Re: Do these have the infamous "twinmetal" frames?

FNGuy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Have they solved the alleged problem with the rivets loosening?
> 
> "Ken Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
> 
> > I had to be pretty aggressive in getting my local shop to heat-mold my
> > pair. At first they claimed it couldn't be done, and second that they
> > didn't know how.  Finally they went and found their Salomon heat
> > machine for Salomon downhill alpine ski boots and used that.
>  
> Yeah, it's the same everywhere.  The saleman says what an attractive 
> feature heat-molding is, but the guys in the repair shop are loathe to risk 
> it.

Wierd on the heat molding.  The assistants are probably not very clued
up on Salomon skates then.

As for the rivets issue, in 2001 the frames had a lot of people going
back to the shops with broken rivets.  2002 models still had some
failures, but I'd estimate seeing only a third as many tales of woe on
the internet that there were in 2001.  Haven't heard of any 2003
twinmetal skates breaking so it does look like Salomon have gotten on
top of the problem.

Cheers,
Mike.