Poster: A snowHead
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Theres an interesting article in the Jan edition of Ski and Board, suggesting that its a good idea to self test your bindings each morning on the snow before riding up in the lift. No more details. The do say that this is the biggest factor in an individuals control to prevent injury.
Simple question without (I suspect) a simple answer: How
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Martin Nicholas, You set the bindings low and then ski some turns. The bindings should pre-release you then need to add 1/2 a din until the bindings no longer release. Unfortuanltely this is possibly the worst advice i have ever heard in my life. You need your ski's to release under serious force occuring on a crash at reasonable speed. To test these pressures on the mountain would require skiing at high forces or crashing at high forces. You do nto want the ski's to pre-release when skiing like this and you don't want to practice crashing in the morning or at any time!
I think the best advice if you are concerned is to visit a shop every monring and have the bindings set and checked.
Saying all that Martin ..... do me a favour my ski's have always released and I would expect that knee injuries occur because skiers are mis setting their bindings along with skiing out of control rather than the binding not working correctly.
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plectrum, I would agree. Akin to testing the airbags on your car by driving it into a wall every morning.
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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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plectrum, precisely! I don't want the bindings pre releasing in heavy snow, but I'm a heavy tall skier and displacing my DIN setting of 7 by hand is hard with both hands as a test, and I'v never managed to kick my bindings out standing on the ski. I get the skis checked and lubricated where necessary usually after a week or so. It seemed a bit of an odd recommendation with no explanation!
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Some dated kit in these pics. Does the force needed to self test take account of skier weight and boot sole length adequately? Expert comment please SZK / CEM ?
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I can't turn it up on the search function, but we did have a recent-ish discussion about testing bindings and doing the twist your toe/heels out test routine vs. strength of legs etc. If someone can find the link I think it had some useful information in it.
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NickB, I think your first link was the one I was recalling - you're obviously better with the search function than I am - thanks.
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Martin Nicholas,
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Does the force needed to self test take account of skier weight and boot sole length adequately? Expert comment please SZK / CEM ?
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No it doesn't. What (all) it does is show that your bindings will release. If you want more than that, you'll have to use a machine.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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i give mine a visual check, dont need to test them for release though....... they are non release bindings......lol
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No, I don't test them every day...just with a new set-up or config. If I change anything, then I'll do a little test...
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You know it makes sense.
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Megamum, I posted something like this the other day. I always use Google to search forum websites, e.g.:
<<search>> site:http://snowheads.com
That way you can use all the advanced search functionality that Google allows (which the forum software will invariably not have).
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