I'm bidding on these ski poles...

Cool, Bill - i'll pick them up asap.

Anna, the ones Bill got before were all irons which are (pretty much) a standard size. I got one from him and have played it since then and love it, but always found it just a little too short. Woods for the win!

Warning, don't use graphite ski poles for mallet handles:

That was after 4 games.

Anyone know anywhere else to get ski poles besides gaybay? it's getting raped at the moment by all of the pretty folk with their ski holidays booked.

snow+rock have some cheapish junior ones. I got a pair of 100cm Scott ones for £14 from their store. I couldn't be arsed to wait for a decent ebay deal. Especially when you have to pay £5+ postage.

charity shops, car boot sale, clearence shops...

nice, will have a look.
btw..bidding underway. back off.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290286411661&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching

from the same seller as above, cheap poles

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ROSSIGNOL-CARBON-SKI-POLES-normaly-54-99_W0QQitemZ110334698770QQihZ001QQcategoryZ58129QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ROSSIGNOL-CARBON-SKI-POLES-normaly-54-99_W0QQitemZ300284777322QQihZ020QQcategoryZ58129QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-LADIES-PINK-LOCUST-SKI-POLES-normally-39-99_W0QQitemZ300284771870QQihZ020QQcategoryZ58129QQcmdZViewItem

aaaalso bidding on these little pieces of trash as well...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220338409494

there is a charity shop on Northcoate Road sw12 that always has ski poles in.

I got my ski poles from TK Maxx. £6.99 for the pair :)

i need some longer ones, 130+ as they have a thicker shaft, oooo eeeer.

they had longer adult ones for £8.99 a pair (mine were the 90cm junior ones), but they had quite a big curve in them.

which tk maxx store was it?

also for emergency ski poll/ poll action... i was in leyland this morning... and these looked pretty good...

http://www.leylandsdm.co.uk/index.php?id=2

Southwark:
38/40 Southwark Street, London Bridge, SE1 1UN London
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 7778
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7407 1993
Open
Monday - Thursday 7.00am - 6.00pm
Friday 7.00am - 5.30pm
Saturday 7.30am - 5.00pm

so i nipped into ^^ this arvo...

and this stuff is pretty heavy... gonna give it a go though it feels very similar to a golf club. Feels pretty strong too. for £2.75 its worth a go

yeah and as the pic says its 12.5mm thick with the walling about <0.8mm thick

ps on a weight in its about 50-100g heavier.

Had to get the ball in shot there, didn't you Shins.

You're a right arty fucker when you put your mind to it.

bad cropping on this one though:

Ha. But nice detail with the drilled out shavings carefully placed in shot.

Plastic colour fail though !!

oooo its like a made more than one.hmmm....hmm.

Ha. Sneaky.

when i was building my rack i was looking at these, as i wanted 4130 (Chromoly tubing) to use, but these just said "chrome", what do you reckon they are?

chrome plated mild steel

theyre rolled and weld tubing...and really fucking hard to drill through... personally i think theyre alot stronger than the ski poles. But with the strength comes weight unfortunalty. i weighted my ski pole mallet about 230g this one comes in at 310g. not too bad but i think you could shed some with more drilling/melting in the head.

i thought as much.. where can i get the 4130 action!?????? i used solid steel rods and its fucking heavy

i looked into this place a while back its on dalston juction its a metal tube supplier.

i'll rummage for the linky.

i tried to find them, behind the leyland, but i think they're gone.. i use a place on hackney road but its all mild steel