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Hi All
Just purchased some skies online but need the bindings adjusting. Can anyone reccomend a ski shop around the Edgware / North London areas?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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barney2201, Nearest to Edgware would probably be S & R at Hemel. The Ski Shop in Finchley closed a few years ago.
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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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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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rob@rar, Good call, had brain fade for a minute.
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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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47 degrees?
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I believe most North London ski shops shut somewhere around the era of mono-skis and rear entry boots due to lack of demand as no one in North London skis anymore.
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Pollocks
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barney2201, have you thought of adjusting them yourself?
There are three essential points:
1. Learning how to set the correct distance between the toe and heel units. Depending on the bindings, you may have the ability to ensure that the mid-point of the boot sole is at the correct point above the indicated centre point of the ski. Otherwise, you're getting the toe and heel the right distance apart to ensure that the forward force of the heel unit is neither too high, nor too low. That may sound complicated, but the heel unit will have an indicator.
2. Learning how to set the 'DIN' indicators on each toe and heel unit to match, according to the binding manufacturer's chart. This is based on your height, weight, age, ski boot sole length and 'type' of skier that you are (not quite the same as ability). Do you have this chart?
3. Testing the 'return to centre' action, particularly of the toe unit (in a shop it's usually done by the technician simply punching the boot toe sideways and checking that it snaps back OK). It's also not a bad idea to learn how to 'self test' the release of the bindings too, thought this isn't easy to explain in print.
People say that all the above is a job for experts but it's a lot easier than adjusting, say, many bike mechanisms. Bindings are very straightforward mechanisms, in terms of adjustment and testing.
If you get stuck with all this I might be able to drop by and show you. Drop me a PM.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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David Goldsmith, hooray!
I do wonder if a lot of the talk about getting bindings adjusted professionally is actually about litigation worries. More time checking the legal waiver than the bindings even. I have been far from impressed with the way I have seen bindings adjusted/tested in hire stores when I have gone in and watched them in the last year or two. I have even seen an increasing tendency to adjust bindings to a set point to match a barcode-read boot length, rather than the boot itself, with some interestig results. Some bindings seem to be getting simpler to adjust too, with no toe-piece height adjustment, and ability to adjust centre point as you say.
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