 Poster: A snowHead
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I have a six or seven year old set of Atomic Beta Ride 11:20 skis which I adore. A friend has a similar slightly newer pair and took them to the ski shop this week (in Canada). The ski shop told him that Atomic has just put in place a recall of the binding model used on those skis (and a number of others) because of issues with the healpiece not locking properly and releasing prematurely. I had sidelined those skis for just that reason.
If anyone out there is skiing on Atomics and has had problems with their bindings, you just might be in for a new set - might be worth asking about the recall when you bring your skis in for tuning/repair.
Note: this is the previous (not current) binding design.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Levitt, that's interesting. My dad skis a 9.20 with a 412 and I've skied them for a few days but suffered on average two or three pre-releases per day even with them wound up all the way. Thought it was down to my boots as he has few problems but then again he doesn't hoon around the place quite as much as I do.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Tue 23-12-08 0:06; edited 1 time in total
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Sideshow_Bob, the recall is -not- on the 614s.
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comprex, actually, thinking about it it's a 412 Xentrix on his 920s. I've corrected the post. The 614s were on the 10.26s. What binding models does the recall cover?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sideshow_Bob, http://www.atomicsnow.com/us/consumer-service.html
It is on the heelpieces of:
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ATOMIC
• Race 310 / Race 412 / RaceRace 310 / RaceRace 412
• Xentrix 310 / Xentrix 311 / Xentrix 412 / C 310 / C 311 / C 412 / CR 310 / CR 412 / R 310 / R 412 / SX 310 / SX 412
• Device 311 / Device 412
• Centro 310 / Centro 412
DYNAMIC
• ADX 310 / RD10 / X412 / Centro 412 |
produced between 1998 and 2002
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comprex, explains a lot. I hated skiing on those skis, and had some really nasty pre-releases. Do you know if the recall covers this country as well, and if so who he should contact?
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Sideshow_Bob, dunno, the European site should help.
BTW, the stated problem isn't really about pre-releases, rather about housing cracks.
There are several setup tricks unique to that generation of Atomics; if one of those is off no amount of DIN cranking will avert a release.
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A year or so ago I had brought my ski bindings in to be repaired and at that time the ski shop told me that Atomic had a policy of replacing at no charge any of those bindings that failed but they were no longer doing so. Interesting that not only are they doing so again but that it is now a full-blown recall.
Last edited by After all it is free  on Tue 23-12-08 18:31; edited 1 time in total
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Hey Levitt, Thanks for the info.
I've got an old pair of Beta Ride 11.20s which I love too! I think they have the race 412 bindings so I will get them checked out before I use them again.
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