How long does binding take?

[johnm440]

Hey I am bringing my new skis (Dynastar Troublemakers) to the shop tomorrow and buying bindings for them. How long should I expect to wait to be able to ski my skis? Thanks I'm trying to plan out a trip but dont want to be skiing my oldies.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Ask the shop.

[johnm440]

not open today =( just like a ballpark?

[Gilla]

I usually drop a pair off around noon with a 12 pack of beer and pick them up around 4 or 5 that evening.. Beer seems to help speed the process along nicely

[mtskier]

make sure its good beer. no bud, coors, miller, pbr.

[LightRanger]

Hey I am bringing my new skis (Dynastar Troublemakers) to the shop tomorrow and buying bindings for them. How long should I expect to wait to be able to ski my skis? Thanks I'm trying to plan out a trip but dont want to be skiing my oldies.

Busy shops have a schedule and a backlog. Usually people drop them off and pick them up a day or four later, depending on how busy the shop is. If you want some day service, a six- or twelve-pack of microbrew is acceptable gratuity in my experience.

[jerr]

I once waited 4 months to get a pair mounted. I eventually realised I was never going to get around to it and got a shop to do them in an afternoon.

The problem was I kept drinking the beer I bought myself for the mount.

[Lloyd Braun]

Busy shops have a schedule and a backlog. Usually people drop them off and pick them up a day or four later, depending on how busy the shop is. If you want some day service, a six- or twelve-pack of microbrew is acceptable gratuity in my experience.

That is pretty lame, must be a cali thing.

Any shop here: drop off during business hours, pick up next morning before mountain opens. Same for tunes. A good shop has the techs stay untill all the work is done.

[karpiel]

Beer doesn't always work. Said skis would be tuned and ready at noon, show up at noon, wait an hour for them to finish. Get home and notice there is a huge gouge on one ski, the texture is fucked up on both, my edges look like shit and are covered in p-tex and there are various lumps of p-tex still on the bases. Take them back, no apology or anything, say come back tomorrow after 4.

Cost me price of tune plus 12 pack plus 40 miles and a day of skiing. Will not be returning there.

[marshalolson]

it takes 15 minutes to mount skis. however, you need to realize there are LOTS of people in front of you in line, so often 1-2 weeks at big shops is to be expected. smaller local/specialty shops more like 1-2 days.

unless there is bribery.

don't bring beer, what a bad cliche.

yes it is appreciated as a TIP, but it does not make anything go faster. i get beer all day long, and hardly drink, so it just gets given away to customers.

beer is something you give a tech AFTER the tune is done quickly and nicely. if you need something super fast, then either PLAN BETTER, or give them CASH. dudes want to EAT more than they want to look at an over-flowing refridgerator.

[axebiker]

I wish I had been tech-ing in a place where beer tips were encouraged. That was at a time in my life where I really coulda used the extra. Food? Nah - drink your meals.

The shop I worked at was an on-hill shop - not terribly busy most the time. If someone really needed something, I could usually get it done in a couple hours if they asked nice, otherwise by the next day.

[RockBoy]

Just call around until you find a place that will be able to do it by the time you need the skis. With that being said, keep in mind that the speed in which your skis are completed is not the biggest concern, but rather getting them mounted up correctly. I prefer to support the smaller shops in my area, and I have never waited more than a few hours.