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- From: smay@boi.hp.com (Scott Smay)
- Subject: Re: xc heel positioner question
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:34:31 GMT
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- Gary Colson (colson@tc.fluke.COM) wrote:
- : Reading this weekend an early 80's book on mountain/backcountry skiing where quite
- : a thing was made about a "heel indexing plate" which provided exceptional control
- : on xc skis. a variety of such products were said to be on the market any of which
- : worked well. Basically a pin attached (protruding) from the rear of the heel that
- : indexed itself into a small vertical "V" plate. Seems to be an ingenious idea...
- : ...how come I've never seen or heard of such a thing (in my brief 2 year interest in
- : xc skiing)?
- :
-
- They are notorious knee wreckers, since the heel is locked during backwards
- falls.
-
- cheers,
- scott
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