As someone who has run stock skids, and coupled skids, i like both for certain scenarios, I rode a timbersled under various sleds for the past couple seasons and what I found was myself keeping the coupling very middle of the road. Playful yet with some body english could keep the skis down and rip some sweet climbs. although when the snow gets setup and im out with my buddies, i miss being able to just hang wheelies wherever with absolutely no coupling.
What I find impressive about the ARC is going from fully uncoupled goon riding ( I absolutely love doing this) to skis planted, getting serious on a climb with the flick of a lever. Its like switching from an oem skid to a timbersled/kmod/m10 in the flick of the wrist. It provides a really neat opportunity for huge setup variety, all available right away. No more one dimensional sled. I know I am looking to do one under a boosted XM 154 this season. I am trying to make the ultimate crossover, climber, jumper, boondocking machine and i think the ARC will be a critical component to allow me to optimize the sled for so many different types of terrain!
