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01-11-2013, 05:47 PM #76Registered User
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for a beta tester you don't just need a fat kid, you need somebody who fucks up everything they touch some people are good at this and its not just weight
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01-11-2013, 06:03 PM #77
You calling me a kid? WTF?
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01-11-2013, 06:20 PM #78not awesome
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01-11-2013, 06:24 PM #79
https://www.tetongravity.com/blogs/Dy...st-6498113.htm
Article up. Lazy webdude went skiing and it went late. Guess I can,t complain as I did the same thing. Pls read and ill check in later for qs
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01-11-2013, 06:31 PM #80
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01-11-2013, 06:31 PM #81Registered User
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"Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
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01-11-2013, 07:46 PM #82Registered User
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It's expensive to be a heavy skier on tour......
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01-11-2013, 07:55 PM #83
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01-11-2013, 08:32 PM #84Registered User
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No more option to ski with the toe fully locked?
hmmm that will now be a true test of a tech toe in nasty terrain.
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01-11-2013, 09:56 PM #85
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01-11-2013, 10:01 PM #86
OK lots of questions so going to wade thru them
Scotty I brainfarted on that. Will try to take a picture but am out tomorrow too. I've got a shot of the binding in tour mode (ie black lever on toe flipped down but I don't think that's what you want).
The youtube video by evo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Y27pb9jFObA) shows the go to tour mode mech and the binding open fyi
With 135 mm brakes measures at 948. I think maybe 935 is with smaller brakes? I weighed with screws. JohnS will be proud - I'm not scamming Sharons kitchen scale anymore and bought an electronic scale
Yah the first grey riser and see BigSteve;s observation
Nope they are providing the heel retrofits to other bootmakers
Oh yah its ugly. Terminator like almost. As per article toe is preset springiness and not DIN adjustable
Exactly but I didn;t measure the riser height. To be honest I'm not crazy about the risers. Its very Onyx like and I didn't like those but maybe it'll grow on me with use
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01-11-2013, 10:04 PM #87
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01-11-2013, 11:27 PM #88
Ok so all this is cool and great and I'm glad I got to stare at a bunch of pictures. There is an elephant in the room though. My understanding of my dynafit radicals (and from what I can gather, every dynafit toe) is that the Release Value pegs somewhere around a 7.5 with the toe unlocked. Elasticity does not make this suddenly go away. I thought for sure this was going to be the tech binding that allowed me to ski how I'd like, toes unlocked. I'm beginning to think that this may not be true.
What would it take to get a number pegged to this new toe? Does anyone think they might be able to test this? IMO this might be the single most important fact yet to be confirmed about this binding. If it's not above 10, I am no longer interested in any way and am perfectly happy with current dynafit. I really hope it's been raised significantly, otherwise what's the point of a 16 heel?
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01-12-2013, 12:15 AM #89
My first reaction: These are only slightly lighter than Marker Tours. Obviously, if you are doing lots of skinning this is still a huge difference.
For spring missions where I'm doing more climbing than skinning (if any skinning at all), I'll keep my real bindings.
This is cool, but not super impressive. I'd rather see the Green Mountain Freeride Binding concept get perfected...
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01-12-2013, 12:58 AM #90
I just don't understand. If you are so rad and so heavy and so strong you need 16 din bindings to ski backcountry, you might as well use dukes. At this point, the Radicals have more than enough useless shit per gram on them. I can tell you, it's not worth it, this shit is heavy and gimmicky enough already. If you are not Seth Morrison or Hoji, you do not need a 16 din tech binding, I promise. Save your money.
Fuck, I wish they would make something like the speed radical but a little wider and with a slightly beefed up heel asseembly... Fuck. I might have been suckered into another 600$ for that, but FUCK, 1000$ so I can blow my knee on something barely lighter than marker tours? hahhahahahaha."The skis just popped me up out of the snow and I went screaming down the hill on a high better than any heroin junkie." She Ra
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01-12-2013, 04:35 AM #91
No sweat LL, went back and looked at the photos you posted and figured out one was with the toe lever open, it just did not show the lever.
THXwatch out for snakes
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01-12-2013, 07:52 AM #92
Hey Mods, what about changing this forum name from Tech Talk to Hype and Gripe?
Move upside and let the man go through...
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01-12-2013, 08:01 AM #93
How many maggots actually need a DIN that high?
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01-12-2013, 08:24 AM #94Registered User
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01-12-2013, 08:50 AM #95
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01-12-2013, 09:00 AM #96Registered User
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I want a binder that's as bulletproof as my turntables, as elastic, reasonably lightweight, flat ramp, just as capable ripping down icy groomers with the kids but can still tour. A quiver binder, that i can take travelling without incurring excess weight penalties. My last foray into ft12s was less than overwhelming, but the Beasts definitely pique my interest. Subscribing.
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01-12-2013, 09:20 AM #97Hugh Conway Guest
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01-12-2013, 09:24 AM #98
Maybe I'm the only one, but this looks like something I'll be happy to let others do the testing on. To much that is new, with out much testing, and a lot of places where things could go wrong. Radicals are working fine for me.
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01-12-2013, 11:28 AM #99
PS, the one time I released from my dynafit radical it was smooth and predictable and felt right on the money as far as the din setting. Another time with my toes on the first locked setting I had such an elastic return to center I was sure my ski came off but there it was, right where I needed it to be. It sucks they're going this direction. All 95% of actual tech binding users want is a simple, wider version of the speed radical under the 819$ plum price tag, how hard is that? The release mechanism is already fine, the only thing that needed improvement was the underbuilt heelpiece and to get rid of the quarter pound gimmick plates. I could care less what trickles down from this behemoth, I wouldn't need any of it.
"The skis just popped me up out of the snow and I went screaming down the hill on a high better than any heroin junkie." She Ra
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01-12-2013, 11:57 AM #100
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