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Adjusting Bindings
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 |
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On Mar 5, 8:36 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 Alan, I'll save you a bunch of reading. Every reputable post that follows will boil down to this: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. Chris |
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bumpfreaq wrote:
On Mar 5, 8:36 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? I'll save you a bunch of reading. Every reputable post that follows will boil down to this: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. Yep. It's just that easy. $15 and ten minutes later it's done. //Walt |
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Walt wrote:
bumpfreaq wrote: On Mar 5, 8:36 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? I'll save you a bunch of reading. Every reputable post that follows will boil down to this: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. Yep. It's just that easy. $15 and ten minutes later it's done. I do so love the idea that a sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week is an "experienced professional" or am I just being overly cynical.... -- Chris *:-) Is it possible to be overly cynical? |
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MoonMan wrote:
Walt wrote: bumpfreaq wrote: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. I do so love the idea that a sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week is an "experienced professional" or am I just being overly cynical.... The modern binding testing machines are automated and fairly idiot-proof. Yes, someone can still screw it up if they try hard enough, but you really don't need a decade of experience to use the machines. Welcome to the modern world. That said, the place I get mine tested does not have a high turnover of employees. //Walt |
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On Mar 6, 7:52 am, "MoonMan"
wrote: Walt wrote: bumpfreaq wrote: On Mar 5, 8:36 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? I'll save you a bunch of reading. Every reputable post that follows will boil down to this: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. Yep. It's just that easy. $15 and ten minutes later it's done. I do so love the idea that a sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week is an "experienced professional" or am I just being overly cynical.... -- Chris *:-) Is it possible to be overly cynical? Perhaps I'm not being cynical enough but I would think that if a shop is charging their young newbie part timer with setting up bindings unsupervised, they would quickly earn a poor reputation. Chris Since you asked, in my book it certainly is possible. |
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bumpfreaq wrote:
On Mar 6, 7:52 am, "MoonMan" wrote: Walt wrote: bumpfreaq wrote: On Mar 5, 8:36 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? I'll save you a bunch of reading. Every reputable post that follows will boil down to this: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. Yep. It's just that easy. $15 and ten minutes later it's done. I do so love the idea that a sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week is an "experienced professional" or am I just being overly cynical.... -- Chris *:-) Is it possible to be overly cynical? Perhaps I'm not being cynical enough but I would think that if a shop is charging their young newbie part timer with setting up bindings unsupervised, they would quickly earn a poor reputation. Chris Since you asked, in my book it certainly is possible. I'm glad someone thinks so -- Chris *:-) |
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Walt wrote:
MoonMan wrote: Walt wrote: bumpfreaq wrote: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. I do so love the idea that a sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week is an "experienced professional" or am I just being overly cynical.... The modern binding testing machines are automated and fairly idiot-proof. Yes, someone can still screw it up if they try hard enough, but you really don't need a decade of experience to use the machines. Welcome to the modern world. That said, the place I get mine tested does not have a high turnover of employees. With a modern "System" binding, It's not like you can Wreck the ski anymore, but even before the jigs used for drilling made it pretty difficult to go wrong. of course over your side of the pond they always test the bindings don't they.. Chris *:-) Is it possible to be overly cynical? |
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MoonMan wrote:
With a modern "System" binding, It's not like you can Wreck the ski anymore, but even before the jigs used for drilling made it pretty difficult to go wrong. Now you're talking about mounting the bindings, which is different than adjusting and testing. Agreed that the modern system bindings make it easy to mount a binding on a ski. And before that it was still fairly easy to do with a jig and a drill press - assuming you had a jig and a drill press. of course over your side of the pond they always test the bindings don't they.. Well, yeah. In fact, that's the main reason to take them to a shop - to actually test the functionality. On the bench instead of with your ACL. Mounting and adjusting can be DIY with a minimum of tools and a little bit of knowledge. But how do you know you've got it right? The test gear, that's how. Proper test gear is expensive, much cheaper to "rent" the shop's test gear as necessary. //Walt |
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"MoonMan" wrote in
: Walt wrote: bumpfreaq wrote: On Mar 5, 8:36 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? I'll save you a bunch of reading. Every reputable post that follows will boil down to this: Take your new skis and your boots to a shop and have the job done by experienced professionals. Yep. It's just that easy. $15 and ten minutes later it's done. I do so love the idea that a sixteen year old part timer who started at the shop last week is an "experienced professional" or am I just being overly cynical.... You can call him whatever you want, but he has a Winterstieger on his bench and you don't. |
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