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Boot toe bar failure? [was: Highcountry Skating (was: For inspiration: a true viking breaks a record)]
One of my son's friends ripped the toe bar out of his Solomon racing boots a
few years ago. They were skiing down some black diamond moguls on the back side of Silver Star in their racing equipment one spring. That is not what racing equipment is designed for and it is a wonder that is all they broke. My son's NNN II bindings survived, but I don't think that means they are tougher. He was just more lucky. Scott Elliot http://www3.telus.net/selliot/ "Mitch Collinsworth" wrote in message r.cornell.edu... On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Mark wrote: And YES, the thought of repairing a broken toe bar 12 miles into the backcountry does scare the heck out of us. We have often carried a spare ski (which, of course, made that we had a spare binding), and usually carry a spare pole. But nobody has carried a spare boot, which could be the weak link. And, like I said, when it gets REALLY steep, I Just to satisfy my curiosity, has anyone here ever actually broken or ripped out a toe bar? Or seen one someone else has broken or ripped out? If so, what brand? I remember years ago thinking this would be all to easy to do, but after really trying to rip one out of a defective boot, I came to the conclusion it was far less likely to happen than other modes of equipment failure. [I did see one that had been partially ripped out of a low-end model boot at a rental center once. The accompanying story I've mostly forgotten, but it involved a very large man who had failed to use the equipment properly. Even then it hadn't ripped out so far that it couldn't have been (carefully) skied on.] -Mitch |
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Boot toe bar failure? [was: Highcountry Skating (was: For inspiration: a true viking breaks a record)]
"Matt Morency" wrote in message
I was told by a former teammate that they had dug out a toe bar on an old salomon boot and went back almost to the middle of the sole. That's good to hear -- I hope it's true of newer boots as well. From walking a parking lot a few times (big mistake) the plastic under the toe bar on some of my boots is almost worn away and I was fearful the bar would pull out soon. JT -- ******************************************* NB: reply-to address is munged Visit http://www.jt10000.com ******************************************* |
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Boot toe bar failure? [was: Highcountry Skating (was: For inspiration: a true viking breaks a record)]
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Matt Morency wrote: Just to satisfy my curiosity, has anyone here ever actually broken or ripped out a toe bar? I was told by a former teammate that they had dug out a toe bar on an old salomon boot and went back almost to the middle of the sole. Yep. I saw a pair of boots which must have been worn walking a few hundred miles on pavement. It was easy to see that the toe bar went WAY back. Even mostly exposed, it still didn't budge when pulled. damaging the sole to the point where the toe bar may be dangerous to use would be easier in my opinion. --Matt -- -- LITTLE KNOWN FACT: Did you know that 86% of North Americans cannot taste the difference between fried dog and fried cat? |
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Boot toe bar failure? [was: Highcountry Skating (was: For inspiration: a true viking breaks a record)]
That's great news, makes me feel much better about using the SNS binding in
the backcountry. Ken |
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Boot toe bar failure? [was: Highcountry Skating (was: For inspiration: a true viking breaks a record)]
Just to satisfy my curiosity, has anyone here ever actually broken
or ripped out a toe bar? Or seen one someone else has broken or ripped out? If so, what brand? I fell a few years ago on a wicked downhill while staying in the icy fast tracks. IIRC, my right Alpina NNN-2 boot stayed clipped into the binding, but the sole and bar were so bent up that it would not go back into the binding. I walked and slid along on one ski back to the lodge. Dave Matthews at Reliable Racing looked at the boot and warranty replaced it without a second thought. - Bob |
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