All Things Spademan

[Philpug]

The S-7 and S-9 seem a cost cutting step backwards from the S4 binding.
I would certainly ski the S4 after a torque test. The S-7/S-9 have the old plastic issues
and I wouldn't trust them.

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I agree, the S4 is the Pivot 15, 957R, Mojo 15 of Spademans.

 

[crgildart]

I agree, the S4 is the Pivot 15, 957R, Mojo 15 of Spademans.

In all fairness, we never really got to find out how the later models fared in the wild. But I suspect Bill is right about the plastic failing.

 

[Philpug]

Cool Spademan sticker

 

[dan ross]

Zytel, what the last generations of Spademans’ were made out of, is a DuPont product that is glass filled nylon. It’s used extensively in the automotive industry for a variety of critical components including water pumps and has much to recommend it. It - a low coefficient of friction and is stable in cold temps, undoubtably important reasons why it was chosen. It is also available in strands for 3-D printing should anyone care to experiment. Most plastic degrades from cross-linking , essentially a degradation of the plastics molecular structure. The biggest culprit- UV exposure. Older plastics didn’t tolerate prolonged exposure to UV very well. Remember those dashboards in the 70’s-80’s that inevitably cracked within 3 years? You rarely see that in more modern cars.

 

[Uncle-A]

Remember those dashboards in the 70’s-80’s that inevitably cracked within 3 years? You rarely see that in more modern cars.

Never mind the car dashboards how about the S 727 Heels that exploded.

 

[Philpug]

Never mind the car dashboards how about the S 727 Heels that exploded.

And the Tyrolia lugs and Geze heels and Look Pivots and all the boots. Lets just say the plastics from that era were just not good.

 

[Uncle-A]

And the Tyrolia lugs and Geze heels and Look Pivots and all the boots. Lets just say the plastics from that era were just not good.

At least Tyrolia had a recall, if you had S 727's you were stuck like I was for a few pairs of the S 727's.

 

[tomahawkins]

Just going through this thread. Who wrote the Spademan ads? Don Draper?

 

[dan ross]

Just going through this thread. Who wrote the Spademan ads? Don Draper?

No, Joan wrote the Spademan copy.