Mounting Marker Piston Control bindings on GS skis w/ riser plates (Volkl P40 F1) - Good Idea or Not?

I have a pair of Volkl P40 F1s (the green GS skis from a couple years
back). They have built-in riser plates.

I'm considering putting Marker Titanium bindings w/ Piston Control on
them. But because of the piston mechanism, these bindings of course
have their own rise to them as well.

So, I'm wondering if the combined rise would give me anything - good
or bad?

And actually, come to think of it, maybe because they're GS skis I'm
not going to get much benefit from the Pistons anyway so why pay for
Pistons?

Thoughts?

Thanks!

In article ,
Tripp Knightly wrote:
-I have a pair of Volkl P40 F1s (the green GS skis from a couple years
-back). They have built-in riser plates.
-
-I'm considering putting Marker Titanium bindings w/ Piston Control on
-them. But because of the piston mechanism, these bindings of course
-have their own rise to them as well.
-
-So, I'm wondering if the combined rise would give me anything - good
-or bad?
-
-And actually, come to think of it, maybe because they're GS skis I'm
-not going to get much benefit from the Pistons anyway so why pay for
-Pistons?
-
-Thoughts?
-
-Thanks!

For what it's worth, I use Marker 1200 Free on my Energyrails, and they work
fine. It seems to me that the plate isn't going to be doing much flexing anyway,
so the benefit of the piston is sort of lost. lal_truckee - any opinion?

Steve

Steve wrote:

In article ,
Tripp Knightly wrote:
-I have a pair of Volkl P40 F1s (the green GS skis from a couple years
-back). They have built-in riser plates.
-
-I'm considering putting Marker Titanium bindings w/ Piston Control on
-them. But because of the piston mechanism, these bindings of course
-have their own rise to them as well.
-
-So, I'm wondering if the combined rise would give me anything - good
-or bad?
-
-And actually, come to think of it, maybe because they're GS skis I'm
-not going to get much benefit from the Pistons anyway so why pay for
-Pistons?
-
-Thoughts?
-
-Thanks!

For what it's worth, I use Marker 1200 Free on my Energyrails, and they work
fine. It seems to me that the plate isn't going to be doing much flexing anyway,
so the benefit of the piston is sort of lost. lal_truckee - any opinion?

Aren't the risers rubber mounted on those Volkls? So the ski can flex
but the plate is stiff? If so the binding doesn't need to be anything
special, since it has nothing to do but clamp you in - I'd just mount
with some old MRRs from the garage.