 Poster: A snowHead
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After the ski test today I have pritty much made up my mind about ordering a pair of Icelantic Nomads, given that they dont come with bindings I was thinking that I would get the pair of Neox 412s which are sat on my (broken) '05 SL9s. ?
One thing that did cross my mind is whether the breaks will fit accross the wider ski, and if not whether it would be possible to fit a wider set of breaks to it?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Your existing brakes are way too narrow for the Nomad which is 105mm underfoot. You'll need to order a pair of 99mm Neox brakes, which are widest that Atomic offer. They're designed to fit a 99mm wide ski so the gap between arms is actually 110mm. For that extra bit of clearance you'll need to slightly trim down the insides of the plastic covers on the arms of the brakes with either a file or a stanley knife - there's load of material so this is not a problem, however if you want the brake arms to still lock together for carrying remember to retain the 'wavy' surface on the inside of the arms rather than smoothing them out.
Using this method I've successfully installed 88mm Neox brakes on 99mm underfoot skis.
If you're lucky http://www.skibartlett.com will have a pair but phone them as their website is crap.
If not then Al's Ski Barn in the US has them: http://www.untracked.com/p1260c26b43-atomic_neox_wide_brakes.html
As an alternative I could offer you a part-exchange on your Neox's against a new pair of VIST bindings with 115mm brakes.
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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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Would there be any advantage (other than them coming with the wider breaks) of switching to the Vists?
Thinking about it hopefully I could reuse one of the narrow breaks out of the old 412s to replace the damaged break on my 06 SL9s....
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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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the_fatadder,
Or just fit tethers to your legs/boots and skis 
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| the_fatadder wrote: |
| .....which are sat on my (broken) '05 SL9s. ?.... |
| the_fatadder wrote: |
| Thinking about it hopefully I could reuse one of the narrow breaks out of the old 412s to replace the damaged break on my 06 SL9s.... |
Atomic slalom skis & Neox's are pretty bomb proof. What is it with you & this busted kit?
Perhaps it's your own fault by describing brakes as breaks 
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lol
breaking the old ones was my fault (something todo with skiing into a gate on plastic then falling over rather badly)
God knows what happend with the neox's, noticed that one half of one brake has failed when i was skiing at easter (was wondering why the 2 skis wouldnt conect to each other properly when i was carrying them...)
i guess when I break stuff its going to be expensive.....
Will go and read that other thread now...
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I broke the brake on one of the neox binding on my M9's in February too. No idea how. S&R charged peanuts to repair it but it took weeks to get the bits.
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