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Captain...or Skully
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or some such
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Jun 30, 2011 - 01:02am PT
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Fashion Monsoon Fierce Blowing.
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apogee
climber
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Jun 30, 2011 - 01:36am PT
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bonin_in_the_boneyard
Trad climber
Oak Land, California
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Jun 30, 2011 - 01:51am PT
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Wow, this thread is taking a pretty sick turn...
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jun 30, 2011 - 02:00am PT
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Great news even if I Don't need any
i did destroy one a few weeks ago by placing it below a moving object
can't blame the unit though. Aliens rule the wasteland!
peace
karl
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NigelSSI
Trad climber
B.C.
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Jun 30, 2011 - 02:17am PT
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Sweet!!!
I feel can feel the money leaving my pocket already.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Jun 30, 2011 - 03:28am PT
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Fixe-Faders comienza a fabricar los Alien tras llegar a un acuerdo con la viuda de David Wagoneer
David Waggoner, not David Wagoneer.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Jun 30, 2011 - 07:06am PT
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They say that equipment doesn't make the climber, but in this case I gotta disagree when the climber is me!
:)
Doug
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Auto-X Fil
Mountain climber
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Jun 30, 2011 - 10:57am PT
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The fact that Fixe is synonymous with bomber should soothe a lot of minds who had alien reliability concerns.
The price point will be interesting with foreign manufacturing. They will probably still sell at $75/cam, though. I can't see them being higher than that, although it's been mentioned that they are complicated to manufacture.
There have been reports here than the "6061-T6" lobes were not T6 according to hardness tests. Odds that Fixe can't get the famous stickiness by following the official recipe? WB are 6061-T6 but reportedly not as sticky, perhaps that's what we will get?
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Jun 30, 2011 - 11:20am PT
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Yup, the hardness was all over the map and rarely in the range that 6061-T6 should have been. Determining what it actually was would have involved a chemical analysis and a look at the crystalline structure, but I didn't see the point in paying for that level of testing when throwing them on my hardness tester was enough to show what they weren't.
I'm curious how these are going to turn out, as I've looked long and hard at the manufacturing costs for them (which is something I did professionally for a couple years) and don't see how it can be done at a reasonable price point.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Jun 30, 2011 - 11:58am PT
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How does Chef find time to climb when he has this internet image to maintain? Oh yeah he posts other people's photos as his to make it seem as if he actually does climb photoshop at times khe khe
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OR
Trad climber
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Jun 30, 2011 - 12:10pm PT
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Oh yeah he posts other people's photos as his to make it seem as if he actually does climb photoshop at times khe khe
Proof please. That's a bold call out. And hilarious if true.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jun 30, 2011 - 12:51pm PT
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"How does Chef find time to climb when he has this internet image to maintain? Oh yeah he posts other people's photos as his to make it seem as if he actually does climb photoshop at times khe khe "
This has done wonders for my personal image here.
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Ben Rumsen
Social climber
No Name City ( and it sure ain't pretty )
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Jun 30, 2011 - 01:29pm PT
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Amazing Chief - being an ass at Summitpost wasn't enough for you, you had to invade here too, like a disease.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jun 30, 2011 - 01:35pm PT
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Interesting how this earth shattering news only appears on U.S. climbing blogs. One would think Fixe's website would mention it???
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Jun 30, 2011 - 02:05pm PT
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I'm here to post in this very important thread.
This seems like good news but like most things, I'll believe it when I see it. And how much I like it will be dependent upon the price. EU made product? I predict it's gonna be spendy.
But good to hear they are supposed to return to the market.
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dbornhop
Trad climber
nasvhille, tn
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Jun 30, 2011 - 02:25pm PT
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Good news. Fixe is a quality company.
By the way, for those who care. David's company was not IN Colorado, just called that. His shop was in Laramie Wyoming.
Dude's chill. What goes around comes around.
Now we need to make sure the company knows how valuable the off-set cams are so they start producing asap. Nothing like them for pin-scares and flaring cracks!
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Jun 30, 2011 - 02:55pm PT
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This thread is awesome......
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Auto-X Fil
Mountain climber
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Jun 30, 2011 - 03:11pm PT
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Yup, the hardness was all over the map and rarely in the range that 6061-T6 should have been. Determining what it actually was would have involved a chemical analysis and a look at the crystalline structure, but I didn't see the point in paying for that level of testing when throwing them on my hardness tester was enough to show what they weren't.
I'm curious how these are going to turn out, as I've looked long and hard at the manufacturing costs for them (which is something I did professionally for a couple years) and don't see how it can be done at a reasonable price point.
I'd heard this from other people as well, which has me curious. If people are faced with paying $100 for an imported Alien vs. $50 for a MasterCam... I mean, that's the current situation, but not many people buy them, although every eBay sale is discussed ad nauseum, eh?
I guess I'll probably end up with a full set of Hybrids regardless of price point, if C-Mac gives them the thumbs-up.
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Gene
climber
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Jun 30, 2011 - 04:05pm PT
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This off topic drivel and bashing is starting to alienate me.
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