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Saloman Relay bindings
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Just bought some new saloman relay bindings after snapping the last pair after five years hard abuse. Does anyone else have a pair? I can make all sorts of adjustments to them and while the instructions are easy to follow to adjust the bindings there are no words telling me why I should adjust them or what difference it would make.

The most obvious questions I have are:-

1. Is there anything I need to consider in set up or boarding for a toe strap? My previous bindings went over the foot.

2. It mentions aligning the highback with the back of the board. Is this necessary and what advanatages does it give me.

3. I can put the toe strap in the forward or backwards position. Does this matter?

I know the obvious answer is to experiment but I'd like to know a bit of theory first. any idea?

thanks

ash
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ashton parker, can I tell you on Monday? (I'm about to take mine out for the first time on Thursday snowHead )

I set mine up the other day, in a similar fog of confusion, and until I've taken them out to play I've frankly got no idea. I've stuck to what looks familiar to me and worked on the basis that the forwards/backwards setting on the toe strap is (a) a size thing, like being able to adjust the length of the footbed, and (b) possibly to allow you to choose between traditional over-the-toe or Burton-style toe-cap. But I'm guessing so far.

Highback alignment leaves me similarly clueless - not an option I've ever had before, and not something I imagine would be comfortable on my front foot (+15).

I'll report back on my findings as soon as I'm back -- but in the meantime I'd echo your call for some informed ideas (as opposed to my sadly uninformed ones Embarassed )
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i set up my first set of bindings the other day. the burton manual says aligning your highbacks with the heel edge of the board allows you to lean backwards and forwards (along the length of the board) without hinderance. whilst it initially looks weird when you stand up in them you don't really notice.
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rogg, ah so?

maybe a highback adjustment is in order after all... thanks for shedding some much needed light!
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Quote:

aligning your highbacks with the heel edge of the board allows you to lean backwards and forwards (along the length of the board) without hinderance

Puzzled

Would that not leave people with large shoe sizes with their toes really sticking out the other side and catching when on toe side?
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snojito, I too am heading off on Thursday but back Tuesday so we can compare notes.

Kruisler, its just pivoting the high back not moving the binding. These bindings are so complicated (flash) that I can move the heel back without moving the binding and can adjust the tension on each side to pull the highback around.

Looks like I'm going to be spending a day fiddling with my bindings. At least when I fall it won't be my fault.

ash
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Kruisler, i mean aligning as in making parallel with (as opposed to moving the bindings across the centreline).

sorry for any confusion caused - it's hard to describe some of these things, but hopefully snojito has the idea.. Razz
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hey ashton parker, hope you've had a good trip and have made it back safe and sound (albeit reluctantly, I'm sure)

I'm embarrassed to say our weekend in VT wasn't much cop on the messing-with-the-bindings front, mostly because all the lifts were shut on Friday so it was a morning of drag lifts and an afternoon of booze, and then on Saturday although we managed to ride all day I couldn't see my feet, let alone the pistes, and just getting around the mountain occupied pretty much all my attention.

Sunday morning was glorious and if I'm honest I just forgot to do any experimenting with my set up - it was ride the lift, fall over in the powder, ride the lift, fall over in the powder all morning for me Embarassed

The basic set up seemed to work just fine for me though. I guess further exploration will have to wait until our week in Ischgl.

How did you get on? Any more valuable findings than my pretty useless contribution?
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snojito, Bindings were very comfortable, seemed to absorb the chatter when zooming hard pistes in the morning. Also seemed much quicker to do up than my previous ones. Didn't adjust particualry and did get severe cramp just above my leading knee on the left but this may well have been down to lack of fitness, extra weight and overlong sliding as the snow was so good.

next opportunity for experimenting is end of march.
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