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Daughter #2 has just bought a pair of All Mountain twin tips, 170cm and 92 underfoot. She is a competent skier and is leaving for Morzine two weeks tomorrow for her second season. She just phoned me and asked what bindings she should buy, spending as little as possible..... I told her that I was completely clueless, but maybe buy in resort as they are going to have to be fitted anyway. She then suggested I ask on here as 'You claim Snowheads are the font of all ski related knowledge'
So, any ideas anyone?
On her and my behalf, thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@sequoiaboard, I know its impolite to ask a ladies height and weight, but since she has bought 170's I'm assuming she is average adult size, so won't need a particularly low DIN bindings.
Do the twin tips indicate a park/jump preference? If so something like the Look Pivot, which has very good elasticity.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| sequoiaboard wrote: |
| what bindings she should buy, spending as little as possible |
I'm not being funny, but since the binding is like the last line of defence between a pleasant day out and a horrible debilitating injury to your knee that could go as far as mess up the end of your season (or indeed a premature release and ending up somewhere bad), I'm basically of the opinion that bindings are not the place to say "cheap as possible".
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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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@dp, except that bindings are more or less much of a muchness, specific functionalities aside.
If they cope with your DIN requiremnents, you are good to go.
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@dp, except that bindings are more or less much of a muchness, specific functionalities aside.
If they cope with your DIN requiremnents, you are good to go. |
Whilst all bindings have to meet the TUV Din standards those standards are actually relatively easy to attain & have a pretty big tolerances. Once you start to play around with the different makes/models on some decent testing equipment the differences in performance from one make/model to another are significant.
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@spyderjon, but are they going to be noticed in the field?
Bench testing is one thing...
I've got 14 pairs, all different, in my garage, and other than that there's a range of numbers they are set to (some of that is functional, i.e. My SGs are set higher than my daily drivers) I can't say I've noticed any performance difference in any of them, nor any of the uncountable sets I've skied on, once you get past the cable ones I started with.
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@sequoiaboard, Marker Schizo's have 6cm of movement if she is interested in changing boot position from the recommended line to towards centre (park).
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