Thursday, December 31, 2009
Mt Bachelor 2010 New Years Relay
The weather seems to enjoy throwing rain at the race days at Mt Bachelor this season. The current (1:00 PM 12/31/09) forecast for New Years Day is
Tonight: Rain and snow. Low around 28. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 24 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
New Year's Day: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 10am. High near 35. Southwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
The race is a relay of 3 skiers. The first leg is classic and the last two are skate. See the MBSEF website for more details.
Glide wax: Start with a fairly soft pair of plus base skis. Brush them well with a medium bronze or steel brush and apply a layer of Solda UF7, scrape and brush. Follow with a layer of Solda F31 Pink or F40 Red, scrape and brush. Finish with Solda Fluor 100. The spray would work well, or Powerjet 1. After corking these fluoro additives remember to let the skis cool before brushing. Use a soft horse hair or very fine/soft nylon to finish the job.
The economy wax would be a layer of Solda UF7 on a nice clean base.
After waxing you could apply a medium structure with the Toko Structurerite tool. Always brush again after applying structure.
Kick Wax: YUCK... I would start with a sticky wax under foot, maybe two thin layers one just a bit longer than the other and then cover with a slightly harder wax. If using Swix, start with a layer of VR 60 or 65 and cover with VR 55.You could also try straight VR 70. If using Rode, start with the Rode Red Extra 0 to +2C and cover with Rode Blue Super -1 to -3C. Good Luck. Remember there is also the Klister cushion. If using this idea probably best to start with a Silver klister and cover with a hard wax for around 0C temps. Klister must be cold when covering with a hard wax.
Good Luck
Tonight: Rain and snow. Low around 28. Breezy, with a west southwest wind between 24 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
New Year's Day: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 10am. High near 35. Southwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
The race is a relay of 3 skiers. The first leg is classic and the last two are skate. See the MBSEF website for more details.
Glide wax: Start with a fairly soft pair of plus base skis. Brush them well with a medium bronze or steel brush and apply a layer of Solda UF7, scrape and brush. Follow with a layer of Solda F31 Pink or F40 Red, scrape and brush. Finish with Solda Fluor 100. The spray would work well, or Powerjet 1. After corking these fluoro additives remember to let the skis cool before brushing. Use a soft horse hair or very fine/soft nylon to finish the job.
The economy wax would be a layer of Solda UF7 on a nice clean base.
After waxing you could apply a medium structure with the Toko Structurerite tool. Always brush again after applying structure.
Kick Wax: YUCK... I would start with a sticky wax under foot, maybe two thin layers one just a bit longer than the other and then cover with a slightly harder wax. If using Swix, start with a layer of VR 60 or 65 and cover with VR 55.You could also try straight VR 70. If using Rode, start with the Rode Red Extra 0 to +2C and cover with Rode Blue Super -1 to -3C. Good Luck. Remember there is also the Klister cushion. If using this idea probably best to start with a Silver klister and cover with a hard wax for around 0C temps. Klister must be cold when covering with a hard wax.
Good Luck
Friday, December 18, 2009
Nancy P's 2009
Nancy P's Classic is held at Mt Bachelor. It is a 10 or 20km race at the Mt Bachelor Nordic center. I have waited until now hoping that the weather forecast might get more wintery. No such thing seems to be in the forecast. Sunday looks to be warm and wet.
I will prep my skis tomorrow as follows.
Pick your plus base skis. Clean the kick wax zone and cover it with masking tape. Start the glide wax with a good layer of SOLDA UF7, scrape and brush. Follow up with SOLDA F31 or F40 Yellow, scrape and brush. Apply a coarse linear rill with the Toko or Swix structure tools and brush again. If you are using a Fluoro top coat go with the SOLDA Fluor 100 or Power Jet 1 either corked or ironed in. finish with a good brushing using a soft horsehair brush.
Kick wax. At this point I am going with my old dependable Rode Multigrade Klister -6 to +6C. I will lay down a thin layer of a klister binder and go with the Multigrade over it.
Have a good race and let me know what worked for you.
Bert
I will prep my skis tomorrow as follows.
Pick your plus base skis. Clean the kick wax zone and cover it with masking tape. Start the glide wax with a good layer of SOLDA UF7, scrape and brush. Follow up with SOLDA F31 or F40 Yellow, scrape and brush. Apply a coarse linear rill with the Toko or Swix structure tools and brush again. If you are using a Fluoro top coat go with the SOLDA Fluor 100 or Power Jet 1 either corked or ironed in. finish with a good brushing using a soft horsehair brush.
Kick wax. At this point I am going with my old dependable Rode Multigrade Klister -6 to +6C. I will lay down a thin layer of a klister binder and go with the Multigrade over it.
Have a good race and let me know what worked for you.
Bert
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Mt Bachelor Par for the Course 09
I skied 4 mornings this week. The snow has been very cold. Yesterday it was -20C (-4F). Today -18C (0F). Slow, transformed snow. Like sand paper.
Snow is forecast for Friday night prior to the race. Snow is forecast for race day. Overnight low of 23F is forecast and race time temp is forecast to be 26F. The weather forecast has changed every hour all day. Some models show mixed rain, sleet and snow for Saturday. Other models show just snow.
Here is my current view. Pick a pair of skis, if you have a choice, that are not too stiff and with a medium grind. If you need to add a structure, use a fairly fine interupted rill. Apply the rill after waxing and just before the application of the fluoro. I am going to condition the base with a layer of SOLDA Performance Green. I will follow this with F40 Red and finish with HP04. The Green is to harden the base a bit and the F40 red for good glide in the new snow.
Low wax budget? Go with layer of UF7 and follow with F15 Pink or F31 Pink. UF7 alone could be a good choice.
Should there be a significant change in forecast I will repost here Friday night.
Have a good race.
Bert
Snow is forecast for Friday night prior to the race. Snow is forecast for race day. Overnight low of 23F is forecast and race time temp is forecast to be 26F. The weather forecast has changed every hour all day. Some models show mixed rain, sleet and snow for Saturday. Other models show just snow.
Here is my current view. Pick a pair of skis, if you have a choice, that are not too stiff and with a medium grind. If you need to add a structure, use a fairly fine interupted rill. Apply the rill after waxing and just before the application of the fluoro. I am going to condition the base with a layer of SOLDA Performance Green. I will follow this with F40 Red and finish with HP04. The Green is to harden the base a bit and the F40 red for good glide in the new snow.
Low wax budget? Go with layer of UF7 and follow with F15 Pink or F31 Pink. UF7 alone could be a good choice.
Should there be a significant change in forecast I will repost here Friday night.
Have a good race.
Bert
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