 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
I have recently purchased a pair of scott rook 172 skis and they have arrived! (I am an aggressive skier, 165cm tall and weigh 50kg). My dad has a pair of diamir fritschi freeride bindings from 2004 (i think) which he no longer needs as he is hoping to sell his stockil stormriders.
He also has a pair of downhill rossignol axial 2 120 bindings which are fairly old and heavy. The issue is will the fritschi's be ok for me? He seems to think that they do not perform very well going downhill although my uncle has them on his scott aztecs. He tours on them and does some resort skiing and seems to think they are fine. A lot of other people also think that they are ok... I will be skiing mainly off piste and some piste but hoping to have the option of skinning. The other option is to just backpack up but skinning seems a lot easier.
What are you thoughts?
Thanks
Euan 
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 28-10-14 14:58; edited 1 time in total
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@EuanFraser, once upon a time Fritschi Freerides were state of the art. These days, they are pretty outdated. That said, sounds like they are free and they are pretty functional for touring. If funds won't stretch to some more modern touring bindings and you are sure you will be doing some touring, I'd go with the Freerides. You can always save up for some more modern touring bindings and swap them over when you get them
Their downhill skiing performance isn't great, but isn't disastrous either.
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@Arno, Thanks. I am on a pretty tight budget and the fristchi's are free. I am sure that i will be doing some skinning/backpacking to access areas but nothing too major. The rossignol axial 2 120 are quite old and heavy so i am not too sure...
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I had Fritshi Freerides a few years ago and they pre-released on piste around 80kmh ..... probably pushing them too hard ..... not fun and never skied on them again !
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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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Interesting about the pre-release. Many people think they're reliable enough to be skied where you really don't want them to let you down and AFAIK, the author of this page still uses Fritschis for all his skiing ... http://www.steepscotland.info/index/
For me, their biggest impediment to downhill skiing was that ever present feeling that I was skiing on little stilts, although some folk say they don't even notice it.
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Euan,
they'll be fine given your height/weight. I get away with them on my 179 line prophets and I'm 78kg. I'm pretty tough on my kit. I agree with others comments - plenty of better bingings around but they do the job.
J
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I'm now on Marker Barons and they feel a lot more solid.
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The fritschi's have mixed opinions..I don't particularly wanted to get them mounted and have a problem. My dad especially hates the feeling of skiing on the raised bars and says that he feels that the way that the power is transferred through the ski isn't very direct but through the bar. My brother has the salomon z10 but is yet to ski them and i am minded to go for them as i can get them with mounting fairly cheap; although many reviews say that they often break and should really only be used on piste and not for a aggressive skier.. I could go for something like the salomon sth12?
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@EuanFraser, if you're going to be going uphill with any regularity, forgot alpine bindings and bootpacking, and get yourself a touring binding. Free Fritschis are better than Markers/etc that you can't afford, and a million times better than bootpacking in knee deep + snow.
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What about the Salomon sth10, you can get them for around £70 on ebay?
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Euan as others have said (incl your Dad), don't use the fritschi's they will hold you back with your skiing if you won't be touring. Your dad is spot on saying that the power isn't delivered well to the ski.
You need to decide what you will be doing, and what sort of boots you will be using. My best advise if your not sure yet would be given that you are an aggressive skier, to put some decent downhill bindings on your new skis, preferably new ones. Then if you want to try touring then hire the stuff.
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Ok thanks @jbob, I have also come to the same conclusion. Would something like the salomon sth10 be suitable? Can be bought for around £70 new on ebay?
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My Freerides pre-released a lot, not good..............
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You know it makes sense.
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@EuanFraser, I ran my Fritschi Explore pretty hard on piste last season including a couple of runs through a GS course. No problems although I did hold back a little just in case but I wasn't hanging about.
With regard to pre release it's important to ensure that the forward pressure is set correctly other wise they can be sloppy. In addition I added a click to the Din setting although I was running them very low due to an ACL injury but that was really for the pow.
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@AndAnotherThing.., Thanks. I think i will probably go for a downhill binding until i start touring properly
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