yeah, ramp angle is the same and the new toepiece is SO MUCH easier to get in. the new vipec and tecton are probably the pin-/hybrid bindings which are the easiest to get in now...
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cant remember any. but i generally dont ski hard and dont usually crash.
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i have about 15 days on the black edition now and also think they are MUCH better than previous generations.
i put a lot of days on older vipecs even though i did not like them, but the black ones...

the things (are they called threads?) in the base-plate of the heel-piece which are needed to adjust the forward pressure were the reason. they did not really come off, but they all got "flattened...

yeah, for me it was very hard to get into one of the two bindings, since the toe piece would not open as wide as the other one. fritschie told me "thats because it has been used so much" ??

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