 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone who tunes skis knows that you need a gadget to hold the ski brake arms in the 'closed' position to do any filing and waxing.
We pay enough for bindings - shouldn't they come with a cheap device to hold the brake arms out of the way? It's a bit like being sold a car without a handbrake! (or, rather, a handbrake that you can't release)
[I got the idea for this thread from this one on EpicSki.com which has some ideas. I've used bits of bent coathanger in the past. There's mention of a device on the 'Atomic Race' in this thread. Anyone familiar with that device?]
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not seen that, my favorite Wengen ski shop (central sport) gave me a bunch of the heavy duty rubber bands that they use, free gratis and for nothing when I bought some hot wax last year, I didn't even ask for them 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ise, gave me (us) a tip on this last year I believe. He uses cut sections of cycle inner tube, or did I dream this 
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Get one old inner tube, one pair of scissors and slice it up as required. Dead cheap.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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CP, He did indeed, or use those rubber wristbands that seem to decorate many people's arms these days.
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It is Here complete with pictures.
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or, bindings where you can remove the brake would work just as well.
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Binding should't even be sold with brakes. Would add new EXTEME element to skiing and would do wonders for my ski sales. 
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Thank you. It's kind of reassuring to know that you're not a car dealer.
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When I got some skis with Fritchi Freerides last year they came with just such retainers. Unfortunately I've since lost one (probably lying inside a glacier somewhere). The RC4s I bought recently didn't come with any, any unfortunately the Fritschi one are almost the right length, but just a little too long for the FX12s, so come unclipped frequently and ping all over the kitchen
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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CP, thanks for finding that old thread.
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David Goldsmith, 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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kevinrhead, one of the benefits of being single 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Stick a screw driver through the whole break arm and voila it stays up. Otherwise the rubber bands that come off asparagus is quite good.
I need some help with breaks for my new skis. 130mm wide. Hmmmm. Might just go without
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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parlor, so you bought the Prophet 130s? Surely someone (other than Line) make a binding with a fat brake?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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The old "skinny ski" ski ties work well if you still have them. They're the ones about 8" long with velcro on.
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zammo, yeah. you had a little bid on them yourself did you not? got a good deal in the end...
I'm still deciding between Naxo Nx21 & Freerides, both have 100mm breaks available. So lots of bending needed.
People skiing Spats have found various ways to get the breaks on so I'm sure I will sort it out but I've not seen touring binders on anything over 105mm.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In the past, I've just asked at ski shops if they have any spare, and generally they'll give you a handful of them. No need for the manufacturers to produce more environmental waste for the people who don't do their own servicing.
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Geze used to supply something that looked like o--o, still have a few somewhere.
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What a cheap bunch you lot are
For just a few quid you get a pucka brake retainer with a neat plastic finger pull handle for ease of use.
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It's not us being cheap. It's the binding manufacturers not including a device that makes the brakes disengage.
It's an incomplete product.
If I buy a box of dates, they include a little stick.
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What a cheap bunch you lot are
For just a few quid you get a pucka brake retainer with a neat plastic finger pull handle for ease of use. |
What are they then? I think the only brake retainers I've seen are rubber bands of one kind or another.
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David Goldsmith, if you buy beef in the supermarket, do they provide you with a fork too?
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Anyone know where you can buy replacement brakes for Salomon S810ti bindings?? Online or in the UK?? or if not - replacement AFD plates that go on the brake pedal - the white bits THANK YOU.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Beans of Bicester do very good velcro ski straps which double as brake retainers.
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You know it makes sense.
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The brakes on Salomon bindings can be removed by undoing one screw
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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coolchilli, Welcome to the darkside!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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