The ride sharp triple play, it’s as easy as 1-2-3??
1. It’s sad but true, most of the latest and greatest new snowmobiles come with inferior performance carbide runners. And the typical one size fits all approach, does not adequately address the additional steering needed with longer tracks and deeper lugs. This is especially true if you choose to ride with the increased safety, traction and performance of track studding. Our choice of track studding has been the quality and value of Mack Studs, which we have used on many of our SledMagazine.com sleds for the past 3 years for over 10,000 miles of testing.
The fact is that sooner or later most snowmobilers do buy better carbide runners that are better suited to our style, safety and performance needs.
Over the past 4 seasons, SledMagazine.com has used and recommended traditional 6” round bar carbides from MackStud.com of New Hampshire as well as the Top Gold Series of square bar carbides and the Cobra Head Anti-darting carbides by Qualipieces of Drummondville Quebec.
#1 of the Ride Sharp Triple Play is definitely; Buy quality carbide runners that match your and your sleds needs.
2. Now that you have nice new carbide runners, don’t ride them into a lesser degree of effectiveness on each ride, until you are an increasing danger to yourself and others. Keep your new carbide runners sharp on every ride with the regular routine use of an affordable, easy to use BiteHarder carbide sharpening tool.
Don’t wait until your once new carbides are trash, sharpen them for every ride. BiteHarder offers a complete line of Standard and Professional Series tools for Carbide Runners and Studs. SledMagazine.com has been a believer in the benefit of BiteHarder.com tools since we became the first snowmobile magazine to introduce their exclusive tool to the snowmobiling community in 2014.
#2 of the Ride Sharp Triple Play is; Keep the performance of your new carbide runners and studs like new on every ride by routinely sharpening them.
3. Avoid the increasingly inevitable traction killing effects of parking lots, gas stations and roadside travel. While pavement encounters are minimal during the best weeks of the season, they are certainly becoming more prevalent throughout the season especially during the Springtime when dry pavement becomes an ugly reality on almost every ride. Easily said, But How? A set of Self Retracting RollerSkis by Qualipieces is an easy answer.
SledMagazine.com has had a set of RollerSkis installed on our long-term trial Yamahas for the past 3 years and on our Polaris’ for the past 4 years. During this time we have found RollerSkis to be quality made and durable. In 12,000+ miles on one set, they have never failed to perform exactly as designed. Sure, a set of RollerSkis may seem a little pricey at first, most high-quality accessories are. But, after multiple years of use, the original cost is easily justified.
I personally do not deploy my Qualipieces RollerSkis on short pavement encounters, but during the times that make you cringe at the ugly grinding sound, lack of steering and track spinning, that is when I use them. I turn with ease without track spin and keep my high-quality BiteHarder sharpened carbide runners in better trail biting condition for where I really want it….on the trail.
A significant secondary benefit is that I’m not needlessly gouging up the parking areas of business owners who support and welcome snowmobilers.
#3 of the Ride Sharp Triple Play is; Save your traction products from pavement destruction by investing in a set of Self Retracting RollerSkis at Qualipieces.com.
The glory of a Triple Play or the agony of 1-2-3 strikes you’re out. The choice is yours.
