bindings?? what does DIN mean???? what are the difference between bindings??

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Kel,

You might have missed this when you started, but skiing is a sport

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horizon,

Apologies for earlier I was not aware of the history, it's when you get the quotes:

hey just coz i dont know the technical side of things doesnt mean i cant ski or get all mountain skis, just always had a pro to sort that side of things out for me (was you not paying attention the day the pro described DIN settings )

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oh i already have skis, had them for a few yrs now think people assume im still stuck at the snow plow lol i learned quickly very quickly and was doing parallels in my first 3days thats was yrs back so yes i can ski lol

You begin to realize all is not above board with grazygeorges, , maybe he should rename his tag "Walter Mitty" (showing my age here.)

BTW what's a plow Puzzled

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

forums, its like sarcasm in a bowl. haha not all above board its not watchdog you muppet

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Such a beautiful thread!

If it helps I laughed at Horizon's answer. lol.

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Kel, nice one Laughing

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grazygeorges,

When you posted I gave you good advice, advice which only a beginner would have needed. I did not think horizon's reply was at all appropriate at the time, but now I can see why he posted in this way.

You clearly have not got the experience which you state you have or you would not be asking the questions that you are asking. Don't be embarassed come clean in the fact that you are a relative newbie, their is nothing wrong with that. You would like some good advice and there is a good chance that you will receive it.

Being called a Muppet from someone who doesn't know the difference between his "Back Country" and his "Back side" endorses the fact that you are just a bit of a T**T

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haha kel more like you are a stuck up pratt and a saddo at that lol, yeah im probably quite new to skiing compared to you but ive been skiing 5yrs now 2-3wks abroad a yr so i can ski to a competant level. never said i wanted to be in the olympics or do back flips but not knowing certain info doesnt mean you can look down on people like you certainly do and horizon does. ye i want all mountain skis big deal get over yourself lol

Kel, I think I'm with you here rolling eyes

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grazygeorges I thought horizon's post was unhelpful to (what I thought) was a newbie, but it's beyond belief that someone with 5 years x 2-3 weeks a year does not know about din settings.

Kel has given good advice, in good faith, to your question - shame to engage now in a slanging match.

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grazygeorges, I didn't look down on you before. I made a joke (and then I posted some useful links). Some people didn't think it funny or helpful - too bad, I'll live with it, and I didn't attack them in return. If you remember I credited you with enough intelligence not to follow my advice blindly - that's not looking down.

However, I do look down on you now. You've come on the forum and the vast majority of people here, Kel included, have been patient with your questions and have given you a lot of info. You have now responded with insults, twice. I could have at least understood if you insulted me but you had a go at someone who was helping you.

You're quite young and not very bright. You would do better by being more humble.

(but I recommend the TGR forums, they're less stuck up than us here on snowheads).

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You know it makes sense.

the only way to resolve this is a SKI-OFF between horizon, Kel and grazygeorges Cool

brian

Arno, chinese downhill ?

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Arno, brian, deal!

But only if we ski on twintips, backwards, with DINs either on 14 or on 3.

(Kel, in answer to your "apologies" post earlier on, no problem! )

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Right, methinks it's time for an admission. I have been skiing for many years and did not know, until I encountered the term on snowHead

s, that what I called binding release settings (or an improvised French equivalent, no problems in ever getting the ski shop to understand) were actually called DIN settings. Unlike grazygeorges, I just looked the term up when I encountered it on here, rather than risking the sort of roasting he's just suffered. How many people, I wonder, know what the letters D I N stand for (without looking it up)? Not many, I'll wager.

Come on folks, give the boy a break. I wouldn't be surprised if, like me, he knew perfectly well that there were different settings, depending on weight, ability etc, for the release of bindings, he just didn't know what they were called. You'd better tell me I'm right, grazygeorges!

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Hurtle, aw, what a disappointment ! I thought you were about to fess up to a crazy, freewheeling, grammatically challenged alter ego for a wee minute there.

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grazygeorges an alias of Hurtle? i like your thinking, brian Laughing

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Hurtle, He may well tell you you're right .. but that isnt going to mean much Im afraid rolling eyes

It was patently clear that he/she couldnt relate the two nor knew anything of 'release settings' iirc from the first few posts .. he was going to follow Horizon's advice !

confession time .... what is a 'Chinese Downhill' ? Embarassed

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Agenterre,

It's obviously that time of year. Summer madness breaks out at snowheads!!

