do anything.
Epoxy won't work... at all. The second you hit another rail it will just break the epoxy.
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not true, the epoxy (I use 2ply) will hold up for a few days of rails, or it did for me, as well as gnarly ice. I was rather impressed. I shall upload pictures.
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i'd say bitching and moaning on newschoolers is probly your best bet. Thats what im going to do when mine crack anyway.
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I'm pretty sure I hold some sort of record with cracked edges, I put 10 into a pair of old TM's in 3 days of hitting one flatbar. The edges (uphill edge on both skis while sliding right foot forward) pulled out about 2 days later in chunks about 20-30cms.
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ya or super glue niether work tryed both. let them blow out and dont worry about it
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it really acts fucked when Itry and carve should I just get a new pair of skis?
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just pull the whole thing out, it will suck on ice but whatev
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seeing as the mountains I mainly ride are always icy... I'm fucked
thanks guys.
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the best thing to do when you ski at an icy resort is always have one pair of skis that never touchg rails, and they a junk pair, or something like that
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Make the edge that's cracked your inside edge, so it won't affect carving *as much*. And learn how to transfer weight better so you can rely on using mainly the outside edge.
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If they're not too old you can try to get that on the warranty, but I doubt it. What they do in ski shops is that they cut off the broken edge part, then cut a part of the base, around the edge. then they put a new piece of edge and put some p-tex in the hole in the base. but you need pro stuff to do that.
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