Howdy Folks,
After riding my skis with KneeBinding for 10ish days for 3 seasons, I am looking for a replacement. The main two things that are causing me to look for a new binding are prerelease and stack height. They are difficult to clip in, but I don't mind.
- Prerelease - difficult to really pinpoint. Not sure if its the 'innovative' heel piece that is opening up early, or perhaps they bindings were mounted a bit too far apart and popping out, or something else. They definitely feel 'looser' this past winter on a pair of new skis. The heel piece definitely jiggles a bit when boot is not clipped in. So, in some capacity, not sure if they were mounted poorly, forward pressure is wrong, theyre getting old, or what's happening.
- Prereleased halfway through The Fingers and then again a week later doing the chute next to McConkeys at Palisades last year.
- Stack Height - My friend n I have the exact same skis - 4FRNT MSP 99. His have Pivots on them, mine have KneeBinding. I tried his on a few runs last year. I was surprised that I could actually feel a difference in power and between the two. When I went back to my KneeBindings felt like i was riding on top of a brick between me and my ski. Not sure how much of that was placebo though.
So, I am looking to replace my KneeBinding to fix these issues but maintain the safety I deem necessary. Enter the Tyrolia Protector.
Wondering if anyone has experience with both could weigh in here?
There are a few good reviews of the Protector but don't really comment on how they feel compared to KneeBinding.
Would like to dissuade the folks from replying that are going to say 'Get pivots, they offer the knee protection with their swivel heel cup' (which simply isn't true) or 'SkI bEtTeR bRo'.
Thanks Y'all
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