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F2 Roadster... Anyone knows?

Post by Matt » Wednesday 10 November 2004, 11:24

Hello

When surfing on blue tomato, I saw the F2 Roadster, (mod 04-05) with 22cm waist width. A kind of mix between two of their model.

The strange thing is this board doesn't exist on the official F2 site!!

Its price is very low any informations about it?? :?:
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Post by frunobulax » Wednesday 10 November 2004, 11:34

Cheap alpine model from F2 for beginners and those who come from freestyling. No good for EC. Still on sale f.e. at www.blue-tomato.at
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Roadster

Post by István » Wednesday 10 November 2004, 14:17

Hi!

I believe it is not a 2004/2005 model, otherwise it would be on the website. The design is not even this years design (no wooden like surface)

I remember that last season, or the season before the last season there was a board like this on the F2 site, called Roadster and it was a renewal of their earlier board called Alpine from season 2000/2001.

I have images and specs of the Alpine, it is absolutely the same as the Roadster. I can send it to you if needed.

So Frunobulax is right, this is a cheap alpine model, size 150, 156, 162, 166, with radiuses between 7.8 - 9.0., NO GOOD!


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Post by tommaso2k » Wednesday 10 November 2004, 14:29

Hi,

i have tested for one week the roadster from F2 some years ago. Roadster is really a board for beginners, very soft flex.
Due to the flex and the small radius not good for EC.

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Post by drzone » Thursday 11 November 2004, 2:57

The Roadster is what Peter learned EC on but quickly grew out of (radius too short)... the end result is not bad however Haha:
http://www.swoard.com/gallery/albums/EC/peter3.jpg
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not a roadster

Post by nils » Thursday 11 November 2004, 9:37

this board pete is on is a mly? not a f2 :)
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Post by drzone » Thursday 11 November 2004, 15:07

You're very observant and absolutely right. It was the year he switched.
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mly?

Post by skywalker » Thursday 11 November 2004, 15:22

Hi Nils,

what kind of boerd is this: mly? Thanks

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Roadster and MLY

Post by yomama » Saturday 13 November 2004, 19:01

Hi Matt,
Peter Vu here. The other guys are right on regarding the Roadster. It's a beginner board and it is very difficult to EC with due to the short sidecut. It's also a much slower board compared to Swoard for example and this would prevent you to lay it down due to lack of speed.

Skywalker,
MLY is (I think) no longer produced. I have been told that I have outgrew the Roadster and one of the Tahoecarvers crew lend me the MLY. It's a 10m sidecut but it's not ideal for EC either even though it's a great allround board.

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