 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi there,
I have a pair of Lange Alpine boots and have just bought a pair of skis with GripWalk bindings. Are they compatible, and - if so - what differences might need to be made in the fitting / bindings adjustments compared with a standard alpine binding?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Normal alpine boots work fine with Gripwalk bindings. No differences.
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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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@telford_mike,
Think the afd height may be a bit different between gripwalk and din. Do all gripwalk bindings now have adjustable afd height?
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@stuarth, Mine (Salomon) do. But with a new binding you'd be adjusting that on a normal binding (if present) anyway. So it’s the same setup routine - toe height, forward pressure etc.
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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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| stuarth wrote: |
@telford_mike,
Think the afd height may be a bit different between gripwalk and din. Do all gripwalk bindings now have adjustable afd height? |
The AFD height is the same for both, it's just that an alpine sole will sit on the top ridege of the AFD whereas a GW sole will sit on the sloping portion.
Some toe bindings, due to their mechanism or the requirement to fit other soles, have manual height adjustment whereas others have auto height adjustment. There's more on the market that are auto than manual.
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Thanks for the comments; much appreciated for all.
Should the bindings settings be slightly lower DIN than normal, or exactly the same?
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the same.
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A further question about GripWalk bindings- is it safe to use them with traditional Vibram soled touring boots? The boots fit into the bindings securely and can be knocked out with a fist but I have my doubts about the safety of this combination.
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| john2 wrote: |
| A further question about GripWalk bindings- is it safe to use them with traditional Vibram soled touring boots? The boots fit into the bindings securely and can be knocked out with a fist but I have my doubts about the safety of this combination. |
It's not safe to do that is the official answer from a liability point of view. In practice it actually depends upon the specific combination of make/model of binding and the make/model of boot. You'd need a binding that has a sliding AFD and the boot binding combo would need to pass the 0.5mm AFD height feeler gauge test and not have any other part of the sole contact the binding etc.
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