Replying to My gear predicament... (Alpine Touring)
Right now I hate my current AT setup. I have Rossi Scratch BCs with Marker Dukes. The skis are heavy, stiff, and generally feel dead. They flex like a high speed carver but are built like mid fat pow ski. They are heavy and so are my bindings. The Dukes are just over kill for me, they are heavy and suck for touring. I usually go touring with old people and don't really do any jumping or jibbing. I have a pair of Caylors for this anyway.
I want to get rid of the Scratchs and Dukes, I would prefer to keep them together. The skis are in good shape and mounted twice. The Dukes are in pretty good shape and have a little cosmetic damage. First priority goes to the people I work with at Showdown, there are alot of sick skiers that would like a setup like this at my hill. If know one wants to buy them there then I will put them on here. What is a fair asking price? The setup cost me about $675, I know I wont get nearly that much but dont want to take a huge loss.
My next predicament is what to replace them with. As far as skis go, I would like something around 100-120 in the waist with some tip rocker. Something more for charging rather than jibbing. I was kind of thinking about Gotamas and Ants. Most of the touring I do is either in fresh Montana blower snow, spring corn, or summer granular snow. I probably wont be doing a ton of vertical either. As far as bindings go, Dukes and Barons are out of the question, I don't really like either of them. I am not interested in Trekkers either and I don't have Dynafit compatible boots. That leaves Naxos and Fritschis. I weigh 190 lbs, I ski hard and I am pretty hard on gear. I will only use this setup about 10-15 times a season though so I guess i could take a small sacrifice in quality to save money.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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