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Definitely interesting but the question will remain for a while........latest greatest thing or just another gimmick????
I think with the right snow conditions, fresh awesome powder, I think it may have merit. Now consider or think about not so fresh snow or set up snow. With a track that bends and contours to the snow, how well will the track "bite" or dig into the side hill and stick ???? If it tends to bend and contour would not loose that "bite" ??? I guess my comparison would be trying to walk across a side hill, do you want your feet to contour and lay flat or even with the side hill or dig in and be perpendicular to the hill??? Again this is just a very basic example but it is interesting.
It truly amazes me how change can upset so many people. I ride a 2018 154 Freeride and I'm sold on a alpha one. I do come from years of riding a snowbike but I just don't understand all the hate and disbelieve on something new it's crazy. They just didn't try this out in the last six months it's been six years of r&d so stop and breathe and try to think outside of the box. It's new and crazy and it's the here and now. It's the future and not the norm. I'm excited and impressed how our sleds have progressed in just a few short years. I know I'm going to be ridding an alpha one next year just because it's the future of sledding. I may or may not like it but I did buy a 50th anniversary 900 poo so enough said.... each there own but I think cat is on to something huge...
It truly amazes me how change can upset so many people. I ride a 2018 154 Freeride and I'm sold on a alpha one. I do come from years of riding a snowbike but I just don't understand all the hate and disbelieve on something new it's crazy. They just didn't try this out in the last six months it's been six years of r&d so stop and breathe and try to think outside of the box. It's new and crazy and it's the here and now. It's the future and not the norm. I'm excited and impressed how our sleds have progressed in just a few short years. I know I'm going to be ridding an alpha one next year just because it's the future of sledding. I may or may not like it but I did buy a 50th anniversary 900 poo so enough said.... each there own but I think cat is on to something huge...
Am I wrong when I say track rigidity (EG: no flex) is exactly what allows us to hold really steep sidehills? Look at your track when pushing your sled across steep terrain. Is it conforming to the hill or cutting into the hill? Why do we go in and out of the throttle, often tapping the brake in this type of terrain (to conform to the terrain, or to spin the track and get it to cut into the slope?)
Anytime you lose your sidehill, what happens (look). Is it cutting into the hill too much or conforming to the hill, washing out, and causing the sled to point back up hill?
I think this technology will be great for those who want to play around on a sled like its a dirtbike and mess around in lower angle trees.
If you are pushing the sled hard, I see next to noway it'll be as good as a rigid track.
Go read about those who didn't lock-out t motion vs those that did. I personally have experience there and can say some of my scariest moments of the year is when T-Motion causes the track to want to "go flat" (say when I hit something harder under the snow) and I end up rodeoing the sled back into a sidehill.
Compare this to my Axys where at worse I lose the sidehill uphill (slides on the hard surface - doesn't try and conform).
I'm down to give this a go but I have serious doubts...
Am I wrong when I say track rigidity (EG: no flex) is exactly what allows us to hold really steep sidehills? Look at your track when pushing your sled across steep terrain. Is it conforming to the hill or cutting into the hill? Why do we go in and out of the throttle, often tapping the brake in this type of terrain (to conform to the terrain, or to spin the track and get it to cut into the slope?)
Anytime you lose your sidehill, what happens (look). Is it cutting into the hill too much or conforming to the hill, washing out, and causing the sled to point back up hill?
I think this technology will be great for those who want to play around on a sled like its a dirtbike and mess around in lower angle trees.
If you are pushing the sled hard, I see next to noway it'll be as good as a rigid track.
Go read about those who didn't lock-out t motion vs those that did. I personally have experience there and can say some of my scariest moments of the year is when T-Motion causes the track to want to "go flat" (say when I hit something harder under the snow) and I end up rodeoing the sled back into a sidehill.
Compare this to my Axys where at worse I lose the sidehill uphill (slides on the hard surface - doesn't try and conform).
I'm down to give this a go but I have serious doubts...
You are referring to Tmotion, which is a different animal. It's the motion of the skidoo skid that causes most issues, Cats track is also not a flex edge track design. Solid single beam and a full width rod track is goin to make for a different ride then what skidoo offers.
Think that I will probably ride one before I decide that it washes out.