The Sir Francis Bacon thread

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Mr_Flatspin

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Hey guys
Been searching the other threads but couldn't really find answers to my Q.
How soft are the sfb actually?People have compared them to the Liz, but when i try to compare them (just by flexing) the sfb seems stiffer.I am mainly going to ski powder with them, but wouldn't mind if they could work 4 like allmnt. so lets say 70% pow, 20% slope 10% park.I am 5 feet 9, and weighs roughly 165 lbs. i am afraid that they are going to be to long? I am basically looking for a ski that will keep me floating in deep powder, will be butterylicius, will work on hardpacked and will be agile enough for tree lines.Is the sfb the ski 4 me????
 
I'm 5'11 170 and i pretty much use my bacons for the same thing. mine softened up a lot with use. the elliptical side cut makes them love to turn, so if you can deal with the length they will preform pretty great in trees. for what your looking for i cant think of a better ski....but thats just my opinion...good luck
 
Huck313 makes good points. For what you are looking for they are sick. I will only warn you of the increased weight and work... aside from that, they are unbelievably sick.
 
yea its shitty that i am not taller. At least for BC.

I originally thought of mounting them -2, but maybe i should mount them dead center, just to make the front ski shorter...

Will i still be apple to float with them mounted at true?

Seems like the sfb will be my bc ski this year, but seriously, where should i mount them?

 
That will have to be your personal preference. I really used them as a one-ski quiver, so I mounted them +3 cm from the recommended, which still was a couple away from center mounting. I found they were still really sick in pow, I only had one sort of nose dive during a couple of days of pretty fresh, then tracked crud. I really wouldn't recommended them behind the suggested point because it is decently far back already. I found the +3 super sick for carving and then a little park skiing. I think if you want them for park at all, go recommended or +1 or +2, but if you will seriously ride them as only pow sticks then go recommended or maybe -1. Good luck!
 
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He is also known as a proponent of the scientific revolution. Indeed, according to John Aubrey, his dedication may have brought him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.His works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, thescientific method. In the context of his time such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism andalchemy[citation needed]. Nevertheless, his demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still informs conceptions of proper methodology today.Bacon was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; without heirs, both peeragesbecame extinct upon his death. He has been credited as the creator of the English essay.[citation needed]
 
yeah mount them at -2 or -3 back dead center will make it harder to float and if you do any jumps in the bc then you want them back some
 
My info:

5'9 145 lbs.

I got my Bacons mounted with Jesters (+2 from recommended, so -2 from core center). I skied them last 2 weeks ago on all groomed stuff and they were actually really good, and very good switch on groomers. They have a turn radius of 19m which is EXTREMELY good for such a fat ski. I also skied them last Thursday in chest deep powder and it was epic, I can' even describe it. They just kill it in the pow. I would consider them an all mountain ski but I most likely won't ride mine in the park (got Anthems for that). I also did a really steep chute with waist deep pow with trees in it and shit, these skis aren't really a tree ski but they do fine in tight spaces if you are a strong skier. They are extremely stable for landing off drops and shit, unfortunately I've only done 10 or smaller foot drops so far on them cause it's still early season and whatnot. I look forward to riding these skis more, you will not be disappointed if you buy them. They are stiffer than Lizzies out of the box, but I guess people say they ge tmore flexy, I've only skied mine for 2 days so I wouldn't know.

My only gripe with these skis is on shitty ass snow, like tracked out pow, they aren't that great in that kinda shit but who cares, not a lot of skis are.

I highly encourage you to guy these skis.
 
Ya meant -2 from dead center not from std.

I'm not going 2 do lots of cliffs and bc-kickers. They are more 4 like butters in bc, shredding between trees and just goofing around on. I have thought about the lizzies, but taking my height and the sidecut of the liz into comparison, i think the sfb with be a better option and more floaty. Especially is they soften along the way.

 
I have a pair mounted 5 behind center with 916s and they are the

sickest skis ever. They float extremely well in deep snow and power

through tracked up snow like its nothing. They do fine on groomers but are a lot better when theres at least a couple fresh inches on the ground. In some of the tighter Jay Peak trees they weren't the easiest to throw around but a few more days and you can get used to them. I skied my friend's Lizzies but for my being 5'11'' 185 I liked the extra length of the Bacon especially at speed. They (in my opinion) make landing switch in the pow extremely easy as well. I haven't had a chance to ride them in spring conditions yet but I'm sure they will eat that up too. Being an East Coaster, I don't have them as my every day ski nor would i recommend them as such, but to be owned as part of a quiver I would highly recommend them.

 
Today was my first day on them. They are mounted at -1" from true center.

Super fun to butter around on and in the pow they are amazing. Tons of float.

In pretty rough and sheared up snow, they tend to flop a lot, but that sort of snow is no fun anyway.

Switch pow landings are a breeze.

They felt pretty decent at speed, which surprised me, and very solid on cliff landings.

I will ski with poles tomorrow, and that will give me a better frame of reference.
 
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