frannyo 2 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Our local sports shop is offering an early tune up for 1000 yen - is it too early or ok to go ahead now do you reckon (I'll probably go out first in late Nov). Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 sometimes the price will go up so get in now while its cheap! Link to post Share on other sites
slimeypete 0 Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 Sounds like a good deal to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 16, 2003 Share Posted October 16, 2003 for that price get it done now dont wait. Yhe tunwe lasts as long as the skis dont rust or get banged up. I self tune. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted October 17, 2003 Share Posted October 17, 2003 I'd go for it if the offer is still on. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 Get it done! Got mine done at the weekend, great to see all the equipment in the shops Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 don't get your board serviced and tuned up by Minami Sports in jimbocho! They've had mine for 4 weeks and it still won't be ready for another 2 weeks. All it needed was a few chips filled and the front edge tuned. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 you planning to hit the slopes in 2 weeks then? Dude it is october what do you expect every person is running their gear into the shops about now. 2 weeks puts you into november 1st or so. If you want it done fast learn to tune them yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted October 20, 2003 Share Posted October 20, 2003 The shop guy asked me, "so when are you going to use it"?"as if, he was saying "hey mate, calm down, there's weeks to go yet"...but fatty that's not the point. It is already costing 10,000 yen for a service that isn't (according to them) going to fix the damage to the leading edge. I want my board back and Ï want it fixed! Its times like these I wish I could speak Japanese fluently so I could ring up and sink the boot in. Now I have to get my secretary to call up and express my displeasre but, she never seems to convey quite the same level of outraged indignation that I would prefer.. I think self tune up might be the go in the future. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I think they have lost your board, Kambei. It time to issue that demand letter you have been drafting on your firm's letterhead. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 I find it better to get a tune up at a small shop the guys there have been doing it for a long time and they can fix just about anyhting. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 for tha best tunes this side o` tha black stump www.9est.com Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 good idea there Siren. The shop has confirmed that the board will be ready this saturday... so we'll see what happens. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Good luck with the board, Kambei. Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 _Yeah good luck. I'm going with a 1500 tune up at the local Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Got mine sorted today-I'm starting to get excited. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 powwwwers, the last tune up my board had was at Quest. That was day six of riding last season (you were there). There was 36 days that followed.... time for another tune up I suspect. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 DIY this year - will go to Jinbocho this weekend to get the iron and wax. Safer than sending them to Minami, won't you say, Kambei? Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 I got word yesterday that the ol' girl has been fixed up and can be collected at anytime. Actually I was kind of hoping they had lost my board so maybe they would give me a nice flashy new one. 1,500 v 12,000 mmm, definitely a business opportunity there. If anyone in Tokyo wants to get their board tuned, bring 'em around to my place and for a modest, 5,000 I'll get it sorted for you Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 Kambei, you are a genius! I will send my plank in tomorrow and insist later that they have mixed up my board . Link to post Share on other sites
neversummer 0 Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 i'm not sure about skis, but with boards you can have a maximum of 6 base grinds. i'm also not sure about everyone else and how long they keep their boards/skis but most manufacturers build them to last for 60-80 days before they lose they spring and pop. if you get a new board look at the height between floor and base when its on the ground. then look at it halfway through the season and again at the end. most boards will have lost 80% of that spring if you've ridden 40+ days and less if you ride powder all the time because of the force exerted on the board by the snow. Once they've lost that you start to feel a lot more through your feet..and your board has less edge control through the snow because its not as 'snappy', it's more like dead wood. I like to get a tune twice a season, minimum, when riding regularly. Link to post Share on other sites
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