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Thread: Salomon Mtn tech "Pin" binding
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04-20-2017, 08:33 AM #76Registered User
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04-20-2017, 08:58 AM #77
^^^ I thought the same exact thing. What's the point? If it was pro deal or you could find them for 90 bucks in the summer I'm buying them, otherwise forget it.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
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04-20-2017, 09:02 AM #78
A lot of us want simple things that work for pure touring trips. This binding does that. Its the Dynafit TLT with more adjustment and no auto rotation
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04-20-2017, 09:09 AM #79
I may be wrong, but I think the Salomon will be the lightest weight binding that still has a flat touring mode, two heel riser positions, BSL adjustment, and significant distribution/warranty support in the US (which disqualifies Plum and ATK IMO). I don't see it as revolutionary, more just another solid option.
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04-20-2017, 09:17 AM #80
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04-20-2017, 09:19 AM #81Gel-powered Tech bindings
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Skimo Co provides warranty support for Plum bindings puchased from them.
Hagan USA provides warranty support for their two rebranded ATK models.
(The other points though certainly will appeal to some potential puchasers. Overall, looks like a nice model in an increasing growing niche of "near-race" bindings.)
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04-20-2017, 09:26 AM #82
Yes, I know, but I said widespread distribution and support. The fact that Skimo will warranty my Plums isn't that useful to me when my bindings explode in CO in the middle of a storm cycle. It would take over a week just in shipping back and forth to deal with it. With Dynafit, G3, Salomon, etc I can walk into any backcountry shop in the country and get help.
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04-20-2017, 09:31 AM #83Registered User
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minimalist except for the price cuz at 700$ can there are whole lot of bindings out there including yer full service options
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-20-2017, 09:32 AM #84
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04-20-2017, 09:34 AM #85
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04-20-2017, 09:38 AM #86
Slap a SSL toe on it... 240g I think?
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04-20-2017, 09:49 AM #87Registered User
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04-20-2017, 10:21 AM #88Gel-powered Tech bindings
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04-20-2017, 10:27 AM #89
Can only speak to Whistler and Vancouver but yes. That would happen. Sometimes a shop might give a rep or the company a call but the replacement would be from shop inventory then inventory replenished by the company. This happens with Marker, Salomon, Dynafit, Fritschi, G3
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04-20-2017, 10:32 AM #90
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04-20-2017, 10:49 AM #91Registered User
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Yup ^^ after spolding a heel piece I bought elsewhere the local retailer got the part from the dynafit rep had fixed it for me real quick, I think he might keep a spare FT heel kicking around to speed up service
its gona be the same rep for all of BC so it doesnt matter who fixes it
of course it could depend entirely on the rep AND the countryLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-20-2017, 02:36 PM #92
I’ve got two full seasons on these bindings. Reasons why I plan on buying another set:
- Full height riser
- Integrated fore/aft adjustment plate
- Reliable
- Never lock the toe in tour mode. The toe springs bite hard enough for my 5’11” 160lb frame to keep skis on without locking them. I can still accidentally stomp the skis into releasing in tour mode but adequate technique has never been a problem even on hard snow with crampons
- Never have to lock the toe in downhill mode. Unlike some other pin bindings, these instill enough confidence to ski unlocked. Last week we skied the Wasatch’s Hypodermic Needle, including 1100ft of hop turns in firm-ish conditions, and the bindings were unlocked, uneventful
- They weigh in at 285 grams
- Typically rotate the heel only once a tour. Start out rotated in flat mode for the approach, then rotate for the first the transition and after that it’s just a matter of flipping the risers for the rest of the day
I have had one repairable failure:
- The hex head machine screw that holds the heel lifter assembly loosened and I had to un-mount the binding to reattach
- This is not a catastrophic failure and if it happens you can turn the heel lifter clockwise to tighten
Last edited by MultiVerse; 04-21-2017 at 06:58 AM.
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08-25-2017, 02:01 PM #93
In the last few weeks I skied several days with a person using a Salomon tech-capable test binding which is NOTHING like any other tech binding I have seen before. It may have already been alluded to in another discussion, but I can't find the "new gear rumours for 2018" thread, if it exists.
I didn't take a photo because I'm not one of those people who experienced every special moment via their cell phone camera. And because I respect my own and the other person's privacy in a small ski world.Life is not lift served.
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08-25-2017, 02:15 PM #94
Seeing someone's test binding qualifies as a special moment? Hmm.
Anyway, what pros did you see about it compared to the Kingpin? Aside from being lighter, of course (right?).
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08-25-2017, 02:23 PM #95
Hey J, no, not a special moment for me Special for some others. I have a lazy and ambivalent "oh look at that, cool!... um, whatever" kind of uncaptivated response to new gear. Even if it is better than what I happen to be using on a daily basis. Its just another potential expense in a never ending river of gear expenses.
Totally different toe piece to Kingpins. Probably has already been discussed here.Life is not lift served.
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08-25-2017, 02:30 PM #96
I guess what I'm asking is, did you observe anything about said toe piece that made it superior?
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08-25-2017, 02:36 PM #97
I can only speculate, but the design could potentially offer alpine toe piece elasticity, performance and release. And tech touring movement.
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08-25-2017, 08:28 PM #98Registered User
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Cool. I think there was some discussion somewhere else and even pics. It looks pretty cool. Tech toe piece is embedded into an alpine toe. It looks good if it works.
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08-25-2017, 09:57 PM #99
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08-25-2017, 10:38 PM #100
Hybrid toe.
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