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ok...horizon's post was classic and I ROFLMAO...but we should now cut some slack or he wont come back.....which would make us a bit mean.

We had a laugh and .... was that you, Hurtle...????

Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

JT, that would be telling wink

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DIN

Deutsches Institut für Normung

Isn't Google usefull Smile

The German Institute for standardisation, and DIn can be applied to lots of standards for lots of things not just binding releases.

Also lots of us ski on non DIN release or even non-release bindings Toofy Grin

though I've wimped out with my latest purchase and gone for 7TMs agian.

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Hurtle, .. it was the post after that which did it for me.

Agreed though time to back off so that greazygeorges feels welcome to return ..

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For years, to me, DIN always used to mean those nasty 5-pin plugs on things like tape recorders that were a complete b*gger to solder.

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DIN equals 'Deutche Institut fur Normung' and is as someone previously said a German organisation. Its used for lots of other engineering standards besides ski bindings where a set of standard criteria are required so that consumers are assured of equivalent standards and measures.

http://www.din.de/cmd?level=tpl-home&contextid=din

Whoops just noticed that someone had posted the above info earlier that'll teach me not to reload my browser more frequently! Embarassed

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Anyone know exactly how the DIN standard for release settings is actually worked out to begin with?

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right had a quick read right through the post, my word you can tell the 3 main people on this thread are english. i think grazygeorge was asking a genuine question i mean i have been skiing for quite a while and comeone everyone you must admit when you go to france, italy etc and rent gear they dont ask anything about DIN they just give you the skis and away you go. i remember also when i first bought a pair of skis the chap sorted out everything for me while i looked around the shop for poles, boots etc again saying nothing about DIN so maybe grazygeorge has had the same experience and just wanted to ask about it. by the time i knew about DIN i was skiing from red to blacks didnt mean i wasnt capable of using more advanced skis.

grazygeorge - man you came across well too strong with your comments, some people in here have been skiing for decades and will know almost everything about everything. just do a lil background research beforehand and the real troopers will come through with great advice. some others will feel that because they know a lot everyone should know a lot and will automatically make jokes and take the p**s to make themselves look good but dont bite back and certainly dont go overboard with comments like that mate. personally i can see where you are coming from and understand your question and dont believe that you are such a newbie as others think. my guess is you dont read ski magazines or look on ski websites very often which maybe a good idea, get yourself down to whsmith see whats on the shelves this winter have a good read through. do you really need an all mountain ski? i mean where are you going to be skiing for example? if your doing a week in france then the chances of you getting good off piste conditions are slim so dont waste your money. if your doing a season in the US or canada then your going to get days where the snow doesnt stop and even on piste you may need an all mountain ski especially as the snow is less wet than in europe. again though lay off on the comments

kel and horizon - think you were a bit out of line to begin with both of you put the poor lad down, ye his comments were out of line but come on guys i thought this forum was a place were people could ask questions and not get the p**S taken out of them just coz they dont live and breath skiing like others do. kel you did give great advice at first which is what this place is about but then just coz they guy wants some all mountain skis you have a go at him not nice guys. like i said though dont agree with his comments but dont agree with yours either.

i await the roasting from all 3 of you now Toofy Grin

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slikedges, 25 skiers of each weight are pushed in a line down a steep slope. Halfway down is a hidden trip wire. All the skiers bindings are at set measured stages of 'tightness'. The stage at which bindings begin to release are entered into a chart. Then the skiers are replaced by a heavier batch. Eventually we end up with the Lardyboy settings Laughing

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I don't want ding ding round 2 with you but for the record and if you read the post you will see this. I thought Horizon along with others was bang out of order for replying as he did. Then it was brought to my attention that "its all gone quiet over there grazygeorge" had other post including one about all mountain skis. At this point the penny dropped what is he on, my reply was intended for what I presumed was still a newbie and again gave him good advice to rent.

At this point grazygeorge starts a slanging match with me, the main person to have given him sound advice!!.

That's when I take the P***.

read the [post again and I think you may well agree.

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