Need a favor from you shop dudes (and dudettes)

Hello again! I'm back after a nice summer of mountain biking. I'll be
making my first turns tomorrow at Monarch and it's not looking very
good. They only have 18" mid-mountain, but at least I'll get my legs
worked in a little. I may have to do some Nordic or biking afterwards if
it's not all that satisfying (which seems likely).

On to my request. I need some binding adjustment charts. Any of you shop
workers willing to help me out? I need all the major manufacturers, but
Tyrolia and Marker in particular and the chart MUST have the current
year or season on it. LMK if you might be able to help - a scan would be
best but I can do fax or even snail mail if need be. Those companies
will only give the charts to their dealers and I'm not one so they won't
talk to me. I'll gladly compensate you however seems appropriate.

Thanks in advance and hope you all have a great season (Alta is looking
good - wish I was there)!

MattB wrote:
Hello again! I'm back after a nice summer of mountain biking. I'll be
making my first turns tomorrow at Monarch and it's not looking very
good. They only have 18" mid-mountain, but at least I'll get my legs
worked in a little. I may have to do some Nordic or biking afterwards if
it's not all that satisfying (which seems likely).

On to my request. I need some binding adjustment charts. Any of you shop
workers willing to help me out? I need all the major manufacturers, but
Tyrolia and Marker in particular and the chart MUST have the current
year or season on it. LMK if you might be able to help - a scan would be
best but I can do fax or even snail mail if need be. Those companies
will only give the charts to their dealers and I'm not one so they won't
talk to me. I'll gladly compensate you however seems appropriate.

Clearly you are heading for difficulty, since you have several
misconceptions about binding adjustment in a single paragraph, above.
So, before I provide a chart - DIN is a German Industrial Standard
(Standard 7881, I believe,) so it's the same for all bindings; one chart
suffices, although each company produces a chart, the numbers are all
the same. It doesn't change from year to year or by seasons, or phases
of the moon, or anything. Now the kicker - each binding has other
adjustments besides the DIN release adjustment, and you need to know
them; they won't be described in a chart - things like pre-load AKA
forward pressure, and toe height and/or toe width adjustments on some
models. Given the level of misinformation in the previous paragraph I
suggest you apprentice yourself to a shop - you supply the beer - they
supply the info.

Here's charts and other info - However, I suggest you pay someone to set
you up.
http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/din.html
http://home.online.no/~stigbye/skiing/equipment/bindings/binding_adjustment.html

lal_truckee wrote:
MattB wrote:

Hello again! I'm back after a nice summer of mountain biking. I'll be
making my first turns tomorrow at Monarch and it's not looking very
good. They only have 18" mid-mountain, but at least I'll get my legs
worked in a little. I may have to do some Nordic or biking afterwards
if it's not all that satisfying (which seems likely).

On to my request. I need some binding adjustment charts. Any of you
shop workers willing to help me out? I need all the major
manufacturers, but Tyrolia and Marker in particular and the chart MUST
have the current year or season on it. LMK if you might be able to
help - a scan would be best but I can do fax or even snail mail if
need be. Those companies will only give the charts to their dealers
and I'm not one so they won't talk to me. I'll gladly compensate you
however seems appropriate.


Clearly you are heading for difficulty, since you have several
misconceptions about binding adjustment in a single paragraph, above.
So, before I provide a chart - DIN is a German Industrial Standard
(Standard 7881, I believe,) so it's the same for all bindings; one chart
suffices, although each company produces a chart, the numbers are all
the same. It doesn't change from year to year or by seasons, or phases
of the moon, or anything. Now the kicker - each binding has other
adjustments besides the DIN release adjustment, and you need to know
them; they won't be described in a chart - things like pre-load AKA
forward pressure, and toe height and/or toe width adjustments on some
models. Given the level of misinformation in the previous paragraph I
suggest you apprentice yourself to a shop - you supply the beer - they
supply the info.

Here's charts and other info - However, I suggest you pay someone to set
you up.
http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/din.html
http://home.online.no/~stigbye/skiing/equipment/bindings/binding_adjustment.html



Thanks. I'm actually all set up and am skiing telemark more these days
anyway.
Well maybe not so clearly this is for a piece of software that is a
component of a larger rental system. It needs to calculate what I used
to call DIN until being lectured by a couple of binding manufacturers
(Salomon and Marker IIRC) that "it's not DIN anymore, that's just one
aspect of what we call release settings."
The current year is required for CYA legal reasons, and I've actually
noticed some small changes here and there over the years, although they
are always very similar and often identical.

Matt

PS skied powder today at Monarch. Yay!