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Is it appropriate to request an exchange if I received new skis with concave (maybe 1 mm) bases? They are not mounted with bindings.
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Is it appropriate to request an exchange if they received new skis with concave (maybe 1 mm) bases?
You could try. The exchange could be as bad as the first one. Or worse.Is it appropriate to request an exchange if I received new skis with concave (maybe 1 mm) bases? They are not mounted with bindings.
Well talk to the shop. If you trust this shop to grind them, negotiate like a pro price grind. It's not the shops fault the ski company delivered the product in this condition. Again, it's common.Both skis are concave as indicated with a true bar and flashlight. They would probably ski "fine" however for ease of tuning and general quality I would prefer a flat ski.
Is it appropriate to request an exchange if I received new skis with concave (maybe 1 mm) bases? They are not mounted with bindings.
Every time this concavity thing comes up, I remember my Atomic Beta Carve R11s. They were really concave. I read somewhere online back then (so it must be true, right?) that the concavity was intentional. I was a new skier so my skillset was minimal and I could not tell when a ski was misbehaving or not, and I have no idea whether the source of that information saying Atomic made the bases concave on purpose was good or not.If anything nowadays wide indie skies are base high (convex), particularly outside the contact points. High production skis tend to be concave, but not as badly as some like the Betas.
If other skis of the same model at the same store aren't concave , then I think asking for another pair or some base work, depending on your preference would be a good idea. If all the same skis of the same model are concave then it is probably unavoidable.
Nowadays I see more convex (base high) bases than concave. Especially with fatter skis and indie manufacturers.
@Tom K. what would be the benefit of convexity?