We tend to not think of Toko grip waxes as race day solutions, which can sometimes take us by surprise when they are the best choice. Most often we think of them as forgiving, resistant to icing, but on the slow side. Except when they win the race day test!
What they do well at is making life simple. Simple choices to make, and with very wide ranges, these are great for training days and also for introducing novice waxers to system that has a high success rate. And the lipstick type
Basewax Green. We most often use Vauhti Super Base or Base AT, but both can be substituted using Toko Green. In odd situations this has been know to run well by itself, and in older, settled and variable, slightly dry snow, there has been the “Christmas Tree” solution of alternating Base Green with Toko Red has a been a pleasing broad spectrum wax job
Yellow., snow temperature 32° → 28°F. This one is the exception to our claim of “not a race day solution”. Here’s a test ladder for wet falling snow (going upward in grip)- Rode TopLine VXPS/ Swix VP65/Toko Yellow/Klister/Zeros.
Red., snow temperature 28° → 14°F A great training wax! Very broad use range, highly resistant to icing, forgiving grip. Just relatively slow for racing. Mix with Base Green in moist glazing condition for a forgiving cushion layer under the main kick wax.
Blue, snow temperature 19° →-22°F. Blue kick waxes are going to work well in blue conditions. Wide range, and on race days can be made competitive with a faster cover layer.
X-Cold, snow temperature 10 →-22°F. Huge range. Speed it up with a cover layer.
We tend to not think of Toko grip waxes as race day solutions, which can sometimes take us by surprise when they are the best choice. Most often we think of them as forgiving, resistant to icing, but on the slow side. Except when they win the race day test!
What they do well at is making life simple. Simple choices to make, and with very wide ranges, these are great for training days and also for introducing novice waxers to system that has a high success rate. And the lipstick type
Basewax Green. We most often use Vauhti Super Base or Base AT, but both can be substituted using Toko Green. In odd situations this has been know to run well by itself, and in older, settled and variable, slightly dry snow, there has been the “Christmas Tree” solution of alternating Base Green with Toko Red has a been a pleasing broad spectrum wax job
Yellow., snow temperature 32° → 28°F. This one is the exception to our claim of “not a race day solution”. Here’s a test ladder for wet falling snow (going upward in grip)- Rode TopLine VXPS/ Swix VP65/Toko Yellow/Klister/Zeros.
Red., snow temperature 28° → 14°F A great training wax! Very broad use range, highly resistant to icing, forgiving grip. Just relatively slow for racing. Mix with Base Green in moist glazing condition for a forgiving cushion layer under the main kick wax.
Blue, snow temperature 19° →-22°F. Blue kick waxes are going to work well in blue conditions. Wide range, and on race days can be made competitive with a faster cover layer.
X-Cold, snow temperature 10 →-22°F. Huge range. Speed it up with a cover layer.
