-- Freetour 2.0 - the 2024 CAST system thread - -

[waxman]

As a small dealer of Cast in the Great White North I can say I love the new system. All the fiddly bits of the old system are gone and the new interface is much better. I never understood the old pin toe sliding on from the from which in turn meant it could kick off from the front if there was ice and or the latch didn't click.
We were allocated one complete system (the purple pivot) and it sold in about 3 days, was much easier to mount than 1.0.
I also think the new system will work 1000x better with previously mounted skis as sometimes the stainless plate and post would not get or stay flat if the topsheet was not absolutely completely flat.

Interesting you guys were able to get "kits" as we were told the only option was complete sets.

[snoboy]

Mod kits, and 2nd ski kits were available for the few days that they were on the website, before it all sold out. So easy to mount.

I haven't added Dynafit inserts yet, but I know from past exploration that the toes do not overlap any holes. Not sure about the heels.

Unfortunately I have had an issue with my 2.0 setup last weekend. CAST was super gracious as usual, and had replacement parts at my door in under 5 days (this is with international shipping) with no questions. This might sound hard to believe but both of my touring toes broke in exactly the same manner, within 10' of each other on the skin track. I can't seem to post pics on TGR these days, but basically the left tech pin arm broke right across the hole where the pin is fixed. Non functional obviously, and I'm glad that I wasn't somewhere that I needed to walk out of. New protocol for me will be a close visual inspection before and after each transition... My theory is a slight worn tool producing an undersized hole leading to too much stress from the pin when it was inserted? Who knows yet.

Only about 8-10 fairly mellow walks on them before they failed.

[HukuTa_KydecHuk]

any news on these? issues? incompatibilities? failures?

[ASmileyFace]

All the pairs I got my hands on last year looked bombproof. Also, I heard direct from CAST that there will be a few Freetour 2.0 Upgrade kits for the Pivot 2.0 this season if you are so inclined.