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G3 Expedition Climbing Skin
Misled
By Matt
Ranked #284 - Climbing Skins
February 24, 2010
I ordered the 140mm version of this skin. Delivery was faster than expected. Never got to try these skins out, though. If you have fat powder skis, DO NOT get these skins. The largest front tip loop size that G3 makes is for a maximum size of 120mm ski tip. As we all know, that is on the smaller end of powder ski sizes. Shame on G3, by the way, for discontinuing their XXL tip loop size.
So all in all, my main gripe is that backcountry.com did not make it clear as to what size tip loop would come with the ski. Obviously if I am ordering a 140mm skin, I am going to need tip loop larger than 100mm. I have since returned the product, and will not be replacing it with anything from this website.
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Change me.
2 Comments Last Reply: May 26, 2010 By: Re Wikstrom
P.S. I cut these skins and took them straight to a backcountry lodge for 7 days in the Canadian Rockies and LOVED them.
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I also ordered the 140mm and had no problem with the tip loops on a pair of Voile Asylums which are actually 153 in the tip. I bought a pair of the BD tip loops as back-up just in case the G3s did not fit, but I didn't need to use them. You can also fabricate your own tip loops, I did this with a few parts from a hobby store and a hardware store circa 2003 before companies really started making bigger tip loops. Matt, you might want to let people know what skis you were trying to use these with that didn't work since there is also a lot of variation in the shape of the tip on a given ski despite the size.
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