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Ski Binding Question
When my skis are in summer storage I always un-tension the bindings (which I
recall reading some years ago as being good practice). My wife has not skied (mainly because of the kids) for several years. Now on preparing her skis for our forthcoming trip to Kitzbühel I cannot find the sheet of paper where I recorded her DIN settings. I think my wife's bindings where set to 7. She remembers them as being set to 7. I have found several websites with DIN guides, and I have downloaded DIN calculators: they return a value of 5.25/5.5 for my wife (based on age, height, weight, ability and boot sole length)? When she bought her skis (in Munich), the technician measured the width of her leg / bone as part of binding setup. Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Her skis/bindings (Salomon) are probably five years old (but she is very happy with them): is this a factor? We do intend to visit our local ski shop to get things sorted out, but I thought it is a useful discussion thread! Thanks in advance for any responses! regards Paul Smith |
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:15:22 -0000, "PSmith"
paulDOTsmith_UK@tiscaliDOTcoDOTuk squeezed out the following: When my skis are in summer storage I always un-tension the bindings (which I recall reading some years ago as being good practice). My wife has not skied (mainly because of the kids) for several years. Now on preparing her skis for our forthcoming trip to Kitzbühel I cannot find the sheet of paper where I recorded her DIN settings. I think my wife's bindings where set to 7. She remembers them as being set to 7. I have found several websites with DIN guides, and I have downloaded DIN calculators: they return a value of 5.25/5.5 for my wife (based on age, height, weight, ability and boot sole length)? My wife's are set (professionally) at 5.0, mine at 6.0 - we're both intermediate. 7 sounds too high to me. -- Colin Irvine |
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On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 22:15:22 -0000, in
, "PSmith" paulDOTsmith_UK@tiscaliDOTcoDOTuk wrote: When my skis are in summer storage I always un-tension the bindings (which I recall reading some years ago as being good practice). I really don't thin it's necessary. I've never done this, and most years they bindings are re-tested (free, a servoce offered by our employer, presumably to reduce accidents and lost time) and are fine. My wife has not skied (mainly because of the kids) for several years. Now on preparing her skis for our forthcoming trip to Kitzbühel I cannot find the sheet of paper where I recorded her DIN settings. I think my wife's bindings where set to 7. She remembers them as being set to 7. This could be correct, but only if she's a very fit, aggressive skier, and not on the short and thin side. But the tone of your post seems to suggest otherwise. I have found several websites with DIN guides, and I have downloaded DIN calculators: they return a value of 5.25/5.5 for my wife (based on age, height, weight, ability and boot sole length)? Sounds about right for an int-adv female of normal size, so I'd go with it. Try skiing a couple of normal runs, then increase difficulty. If they don't pre-release they should be fine. When she bought her skis (in Munich), the technician measured the width of her leg / bone as part of binding setup. Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Doubtful. More likely the ski-tech was using some ancient approximation, possibly based on the longer skis of yore. Her skis/bindings (Salomon) are probably five years old (but she is very happy with them): is this a factor? No. |
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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:32:16 +0000, in
, Colin Irvine wrote: My wife's are set (professionally) at 5.0, mine at 6.0 - we're both intermediate. 7 sounds too high to me. 6 sounds a bit low for you, FWIW, given your size and all; and 5 might even be on the high side for petite Pat. DIN settings are a very personal thing though, and once you're happy with a given setting it's perhaps best to stay with it, even if 'professional' advice says otherwise. |
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Ace wrote:
6 sounds a bit low for you, FWIW, given your size and all Chortle -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F & SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |
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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:18:13 +0100, Ace squeezed
out the following: On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:32:16 +0000, in , Colin Irvine wrote: My wife's are set (professionally) at 5.0, mine at 6.0 - we're both intermediate. 7 sounds too high to me. 6 sounds a bit low for you, FWIW, given your size and all; and 5 might even be on the high side for petite Pat. You're probably right about both, although I've lost a couple of stone since I last saw you. I think I'll keep it low, though, given advancing years as well! -- Colin Irvine |
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On 4 Feb, 22:15, "PSmith" paulDOTsmith_UK@tiscaliDOTcoDOTuk wrote:
When my skis are in summer storage I always un-tension the bindings (which I recall reading some years ago as being good practice). My wife has not skied (mainly because of the kids) for several years. Now on preparing her skis for our forthcoming trip to Kitzbühel I cannot find the sheet of paper where I recorded her DIN settings. I think my wife's bindings where set to 7. She remembers them as being set to 7. I have found several websites with DIN guides, and I have downloaded DIN calculators: they return a value of 5.25/5.5 for my wife (based on age, height, weight, ability and boot sole length)? *When she bought her skis (in Munich), the technician measured the width of her leg / bone as part of binding setup. Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Her skis/bindings (Salomon) are probably five years old (but she is very happy with them): is this a factor? We do intend to visit our local ski shop to get things sorted out, but I thought it is a useful discussion thread! Thanks in advance for any responses! regards Paul Smith I'm 5 foot 7, 10.5 stone (before lunch) and intermediate to advanced. 5.5 on my Rossi B2s and I don't bother relaxing them over winter. If I was skiing more I'd probably up them over the course of the season as my riding got more aggressive, but as things stand at the moment they'll probably stay like that until next winter. 7 sounds a little high to me. Matt |
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"Matt T" wrote in message ... On 4 Feb, 22:15, "PSmith" paulDOTsmith_UK@tiscaliDOTcoDOTuk wrote: When my skis are in summer storage I always un-tension the bindings (which I recall reading some years ago as being good practice). My wife has not skied (mainly because of the kids) for several years. Now on preparing her skis for our forthcoming trip to Kitzbühel I cannot find the sheet of paper where I recorded her DIN settings. I think my wife's bindings where set to 7. She remembers them as being set to 7. I have found several websites with DIN guides, and I have downloaded DIN calculators: they return a value of 5.25/5.5 for my wife (based on age, height, weight, ability and boot sole length)? When she bought her skis (in Munich), the technician measured the width of her leg / bone as part of binding setup. Is there a reason for this discrepancy? Her skis/bindings (Salomon) are probably five years old (but she is very happy with them): is this a factor? We do intend to visit our local ski shop to get things sorted out, but I thought it is a useful discussion thread! Thanks in advance for any responses! regards Paul Smith I'm 5 foot 7, 10.5 stone (before lunch) and intermediate to advanced. 5.5 on my Rossi B2s and I don't bother relaxing them over winter. If I was skiing more I'd probably up them over the course of the season as my riding got more aggressive, but as things stand at the moment they'll probably stay like that until next winter. 7 sounds a little high to me. Matt Agreed. Usual ski-tech questions centre on height, weight and ability - i.e. aggressive or leisurely approach. Obviously, weight is a key factor here. 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. Talking of which, has anyone replaced the non-releasing fixings found on 'minis' (I have some Fischer Spyder carvers currently lying idle) with conventional bindings? I'm rather fond of my knees, and would like to preserve them for as long as possible... RM www.mountainpassions.com - an Online Magazine with Altitude |
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:28:27 +0100, in ,
"Roger Moss" wrote: Talking of which, has anyone replaced the non-releasing fixings found on 'minis' (I have some Fischer Spyder carvers currently lying idle) with conventional bindings? I'm rather fond of my knees, and would like to preserve them for as long as possible... I've seen normal safety bindings on Snowblades and other similar stuff, so yes, it's perfectly do-able, but I'm not sure whether the same DIN setting would be appropriate, given the much lower leverage involved. |
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