Colin took some time out of coordinating all of NE Scotland’s cycling activity to drop off his venerable Crossmaxes. They are the classic red white & blue jobbies and had me all teary with nostalgia for the days in the late 80s when all you would see at the Shee were crappy grey Rossi rental planks for the hoi polloi and the posh folks on their Crossmaxes.
Speaking of the Shee one of Colin’s skis had picked up a Glenshee Kiss:
It’s just as bad as it looks. In fact worse in the flesh as WordPress are a bit funny about uploading full fat photos.
Anyway down to the core and also right up to the edge means working in some metalgrip first then topping up to base level with P-Tex. It’s hard to get it absolutely perfect but it came out OK:
You can still see a shadow where the gouge was but it’s flat to the touch and after a few days’ skiing it will blend right in.
Finally a photo of Colin’s finished skis alongside Dave’s superlight Völkl tourers, waiting to be picked up:
