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I just got a new pair of STS skins - haven't gotten a new pair of skins in few years.

 

What gives with the non-sticky black strip down the middle? Someone told me it peels off - when am I supposed to peel it off? How do you reglue these things if it doesn't peel off? Any insights? The instructions were totally silent about it. Thanks.

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It doesn't peel off. I'm not sure how you would re-glue them, but I have had a pair of those for several years now (I think they're the same ones, but were a test pair) and they are just starting to show signs of glue weakness in one spot, and I treated them like garbage. I have almost set them on fire on multiple occasions drying them. In other words I am willing to replace them rather than go through the hassle of a re-glue.

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Having just reglued my skins (but not having BD skins myself), I was under the impression that the glueless strip down the skin was meant to make peeling skins off easier (as mentioned above), but ALSO the BLACKDIAMONDBLACKDIAMOND... strip is a backing that you can peel off if your skin isn't sticking and you're in the field. the BD website has a video showing how to reglue your skins that actually shows this strip being peeled back before regluing.

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Ah the plot thickens. Do you have the link to vid? If not, I can find it. I had heard this same thing but was trying to confirm. Kind of weird they wouldn't put it in the instructions inserted in the package.

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Thanks - just watched the vid - all you other hosers need to eat crow because they showed the center tape being removed -"skinnin it back" so to say. The glue is applied underneath and the tape is reapplied. Good to know.

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Geeze I thought it was just a place to not

collect dog fur.

 

I too was plannign on saving this spot for when the rest of the glue is wearing out.

 

-r

 

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I was out last weekend on a new pair of BD GlideLite STS skins that have the same centre strip. I didn't experience any performance issues associated with leaving the strip on although I was slightly disappointed that my buddy could skin slightly steeper gradients with his narrower/much older skins before breaking traction. Could have been the extra 35-40 lbs I'm packing on my frame, then again I prefer to blame it on the skins.

 

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