BillBartonOldAccount

I have to retract my original '13 Strada set-up commentary. Over the last 3 trips to the lake I have gravitated right back to numbers very close to the out-of-the-box set-up. I'm still back just a little but the length and depth is back where it started and I really think I should have left it alone. I'll never doubt ya again Eddie :)) Love the ski.

 

Anybody else want to share some set-up numbers? (68")

6.870"

2.500"

0.795"

Boots at 30"

If I read that right we're taking the center screws out of the plate and only going back far enough to open up the "alternate location" which is an 1/8th of an inch. So in this case 29 7/8ths? I ran my other Strada at 29 3/4" but not for very long.

Concept 2 rower, cross fit, deadlift, and core (the whole core, not just the front).

@jhughes - Thanks, its good to be back.

I'm healthy, feeling strong, but still being careful.

@Horton - Ok, I'll give it a shot.

Green bones and the reflexes of a cat :)

And a very very nice kid.

A chuckle

@rq0013, yes Sir, moving the boots back would reduce tip pressure, but it would be a very coarse adjustment and also change my balance point on the ski as I cross course. 30" seems like the right spot for me going east/west.

@markchilcutt, I was on a Strada before this one. I have an RS1 that I love simply because its a little bit mean and unforgiving. I get away with a lot riding the Strada. I also have a soft spot in my head for the carbon senate. That's an amazing stick and probably the 90% solution for all but the 1% that run 38 and shorter.

And frickin' fast

I took mine out of the box at 6.870"/2.500"/0.820"/9 degrees. I ride a 68" so temper that accordingly. Boots at 30". If you've followed this design that will sound long and forward to you. I couldn't handle it there because (though predictable) its turn onset and when it wanted to start turning in was too strong/too soon. I need the feeling of separation after the second wake where I run out of rope but the ski continues east/west. To get that again I took out length and moved it back. For now I'm 6.860"/2.495"/0.795" and 8 degrees. Its a turning MONSTER.

@nzcabbage - Rode mine today. They hit this one out of the park. Loved the 2011 Strada, Loved the 2012. Was pretty sure it couldn't get better, but I was wrong.

 

Principle difference: I had to ride previous year's ski with a DFT about 0.020" farther back than factory to get the same feeling of ski holding its direction beyond the second wake (like my beloved white-banner RS1 does). Don't need to do that with this one. Write the check, don't look directly at it without eye protection and prepare for a PB.

I believe in making all my sets a workout. That being said if I was you I'd make my sets progressive through a couple different boat speeds and a couple different rope lengths just so you're not hammering away at the same thing all the time.

 

Every speed and every length has a lesson to learn and it'll keep your mind active and you plugged in to your ski.

 

Make it logical like a couple passes at 28mph, a couple at 30mph, shorten to -15 for a couple gate-1-2 drills, even shorten to -22 for a shot at the gate-1-2 and then call it a set.

 

Have fun and try new things every day.

@rq0013 - what you said. And as long as Eddie Roberts is the man behind the curtain at Radar they will remain the best line of skis in the world.

From another closed bow owner, that is a FINE looking boat.