Thread: do i need a din 14 binder?

Me

5' 9"
235

325 bootsole

normally I ski on a pair of 912s set to 9 on my G4's haven't had a problem with them, but I have a pair of CMH exploders with 977's set to 9.5 and kept blowing out of them during a really deep day at mount snow. It was the heelpeice that kept releasing, I know why it released, it wasn't a pre release per say just when I'd ski into deeper snow my momentum would continue and the ski would stop and heel would release, I remember reading somewhere(think it was in powder) if your running a din of 10 or above you should ski a 14 din binding. Thinking about going to 10 on the heelpeice setting, what say the maggots????

A half-din change shouldn't really matter that much. Sounds more like your FWD pressure is off.
As for bumping up you don't want to max the spring, skiing a 11 on a 912 binding, your starting to push it.

I agree with Caddy.

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
A half-din change shouldn't really matter that much. Sounds more like your FWD pressure is off.
As for bumping up you don't want to max the spring, skiing a 11 on a 912 binding, your starting to push it.

how about 2 DIN points from the top setting?

as in, "hypothetically," if my DIN setting is 8, could i get away with a solly 810 ti??

Laseranimal, are those demo bindings and did you adjust them yourself? I'll concur with the fwd pressure being the likely problem. You may also want to have the bindings tested if they've been beaten up before they got to you.

drC

Its a proven fact that skiing with a high din binding improves your skills and makes you a bad ass. Also gives everyone else in your crew "din envy".

And you arent a maggot unless you have some Look Z Races.

Originally posted by CantDog
And you arent a maggot unless you have some Look Z Races.

Damn I'm glad I bought a pair recently. Pity the seller - a maggot - ripped me off on them

Originally posted by Mulletizer
Damn I'm glad I bought a pair recently. Pity the seller - a maggot - ripped me off on them

They are still worth every penny, I absolutely love mine. First time I've ever felt secure in my skis.

Originally posted by laseranimal

Thinking about going to 10 on the heelpeice setting, what say the maggots????

Just bury them, if they still come off, replace.

Caddy's got it right. I would ski a DIN 12 binding at 11 without any concern, as long as I was certain the forward pressure was right.

Shredhead summed it up nicely too. Give it a shot and if they continue to come off, bump up to the 14.

I run 14 DIN binders on two of my pairs of skis, and 12 DIN binders on the other. As you know, I'm a lightweight (around 135-140ish) and I usually run my skis around 9, sometimes 10 or 10.5. I'm surprised you don't run your DIN higher Laser, given you have 100 pounds on me. Whatever, I would crank up the current binder you have, and if that fails, find some older Solly's, or Looks, I swear by 'em.

-Ben

Originally posted by glademaster
I'm surprised you don't run your DIN higher Laser

yeah me too given that most of the guys my size are skiing dins way up there on the chart but I've never had a problem prereleasing EVER not even on markers until this one time and the more I think about it it was really a fluke thing where I just burried the tips. I can't really explain why I don't come out of my bindings more often must be my smooth as butter skiing style

Yeah, you could be onto something there, that smooth as butter, old school powder turn counter-rotation style. You're either very lucky with binding choice or you're surprisingly light on your feet. Is there a ballerina in there somewhere? Haha

-Ben

these bad boys start at 8. problem solved!

i ride on look p10s and have my din set to something like 7.5 or 8. 9 if i plan on killing it, which i rarely do - i'm around 165lbs, too. they haven't failed me yet, so i'm not worrying.