Ski Binding Question

"Roger Moss" wrote in message
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"Matt T" wrote in message
Agreed. Usual ski-tech questions centre on height, weight and ability -
i.e. aggressive or leisurely approach. Obviously, weight is a key factor
here.


I've never understood why. My bones don't get any thicker or stronger just
because I may put on weight!

However, my wife and I recently had to hire some skis in an old-style
family-run business in... well, anyway, the owner keyed all our details
(including age) into a rather dated-looking Rossignol calculator. The
figure which emerged was quite a bit lower than that which both of us have
used in the past, but we decided to go with it to prove a point.
Interestingly, despite skiing some of the steepest stuff in Areches quite
enthusiastically, we had no problems at all with pre-releasing.

Bottom Line, FWIW, seems to be that in the past maybe we've tended to
over-spec the settings.


I tell the shop to set my (hired) skis to 5 and my wifes to 3 (less than 9
stone). The skis don't pre-release.

I see no benefit in having them on tighter.

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Michael Chare