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Thread: The 300g Touring Binding Thread
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01-12-2022, 09:23 AM #801
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01-13-2022, 01:50 PM #802
Question for the Marker Alpinist crew: After upwards of 10 years on Verticals and then radicals, I'm absolutely hating the zero ramp of the Alpinist. As far as I can tell, there are no officially sanctioned, or even peripherally sanctioned (a la B&D) heel shims. I'm looking for about 8mm of rise to get them ski-able. I've heard of people using an HDPE cutting board, a marker, and a bandsaw to fashion a profile-matched shim, but what screws do I need to source to account for the extra stack height? Anybody actually pull something like this off? Tips & tricks?
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01-13-2022, 02:13 PM #803Registered User
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01-13-2022, 04:29 PM #804Registered User
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I just noticed this in my MTNs - both heel towers have some slop in them that looks to be coming from the interface between the track and the heel tower. Not noticeable skiing in powder, but I could definitely feel it skiing 'dust on crust' conditions. Kind of disappointed TBH, as I only have around 30 days of light to large-ish backcountry days on these. Very minimal hardpack skiing (no resort, only what I've run into in the backcountry). I'm going to keep riding them...for now at least.
Old post, but did you ever hear back from Salomon? I fired them an email a few days ago but haven't heard squat.
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01-13-2022, 04:58 PM #805
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01-14-2022, 01:50 AM #806Registered User
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Like mentioned on the previous page; my experience is the opposite. Love the flat alpinists (reason i bought them), hated my old radicals (which I shimmed)
What I ended up doing with my radicals was to have a friend 3d-print a few sets of shims with various thickness. Then I added quiver killer inserts under the toe piece so I could quickly play around with it.
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01-14-2022, 02:30 AM #807Rod9301
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01-14-2022, 09:28 PM #809Registered User
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01-15-2022, 12:01 AM #810
https://www.bindingfreedom.com/stand...crews-20-pack/
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https://www.tognar.com/alpine-ski-binding-screws/
diameter/pitch are standard, the head shape and size are what varies. Most bindings are flathead like those links, and bindingfreedom thinks that's what alpinists have. In some other cases you have to grind down the head diameter of a flathead or get a panhead screw
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01-24-2022, 10:18 AM #811Registered User
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Little bit of both I think, but I don't have then on hand...it's subtle, but if you twist/pull on the heel tower there's movement and an audible 'click'. I'm not worried yet, but will keep an eye out to see if it gets worse. I emailed Salomon and they shrugged and said to take them to a shop, which is fair.
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01-24-2022, 10:49 AM #812
Husky Doc same place as you I have anew pair of alpinist waiting on a pair of CL skis to arrive. Ordered a cutting board off Amazon. Found a skinny 1/4 nch and think hdpe. Coming later this week. Then I found look pivot spacers in the box. Pr of four mm and one mm. Need to cut down to heel. I like the extra four mm of lift and perhaps the alpinist will force me to limber up likywife told me. Maybe next week
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01-24-2022, 11:39 PM #813Registered User
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I've had multiple Salomon MTN/atomic backlands with catastrophic failures with toe pins completely shearing off. One time I was skinning uphill and the other time it happened was during a transition. Both times I was able to recover the pin and neither failures resulted from a fall.
After those failures, I completely lost faith in those bindings.
Additionally, I had a pair of MTNs that made it about 3 years before the toe springs basically stopped working. No pin failure on these but could walk out of the toes when locked in going uphill and could wiggle my ski with boot in the binding (toe and heel engaged) and watch my boot rattle around in the toe piece. This wasn't as big of a concern because these bindings lasted around 200 days for me and we're probably due for retirement.
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01-25-2022, 07:38 AM #814Registered User
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Well shit. That sucks. I hate hearing this when we’ve got 5 pairs of these currently mounted up. Although we’ve had no issues so far, it’s a bummer to hear about these failures. Mine have developed a little play in the track/tower though.
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01-25-2022, 09:29 AM #815
Damn! I don’t like to hear that either. I’d arrived at a pretty good feeling about MTN’s. I’ll have to do better preflight checks.
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01-25-2022, 09:50 AM #816
I'm now going on 120+ days without MTN issues. I'm only 160lbs though and run them mainly for pow
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01-25-2022, 10:08 AM #817
I'm partial to the Radical toe with SSL 2.0 heels. I have a pair of Trofeo Plus 10's that I'm planning to mount soon, but I find myself wondering why I would stray from what has worked so flawlessly for over the last 4-5 years.
If anyone has this combo (with adjustment plates) in close to new condition I would probably trade.
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01-25-2022, 01:59 PM #818
Thoughts or recs on the lightest pair of bindings you'd run on resort skis at 190 length and 110 underfoot? Would love flat-to-tour option, otherwise open any suggestions. Leaning towards an ATK branded or otherwise.
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01-25-2022, 02:06 PM #819
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01-25-2022, 02:09 PM #820
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01-25-2022, 02:42 PM #821
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01-25-2022, 02:49 PM #822Registered User
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Any recommendations for a touring binding with brake? Something to match a 95 underfoot ski for "genuine" touring and uphill resort skiing that arent the MTN..?
(ATK a bit difficult to source in France)
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01-25-2022, 03:05 PM #823
Just type in "France" and you'll get ~120 stores. https://www.atkbindings.com/en/distribution/ (But for your requirements, the MTN should work fine.)
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01-25-2022, 03:08 PM #824
Le vieux campeur, télémark pyrénées, and a lot of e-shops in France have ATK, it's not really that difficult to get in France ?
Honestly other than an ATK Crest I'm not sure. Maybe a Fritschi Xenic.
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01-25-2022, 03:11 PM #825Registered User
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Hmmm, I've never walked into a shop and seen them is more what I meant, but fair enough.
(Given that I seem to break stuff a lot I'm starting to be more attracted to stuff I can warranty easily)
Thanks all
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