Adjusting Bindings

"MoonMan" wrote in
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Mary Malmros wrote:

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As I discovered and mentioned in my next post, But here, in the UK,
I have only ever heard of the big automatic tuning machines being
refered to as "A Winterstieger"

And probably most skiers in the US have never heard the name
"Winterstieger" at all; however, the name isn't that unfamiliar to a
lot of experienced skiers (and certainly quite familiar to those of
us who have to stand in line every year to get our stuff checked,
watching the big machine that says "Wintersteiger" go BANG over and
over and over again).


I don't think many skiers over here would have heard of them either

Seriously your theory may work in litigous America,

It's pretty plain that you don't even know what my "theory" is.

I thought your theory as stated above was that a very complicated
bit of kit on a bench made a "sixteen year old part timer who
started at the shop last week" an "Experienced Proffessional"

Well, see, that's what happens when you take a few things that person
A said and a few things that person B said and add some of your own
imaginings and then turn around and attribute the result to person A:
you end up being, shall we say, wrong.

Now, to return to the original question: if you think that taking
your skis to a shop to have the bindings checked is equivalent to
throwing fifteen bucks out in the street, then don't do it. You
don't need anyone's permission. Perhaps it is indeed the case that
the personnel in your shop consists exclusively of "sixteen year old
part timer[s] who started at the shop last week", a notion that you
seem quite taken with -- I know it's not the case where I take my
skis, but YMMV. You can believe whatever you want, and perhaps your
local reality reflects your beliefs. Just please stop badgering
everybody to agree with you and blaming "litigious America" when we
don't.

You don't seem to get the point, it's not that I begrudge the $15 or
whatever, THE SERVICE ISN'T EVEN OFFERED! I have never seen in any ski
shop / ski workshop the equipment to do such a test. I keep asking
wether these tests are performed anywhere else and never get an
answer.

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; however, isn't it the
case that in the UK, you have very little (no?) actual snow skiing? The
shops that I'm thinking about are all located at or very near ski areas
where there is a large call for services. Farther away from the areas,
while you can find "ski shops", I'm not so sure that I'd expect to find a
Wintersteiger. So, I wouldn't be too surprised not to find this service
where you live; I'd be more surprised if it was completely unavailable
where you ski.

and yes there are lots of under 18s working at ski shops, minimum wage
is lower (in the UK anyway)

Again, this may be a location thing -- I wouldn't expect an under-18 (or a
person of any age) working in a shop in New York City to necessarily know
much at all, but if an under-18 got a job at the shop at one of the
mountains, I wouldn't worry about it.

Mary Malmros wrote:

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; however, isn't it the
case that in the UK, you have very little (no?) actual snow skiing? The
shops that I'm thinking about are all located at or very near ski areas
where there is a large call for services. Farther away from the areas,
while you can find "ski shops", I'm not so sure that I'd expect to find a
Wintersteiger. So, I wouldn't be too surprised not to find this service
where you live; I'd be more surprised if it was completely unavailable
where you ski.

Good point. I was interpreting his "over here" designation to mean
Europe, not England. If he means England, then I'm not surprised by the
lack of binding testing technology.

I would be very very surprised to find out that binding release checking
is not done anywhere in Europe. Setting something without testing it
just seems so "un-German".

BTW, there is snow skiing in the UK up in Scotland. For some values of
"snow" that is.

//Walt

Mary Malmros wrote:
Walt wrote :
Mary Malmros wrote:

Have you ever gotten hurt at the Shed?

No, not to my knowledge. Where's the Shed?

Stowe. Try the Mountain Ale.

Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in Vermont.
But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've got it
surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak.

//Walt

Walt wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote:
Walt wrote :
Mary Malmros wrote:

Have you ever gotten hurt at the Shed?

No, not to my knowledge. Where's the Shed?

Stowe. Try the Mountain Ale.

Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in Vermont.
But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've got it
surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak.

//Walt

Well, get yer butt over here. Soon actually, it's
melting today.

VtSkier wrote:
Walt wrote:

Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in
Vermont. But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've
got it surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak.

Well, get yer butt over here. Soon actually, it's
melting today.

I've got the 2nd week of April off with the intention of driving to
where there's snow. Hopefully I can find somewhere open that's more
interesting than Brule...

//Walt

Walt wrote:
VtSkier wrote:
Walt wrote:

Ah. I've never skied Stowe. In fact, I've never even skied in
Vermont. But I've skied in NY, Quebec, NH, and Massachusetts, so I've
got it surrounded. Closing in for the kill, so to speak.

Well, get yer butt over here. Soon actually, it's
melting today.

I've got the 2nd week of April off with the intention of driving to
where there's snow. Hopefully I can find somewhere open that's more
interesting than Brule...

//Walt

If the current trend continues, we will have at least
SuperStar. It's about sugar weather now (cold night and
warm days). Come early for corn, graduating to slop
in the afternoon. Actually, ski in the AM, bring a
beach chair and a few beers or a wineskin and enjoy
the sun at the top of the mountain.

On Mar 5, 9:36 pm, Alan Fried wrote:
I am probably going to buy skis online. I've never
adjusted bindings to fit a boot. Is it easy to do?

Anybody know what the basics are?

Thanx in advance

Alan

See, I told you I could save you a lot of reading =)

Chris

On Mar 5, 9:36 pm, Alan Fried wrote:
I am probably going to buy skis online. I've never
adjusted bindings to fit a boot. Is it easy to do?

Anybody know what the basics are?

Thanx in advance

Alan

See, I told you I could save you a lot of reading =)

Chris

Walt wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote:

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question; however, isn't
it the case that in the UK, you have very little (no?) actual snow
skiing? The shops that I'm thinking about are all located at or
very near ski areas where there is a large call for services. Farther
away from the areas, while you can find "ski shops", I'm not
so sure that I'd expect to find a Wintersteiger. So, I wouldn't be
too surprised not to find this service where you live; I'd be more
surprised if it was completely unavailable where you ski.

Good point. I was interpreting his "over here" designation to mean
Europe, not England. If he means England, then I'm not surprised by
the lack of binding testing technology.

I would be very very surprised to find out that binding release
checking is not done anywhere in Europe. Setting something without
testing it just seems so "un-German".

I've never skied in Germany but I would agree and I would suspect the same
would be true in Switzerland, but France?

BTW, there is snow skiing in the UK up in Scotland. For some values of
"snow" that is.

Not at the moment there isn't I was supposed to be racing at Glenshee
last weekend, but nothing was open at all.

any one got any sugestions for easter?


--
Chris *:-)

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