Originally Posted By kevonionia
NEH:

I've been wanting to get some BD poles for the reasons above and Steep&Cheap has the Alpine carbon cork one's sporadically for 1/2 off ($70), but there are some users who say that pieces of cork break off the handle. But if you did the AT plus 500 more miles without that problem with the Ergos (that retail for $40 less than the carbon ones), sounds like the cork issue may not be an issue. (Or is it possibly the difference of the Ergo and the Alpine poles' cork handles?)


They were listed yesterday... $70 a pair. I bought pairs!
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