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binding widths

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i'm contemplating getting a pair of marker jester/griffon bindings to go on some new skis.

marker makes the point that the royal family of bindings perform better for fatter skis due to them being wider than traditional "racing" bindings and the only binding designed for skis > 76mm in width.

do you think this will have any noticeable impact on performance? is the mounting pattern of the bindings any wider than their competitors?

anyone any thoughts??

cheers.
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reality wrote:
do you think this will have any noticeable impact on performance? is the mounting pattern of the bindings any wider than their competitors?


not really versus other good quality bindings; yes - that's the whole point isn't it?
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Arno wrote:
not really versus other good quality bindings; yes - that's the whole point isn't it?


fair enough....main reason i asked is that i had a quick poke around in s&r earlier today and my unscientific estimation of the mounting of the griffon looked no wider than on any of the other bindings that were there - a couple of other pairs of markers and salomon z12s.

just made me wonder if other bindings had equally wide mounting points, they just hadn't marketed it as well! Very Happy

logically i'd think that the wider the mounting points, the better the transmission of power to the edges of the ski, especially as skis get wider...how much you'd notice this though.... Very Happy
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reality, there seems to be a bit of conflation of the concepts of "mounting pattern width" and "binding width" in the marketing; they are not the same.
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comprex, i appreciate that the two concepts are not the same. are you saying the mounting points of the bindings are about the same as other equivalent bindings?

from what i saw, the bindings were much of a muchness in size and the screws holding the binding in place looked to be about the same distance apart, hence my curiosity. no exact measurements were taken other than from fingertip to knuckle, so it could be way off! Very Happy
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