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Difference between "flat bars" and "barrel" rails?

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ballerman12
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I am able to switch up/spin out/grip a "barrel" rail, be it single or double, much better than a "bar" shaped rail. it pisses me the fuck off too cuz i encounter many "bar" rails and i can't do shit on them. fuck. help. thanks. bye.
Dec 6 2008 12:49AM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
thats odd, its the other way around for me usually
Dec 6 2008 1:03AM
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anxju
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same here. i like gripping on the corners of the flat bar
Dec 6 2008 1:04AM
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-dAvE-
Posts: 677 - Karma: 74
it might be bcuz on a barrell, the side is circular so its easier to put ur ski on the side to push off of but on a flat bar, putting ur ski on the "corner"/side of the rail is harder and you have trouble doing it cuz it wants to stay flat on the rail. if that makes sense, but thats weird cuz its usually the opposite.
Dec 6 2008 8:56AM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
i like barrels better
Dec 6 2008 12:42PM
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currentwestman
Posts: 3292 - Karma: 330
yeah i find barrel rails much easier to grip than bar rails. tis quite frustrating
Dec 6 2008 1:38PM
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fsscott
Posts: 4684 - Karma: 114
dude doesn't matter the rail, but it just makes sence that barrels are easier, you have an infinite amount of grip points, but on a flat bar there's two, the edges mainly
it doesn't affect me though, anyrail
Dec 6 2008 2:44PM
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J-Evs
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i think its easier to grip bars, i just like feeling the edge of the ail and i can feel it better
Dec 6 2008 3:52PM
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A.R.
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when your ski is on a flat surface, it wants to stay flat.
thus is why its easier to scissor or grab on a barrel.
Dec 6 2008 8:32PM
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ballerman12
Posts: 63 - Karma: 10
i realize this, but i also realize that most people do not have a problem with the differences...
Dec 6 2008 9:16PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
I always have trouble gripping on flat bars unless theyre really narrow.
Dec 6 2008 9:19PM
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ballerman12
Posts: 63 - Karma: 10
derp a lerp
Dec 18 2008 5:27PM
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frstyl46skier
Posts: 566 - Karma: 18
yea its deffinately just the opposite for me....i can barely do anything on barrel rails but i can do a bunch of things on flat bars
Dec 18 2008 5:38PM
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pianoman
Posts: 2503 - Karma: 779
i'm not sure which i find easier to grip, but i find it much easier to balance and lock into a flat bar, they're so much less sketchy to balance on. as for switchups and spins, i don't notice much of a difference
Dec 18 2008 8:37PM
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JosephStalin
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i find it easier to spin onto/off a barrel rail
Dec 18 2008 9:18PM
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