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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There's is absolutely NO requirement to wind down the din settings on the bindings. I know a number of people who've done just that & forgotten to reset them & then pre-released on the first turn. Just leave the dins alone - the springs will not take a 'set' etc.
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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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@spyderjon, interesting, I've never wound down my bindings but have heard it recommend incl a ski shop tech saying that they wound all there's down for the summer, unless he was winding me up.
Making sure boots a dry before putting them away is sound though, I once packed a tent wet and forgot to dry it before I used it again. It was all black and basically ruined.
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There's not one binding tech manual that says or recommends winding off the dins. The nearest is Dynafit who state that their toe bindings should be closed when not in use - but they give no requirements/recommendations for the heel dins.
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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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@spyderjon, closed you say..
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| jbob wrote: |
| @spyderjon, closed you say.. |
Yep, tech toe bindings should be stored closed - as though they had a boot in them.
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Marker advise winding down DIN settings according to their website.
http://marker.net/faq
Personally I think it's overkill on modern bindings for most skiers and it can be lethal if not re-adjusted before use, as Spyderjon says.
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| crosshatch wrote: |
| Marker advise winding down DIN settings according to their website...... |
But there's nothing in their tech manual which is the important document. Their website is obviously put together by their Marketing Dept as there's quite a few errors on their website concerning their own binding specs 
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@spyderjon, if I remebember correctly you tested some bindings which you had left on 12 for a number of years - put them on the din tester and they were spot on? Springs can lose their temper but only if they pass a certain point of stress - the yield point. But the mechanism which most people have in mind is creep - which needs a temperature element and a compressive force element. See
https://www.quora.com/Do-springs-lose-energy-after-being-compressed-for-a-long-time
There are many factors at play - material, shape, etc - binding springs are small, stubby, thick, high tensile. I agree with Jon, but you might want to open the heel bindings if you want to. Not sure that there's a real need but at the very least it gets you looking at the bindings, since a post and pre season look can be important.
Note that all bindings live for a year or so after manufacture, on skis or in boxes, usually set on 3-5. I.e. They come wound up. But it's not the practice which tells us what to do, it's the physics.
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