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Guys don't mount them -6 from true center. Perfect spot for Nomad 94mm & 100mm is -2.5 -3cm from true center.

I love my Blaze 86, and most recently 106, both so fun and versatile.

Do you immediately add your zipfit to a new shell or are you waiting to pack out your stock liner before molding your zipfit?

All the XC/roadies getting burrhurt in the comments 😂

Yeah the fanny pack, glogles, and elbow pads really give you trail cred 😂

Wish the Workhorse leather was used on all the liner.

Don’t forget to mention the most important component of using zip fits, and that is a heated boot bag. I plug my boot bag the night before skiing, lowest setting. I then plug in when I get in my car, headed to the mountains. I leave the liner in the shell, Use a boot horn to slide down into my boots. Mine are over 10 years old, along with my Fischer RC4 130’s. Over 500 full days. Shells need replaced, one of these days….not the zip fits. They will go into my next pair of RC4’s, when I have the money. The heated cork means I get a custom fit every time I put them on. The laceups give you the precise fit you want. The shell buckles simply snug up against the liners. Lastly, I threw out the stock power straps, and installed Booster straps. Of yes, my footbeds were fabricated by Chuck at Racers Edge in Breckenridge. I have lousy, flat feet, and all of the above mentioned gives me the ultimate in performance from first to last chair at 4pm. Remember, the ultimate fit with zip fits come with using the heated boot bag. Every morning, I get a custom molded liner fit, as the cork is viscous when gently heated. Zip Fits are the best kept secret in skiing. I am entering my 63rd year skiing, and Zip Fit liners are a given!

Nothing like shaming all us Lycra guys in the first minute. Wtf is wrong with you

I’ve had 4 pairs of renegades over the years and still have 2 pairs of them. Such a great ski for Alaska

Amazing interview, always great to hear when people are passionate about something and Janusz is definitely passionate about skis, I've heard really good things about Majesty skis and im looking to buy something from their lineup this season!

Thank you so much for making this educational video! I ride Snowfeet 38cm skiskates and I tried 65cm Stalmach XR9's yesterday that are much faster than skiskates. I have to practice carving and riding the edges like you pros do.

can i use it for freestyle

That Mata .. sounds very close to a Morris Cor copy ... Interesting!

My god, nothing is more annoying than watching some guy try and clearly pander to some women’s rights bullshit. They make a women’s ski because they want women to like the top graphic more than the men’s top graphic so they can sell more skis to women. It’s not about celebrating women. What bullshit!

Was that Scalpel set up with the factory amount of spacers? That stem looks way lower than mine did when I got it. If anything I found the factory stack of the Scalpel to be quite high, but I've kept it as is and it feels perfect now.

Get some APEX Boots !!

Dear Volkl, please make me a new Gotama, Danke 🤣 - The way that ski can spray soft snow on the people behind has never been equalled 🤣

Once wet, always wet

Easily the best $400 I’ve ever spent on a piece of ski gear. Elevated my skiing exponentially.

What if you’re a woman what size 5 feet sometimes I have to buy it in the children’s department because my feet are small❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The guy needs to stop with the “Aaa”, “Aaa”…..

Bought one of the LiTRIC airbags after demoing it at the summit!

Would a Large Moterra SL fit a 6’2 person? XL seems way out of bounds for me, especially wheelbase and reach. Even seat tube and 490 is very high

Great video guys. Quality discussion that has me wanting both bikes!!

Get a good hard tail … 27.5 are crazy fun

Terrible video. Why ride an XC bike with long pants and all the rodeo clown getup??? Freaking elbow and knee pads…? Those are for pussies…WTH?

Nice video Great trail for the review!!

Underselling the DW as usual.... And no comparison of the DW to the Countach? Also, @Moment, please make a 195cm DW & DW104 , please

East Coast Rider with a hard tail on undulating, flowy trails. Want to upgrade to FS bike. Leaning towards trail bike category, not these bikes. Ibis Ripley, Santa Cruz, Pivot Switchblade, Revel Rascal are on my list. Great video and would love to see something similar comparing the bikes I mentioned. This video convinced me these are not my best option.

Guys,a 2,500 dollar price difference is not close. Take the 2500 dollars , upgrade the norco part spec. Suspension and brakes and then you can call it a comparison. Apples to apples men.

I bet if the Scalpel had a 5-10 mm higher riser bar, it would put you in a better descending position with the head angle up and a little les weight on the bars-- ie. trail geo. I wouldn't spend the extra $ on the Yeti, when both bikes are so good. Nice riding, vid, and production. I have a 2023 Rocky Instinct carbon. These bikes are a little under-gunned for what I usually ride, and I don't have long mountain climbs where I live... Short extremely steep climbs and drops/slabs/rocks/roots mixed in on short descents. I don't have the terrain for an Enduro bike and the trails are sort of slow tech and rugged, so an XC bike is not ideal. The modern trail bike is perfect for where I ride.

I started mtb in old school geometry, but recently purchased a preloved scalpel ultimalte. I wanted to try a modern xc. Old school geometry suits me better for going up technical terrain: steeper head tube angle/shorter wheelbase. For the same reasons, the modern xc is more capable for going downhill.

Great review. How does these type of new XC bikes compare to a Trek Top Fuel (Gen 3 or 4)?

Great review. any thoughts on the revel ranger and how it would compare to the ASR

A real quality product. Walk around in a size 10 shoe and in between sizes with ski boots so I go smaller...307 shell in a Dalbello Krypton w/ Intuition wrap. Tried on the Gara HV at a shop in NY. If there was a little space in front of my big toe you would have had another customer.

Great discussion/video. I have a Scott Spark RC and I can very much relate to your comments on the two bikes. I have also found that getting the rebound settings right on both shock and fork can make a big difference in this type of bike (without being too anal). I switched the Twinlock remote over to the Rockshox Twistlock (both 3P) for the reasons that you mentioned and swapped the Transfer SL for a Bikeyoke Divine SL again for the rationale that you discussed. Thanks.

Is not a scalpel if is missing a lefty ocho

You guys made me feel bad. I do ride xc with tight clothes on. 😂 At the end I don't see anything wrong with it 😂

Lol, I turned it off and gave thumbs down when made fun of wearing XC clothing.

duas máquinas!

On any given ride way more time is spent climbing than descending. So makes sense to optimize climbing.

Very well done! As always

Sniper T has been doing this for years. Had it regret selling it

Thanks guys. Cool video. Going downhill on most any bike is a lot of fun. Climbing on the other hand can be fun, or not fun at all, depending on the bike. Since we spend most of our time on a bike not going downhill a better climbing bike will give you more smiles per mile. I still love my downhill bike for lift assist but for anything else I will take a relatively light trail bike with fast rubber.

Nice review guys and good discussion. At first i was asking “what are the geo numbers??” But then appreciated that you did spray the numbers on the screen and then that drove the results of the review. I found that I like this approach. Thanks

I am really debating if it is worth adding them as my 7th pair 😂

Too much talk and not enough rock.

Long journey for me to buy ZipFit. I have been watching all vids about ZipFit for around 1 year. I am sure it is perfect, I just need to mentality set myself for spending $500 for a liner. But I thing it totally worth it!

Sven Coomer; legendary boot fit knowledge and a nice guy! I met and knew him in Mammoth.

So.. both Cody and Hoji are very much the reason Salomon and Dynafit boots are built the way they are, at a pricepoint near 1000 dollars. But still it appears that half of the boot needs to be replaced straight from the box with at part for 450 dollars more?