In message , Peter Clinch
writes
just had to alter a tour quite a bit when my wife's Rotefella Super
Telemark 3 pin bindings failed within a few days of each other. They
were being used on fairly normal nordic tourers (Morotto Jokylkyrkkjas)
with Crispi CX-T light plastic boots, touring waymarked routes with
nothing aggressive going on (kick 'n' stick over rolling country with
turns usually wedges on fairly easy slopes). Weather wasn't anything
out of the ordinary, with temperatures around freezing when they went.

In each case the bale cracked and broke between the hinge and the centre
notch-post, and we managed to ski on (carefully!) for several km with
just one side and the notch fastening holding things together before we
could replace the bindings.

The bindings are 4 years old, this was their third big tour (plus quite
a few days there and here). I use the same model on similar skis and
with fairly similar boots (original brown T3s) and haven't had any trouble.

We suspect it was just a Late Friday Afternoon pair and will be sending
them back to Rotefella to see what they think, but I wondered if anyone
else had had a similar problem?

Pete.

Sounds like a dud pair. I was out a few days ago on a pair of "rock "
skis with those bindings dating from 1987! The bindings are still fine.
They must have had many months of use.
--
Chris Townsend

http://www.auchnarrow.demon.co.uk