Didn't Rossie do a "retro" 41 for their 100th anniversary or some such number? That says a lot about its' place in their history.
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They did the 41 as a throwback ski a few years ago, the did a 4S which @FairToMiddlin and the currently have a ST 650 for Europe
The Strato would make sense to round out the package.
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Brand new pair of 2003 Rossignol Bandit XXX
The ski Gods are with me ...
These skis never saw snow except from the car to the house .
I read the reviews from 2003 and I think I would like to try them in powder . Not that they would ever be better than the BBR in bottomless snow but it could be right for the in-between .
Plus the design is cool .
Real classy , the colors ...
Well , I prefer flashier colors but this is nice .
I will let you know , next Sunday , is they smoke the BBR !!!
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I did see a pair for sale once and if memory serves (and it often does not) I think it came up in convo at epic.
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These are excellent skis ... and I would use them for heavier snow than fluffy powder . Then the BBR are better ... One thing about these Bandit is that they track well and are really stable at higher speed . I wonder what they would be at 195 cm ...
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What were you doing in 1969 ?
Me , I was a boarder in a catholic school ... well nothing else around at that time and , anyway , my parents were hoping that I would be touched by Grace !
Sadly , three years later , I touched not grace but Claire ... and that was it ! At the same time , I started ''real'' skiing .
Well , while I was freezing to death in the communal bedroom , Rossignol was launching his Concorde .
Its best selling intermediate ski .
Tho days ago , I found a pair that survived time and grace quite well .
Their flex is still intact ... quite springy to say the least .
So much , in fact , that I will sharpen their edges and test them tomorrow evening .
Thus , more to come !
The S444's maybe the second set of bindings, I don't think the S444 was available the same time as the Concorde. I think they came out later than the ski.
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You are right about the 444 : I think the binding appeared in 1972/1973 ... quite good in fact even if I tried the 404 first and preferred the 505 ... but that was later on in time .
If you look at the pictures ... and I focused on the bindings part ... there are no plugged holes to be seen .
So it could very well be the original bindings !
You know where I live : it is a backward corner of the woods where each novelty arrives a few years later than anywhere else .
I suspect that it is what happened ... the skis were sold later ... Or kept in storage by a buyer to be used later ... I imagine that you , as well as me , has a few unmounted pairs of skis waiting in a wardrobe ... Or it was an unsold that was picked up on sale later by a client .
It could be anything ....
The topsheep looks pretty nice , with tittle marks .
By the bottom you can see they were used , a regular usage probably by a single individual . The leashes had been tied together and are dry , the clips rusted in place . They were stored for a long time !
If only these skis and the others I have could talk !
Thank you for reading my entries !
If you look at the pictures ... and I focused on the bindings part ... there are no plugged holes to be seen .
So it could very well be the original bindings !
You know where I live : it is a backward corner of the woods where each novelty arrives a few years later than anywhere else .
I suspect that it is what happened ... the skis were sold later ... Or kept in storage by a buyer to be used later ... I imagine that you , as well as me , has a few unmounted pairs of skis waiting in a wardrobe ... Or it was an unsold that was picked up on sale later by a client .
It could be anything ....
The topsheep looks pretty nice , with tittle marks .
By the bottom you can see they were used , a regular usage probably by a single individual . The leashes had been tied together and are dry , the clips rusted in place . They were stored for a long time !
If only these skis and the others I have could talk !
Thank you for reading my entries !
The S 404 and the Salomon S bindings may have the same holes, so a reuse of older holes is possible.
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Totally right !
I read too many mysteries : I see a lot of possibilities in something that is very often quite simple !
I read too many mysteries : I see a lot of possibilities in something that is very often quite simple !
Love to know more about these Made in USA XT550s. If anyone has info on them.
Here's a few of my old collection. The prestige skis were the best condition of drilled skis I ever found. They were ready to ski and like new. Also the Nancy Greene skies were in the trash and that was the first pair I had ever seen.
They look like a bunch of Special Make Up skis that big box sporting goods store use as a package ski and the low level bindings may support that therory. The Strato 105 with Look GT's look small are they Jr. skis?
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and great bindings too!these were some of the first bindings I learned to mount back when they were new.
747/747 Equipe were the best back in the day
I can remember the FP, ST Comp's in that old silver color (around '81/'82?), but these downhills skis were quite a bit beefier; the tips were more rounded and not so sharp, and they didn't rise up as much as the FP's etc. It had a silvery blue color as well, but not the striping of the FP's. Those FP's were my first race skis.....I babied those things.....mounted with red tyrolia 360's; wish I still had them
I was more a Marker MRR fan is era, but I was a but 727/727E fan prior.
I skied the silver/red/blue ST...I really liked that ski. It was a great bump ski back east.I can remember the FP, ST Comp's in that old silver color (around '81/'82?), but these downhills skis were quite a bit beefier; the tips were more rounded and not so sharp, and they didn't rise up as much as the FP's etc. It had a silvery blue color as well, but not the striping of the FP's. Those FP's were my first race skis.....I babied those things.....mounted with red tyrolia 360's; wish I still had them