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Where should i mount my bacons?

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targheepark
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I just snagged a pair of line bacons off geartrade but im not sure where i should mount them.  i got my park skis already and these are gonna be mostly for pow. With the flex should i go center or back some?

Nov 18 2008 6:27PM
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panojibber
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Well, first of all congrats on first post.

Second of all, if you want to use them for pow then back is traditionally better. I wouldn't go too far back though, they're pretty beefy, I would mount them 3 cm back from center probably.

Nov 18 2008 6:30PM
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targheepark
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i'm 5'8" bout 170 and ride pretty agressive. where does pollard mount his?
Nov 18 2008 6:34PM
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hellomynameisjef
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if you are gonna ski a lot of pow on em mount them back alittle
Nov 18 2008 7:24PM
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Twig
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recommended is 2.5cm back from true centre. i would go there, because that is where the elliptical sidecut will ski best. Maybe one back from that if it is pure pow...
Nov 18 2008 7:36PM
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ShadyHillGroup
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ive heard this before but i dont think its true, or else the lines on mine are off, because mine are -2 from true center and they are still +2-2.5 from recommended. I love mine where they are for all mtn. i do ride switch a lot though so i would say if you are going to use it more for pow/traditional riding mount them a little further back, -3 to -4 would do the trick probably
Nov 18 2008 8:02PM
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Twig
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i think that over the 3? years the recommended point has changed.. last year i am fairly sure it was -3 or --3.5, but according to line's website this year recommended is -2.5 from true. For a pure pow ski with little / no switch i would go -3 to -4 as well
Nov 18 2008 8:17PM
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