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New splitty.
158cm
317-256-288
Quadratic sidecut
7cm back of center stance
Bamboo Topsheet
4oz uni carbon
4.4oz biax carbon
9oz uni glass over binding insert packs
Sita spruce/yellow cedar core 2-6.3-2
4.4 ounce biax carbon
4 ounce uni carbon
4000 sintered durasurf base.
After I broke my last lightweight split in the middle of nowhere
I decided it needed a thicker core and some glass in there to beef it up.
Aluminum binding plates don't flex, when I went over the handlebars or landed hard on the nose it folded over front binding and snapped.
Ran the glass a few inches past the insert packs to hopefully stop this , plus added .8 mm to the core thickness.
Rode great so far, though the nose is a little stiffer than I like in a pow deck.
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158cm
317-256-288
Quadratic sidecut
7cm back of center stance
Bamboo Topsheet
4oz uni carbon
4.4oz biax carbon
9oz uni glass over binding insert packs
Sita spruce/yellow cedar core 2-6.3-2
4.4 ounce biax carbon
4 ounce uni carbon
4000 sintered durasurf base.
After I broke my last lightweight split in the middle of nowhere
I decided it needed a thicker core and some glass in there to beef it up.
Aluminum binding plates don't flex, when I went over the handlebars or landed hard on the nose it folded over front binding and snapped.
Ran the glass a few inches past the insert packs to hopefully stop this , plus added .8 mm to the core thickness.
Rode great so far, though the nose is a little stiffer than I like in a pow deck.
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Richuk wrote this a couple years ago to me
"If you are using this with the sitka spruce, then you will need to be on top of the composite side of this design, as carbon and glass have different failure modes. Glass will give you a 'head's up', whereas carbon is less likely to do that for you"
You were so right!
I never did use crimp fabrics as we were discussing then, but softwood and light weight carbon fabric did add to a complete failure.
I am battling weight vs stiffness vs strength.
Cosurfer is using aspen I believe in conjunction with a 8 ounce
Carbon weave and selling comercially.
If the core is thick enough it won't bend enough to let anything break,
But people don't want to ride a 2x4.
The search for the perfect lightweight splitboard continues.
"If you are using this with the sitka spruce, then you will need to be on top of the composite side of this design, as carbon and glass have different failure modes. Glass will give you a 'head's up', whereas carbon is less likely to do that for you"
You were so right!
I never did use crimp fabrics as we were discussing then, but softwood and light weight carbon fabric did add to a complete failure.
I am battling weight vs stiffness vs strength.
Cosurfer is using aspen I believe in conjunction with a 8 ounce
Carbon weave and selling comercially.
If the core is thick enough it won't bend enough to let anything break,
But people don't want to ride a 2x4.
The search for the perfect lightweight splitboard continues.
What do you think of the Prowder interface? I have a couple of kits that one customer wanted , the idea is great I think the actual kit is a little fiddly for joe average, my customer bent a set of the pucks already too and he's a fly weight but he did have a good crash mind you! Board looks awesome, what weight did it end up bare board no bindings or Binding Saddles pucks just the Prowder Hoss Hooks and Cowboy Clips on ? yes he quest for strength vs weight is a battle! cheersDtrain wrote:New splitty.
158cm
317-256-288
Quadratic sidecut
7cm back of center stance
Bamboo Topsheet
4oz uni carbon
4.4oz biax carbon
9oz uni glass over binding insert packs
Sita spruce/yellow cedar core 2-6.3-2
4.4 ounce biax carbon
4 ounce uni carbon
4000 sintered durasurf base.
After I broke my last lightweight split in the middle of nowhere
I decided it needed a thicker core and some glass in there to beef it up.
Aluminum binding plates don't flex, when I went over the handlebars or landed hard on the nose it folded over front binding and snapped.
Ran the glass a few inches past the insert packs to hopefully stop this , plus added .8 mm to the core thickness.
Rode great so far, though the nose is a little stiffer than I like in a pow deck.
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MonkeyCAM and SnoCAD - https://github.com/mikemag
Ski binding mounting https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki
Richard Harcourt | www.splitn2.com | Christchurch New Zealand
rich@splitn2.com | www.facebook.com/splitn2
Ski binding mounting https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki
Richard Harcourt | www.splitn2.com | Christchurch New Zealand
rich@splitn2.com | www.facebook.com/splitn2
Clips are awesome. I was a voile guy, tried the Karakoram but hated the sound the s$&t made while hiking. These clips literally made the board ride better. I've noticed hard heelsides make a split feel like a split. The prowder cowboys clips are the best yet. And adjustable as slop occurs. The tip and tail clips seem great, but with a wood topsheet.......they pull into the wood and there are some issues. My nose clip popped open more during hard riding
then the plastic ones do. This may be due to the wood topsheet and me over cranking the thing off the start and then having to loosen it off. Can't be sure though. First time user. I won't try the binding hardware, I just love the simplicity of voile pucks. The clips are hands down the best stuff yet!
then the plastic ones do. This may be due to the wood topsheet and me over cranking the thing off the start and then having to loosen it off. Can't be sure though. First time user. I won't try the binding hardware, I just love the simplicity of voile pucks. The clips are hands down the best stuff yet!
nice, hey what weight was the board? yeah agree re the Voile pucks hard to beat they are tough as nails!Dtrain wrote:Clips are awesome. I was a voile guy, tried the Karakoram but hated the sound the s$&t made while hiking. These clips literally made the board ride better. I've noticed hard heelsides make a split feel like a split. The prowder cowboys clips are the best yet. And adjustable as slop occurs. The tip and tail clips seem great, but with a wood topsheet.......they pull into the wood and there are some issues. My nose clip popped open more during hard riding
then the plastic ones do. This may be due to the wood topsheet and me over cranking the thing off the start and then having to loosen it off. Can't be sure though. First time user. I won't try the binding hardware, I just love the simplicity of voile pucks. The clips are hands down the best stuff yet!
MonkeyCAM and SnoCAD - https://github.com/mikemag
Ski binding mounting https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki
Richard Harcourt | www.splitn2.com | Christchurch New Zealand
rich@splitn2.com | www.facebook.com/splitn2
Ski binding mounting https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki
Richard Harcourt | www.splitn2.com | Christchurch New Zealand
rich@splitn2.com | www.facebook.com/splitn2
good work!Dtrain wrote:Last one was a 160. 6 pounds 3 oz naked. This one 6 pounds 8 oz with the tip and tail clips and splitboard clips.. Been charging it and no issues. Sick shape. Little stiff.
MonkeyCAM and SnoCAD - https://github.com/mikemag
Ski binding mounting https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki
Richard Harcourt | www.splitn2.com | Christchurch New Zealand
rich@splitn2.com | www.facebook.com/splitn2
Ski binding mounting https://github.com/splitn2/DrillSki
Richard Harcourt | www.splitn2.com | Christchurch New Zealand
rich@splitn2.com | www.facebook.com/splitn2