I'm going to need to replace my carbides on my Pro-X2 600. I have 96 studs in the track and would like to know which brand you guys use and have good luck with? I usually don't ride all that hard but do like to carve the curves.

Tom

One thing I forgot to tell you is I don't like "darting" while riding. Dual runners help but they leave a little when pushing it in corners.

Tom

I run woodys 6" on mine with no studs. Tried other brands but like them the best seam to wear longer for me.

Anybody run the Shaper Bars?

Tom

I've used Shapers, they are very good bars in terms of handling, but I did not find them especially durable.

My favorite by far is Bergstrom triple points.

www.bergstromskegs.com

Very pricey, but they handle excellent throughout their entire lifetime. I have also found them to outlast other bars by a significant margin...making them less expensive than they appear on the surface.

With 96 studs, Scott Bergstrom will probably recommend you buy 4". Chat with him on the phone to make sure, and ask nicely to see if he'll still give you his summer discount, I've learned that usually he extends that discount beyond what the website says if you order direct from him. While you're at it, spend the extra $20-ish for a pair of his Ski Savers that mount between the bar and the ski...they help considerably with handling, especially good at eliminating darting/squirrlyness in sloppy snow f you happen to have that issue (this chassis often does). And ask him about "ski shimming." He'll send you the shims for free, and this is generally known as the most consistent cure-all for darting more than anything else.

Study his site for a while and you'll learn all kinds of things. He's not blowing smoke either...knows his stuff.

craze1cars,

Thanks for the help. I think I'll look into the Bergstroms. I used to use them on my old Rupp's (before carbides) and they were good.

Tom

I have been using the Woody's Trail Blazer series 6" 60 degree. They hold up pretty good. As far as darting goes, the only way to help that on a short WB sled like a pro-x is to go with a 1/4" over all toe out. I know it sounds like a lot of toe, but it eliminates darting on paked trail. I was always a fan of zero, or at most 1/8 inch toe out. But that causes excessive darting on most trailering arm IFS. Setting it at 1/4" dramatically reduced the darting, and did not affect cornering at all. It may cause a slight decrease in top end I don't know, but that is not as important anyway.

Here are some pics of my skis without and with the Bergstrom Triple Points and Ski Savers. $105 with the club discount.

http://www.polarisfiles.com/forum/index.ph...20&start=20

I've had both the shapers and the Bergstroms. I prefer the Bergstroms, but wouldn't recommend the ski savers on SLP skis. For stock skis, they might be OK, but in crusted top snow, the ski savers on SLP skis are the most dangerous things you can add.

Another vote for the Bergstroms here also. Scotts a great guy and a club promoter.

Matt
What so dangerous about SLP skis and ski savers?

On crusted top snow they twitch all over the place when you come off the throttle. Even with my 136, the first time I came off the gas on a crusted lake top, the front of the sled started pitching from side to side and nearly threw me off. On a 121, I would've lost it for sure. The PowderPros are already known as being a crummy ski in crusty snow. These made them downright dangerous.

My Powder Pros have worked just fine in crusty snow. I've used them on 136" Edge and 136" IQ chassis sleds. The short wheelbase of your PRO-X chassis might have had something to do with what you encountered. I am not having wear problems with them, so I would not be putting on a Ski Saver.

The PowderPro issue is amplified on aggressive front ends. They're downright unusable on the REV.