Jonathan Shefftz [[log in to unmask]] writes: >> Jeremy Malczyk <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>Granted, the R:EX is a foam core (I think) but if I remember right it has >>a mount plate on it that's gonna add a bit of weight (that also may make >>mounting Freerides harder). > >You're thinking the much fatter Big Daddy and Sugar Daddy or the much >skinner R:11. The Rex and its Texmex tele twin (or whatever it's called) >are plateless, and are pretty much the lightest skis you can find for their >waist width. That certainly jives with what my bicep was tellin' me heftin' Tom Morrison's undrilled 180cm CMH (& skiin' Jerm's 180 CMH) vs. Aaron's _mounted_ TMEXs (both the 177s and 184s) and Patrick Haskells R:EX w/Freefrides. I suspect Aaron's Dynafit-mounted 177cm TMEXs are lighter than a 180cm UNmounted CMH (either that or my arm got stronger! :-) ) But they're still not bantam-weights by any means, about 2x the fairy-wing helium-core Tua Montours w' the 3 pins on top (but about a cm fatter too.) dana _____________ ________ __ __ /________ ________ ___ __( Tele till you drop ___\ ________ ________ __ ____) ______ __________ _ ___/ ______ ___________ _ __( o ____ __________ __ __ \(|\.____ _______ ____ ___`\>/______ ____ ______ ____ \` ______ __ _______ ______`________ _ _______ _______________ __ ______ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html