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Help me find bindings for my new Volant Machete Soul's
I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. I just bought some
170cm Volant Machete Souls ($184 at REI Outlet!) and now I need some bindings for them. The bindings on my Atomic 9.18's are currently set at 6.5. Apparently the skis have riser plates built into them. Is something like this ok? http://www.geardirect.com/Products/S...nding/6216.cfm I'd like to keep the price under $100 if possible. Anyone have any suggestions on where to buy? What do I need? What will I get with a more expensive binding? What should I buy? Jon |
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Jon C wrote:
I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. I just bought some 170cm Volant Machete Souls ($184 at REI Outlet!) and now I need some bindings for them. The bindings on my Atomic 9.18's are currently set at 6.5. Apparently the skis have riser plates built into them. Is something like this ok? http://www.geardirect.com/Products/S...nding/6216.cfm I'd like to keep the price under $100 if possible. Anyone have any suggestions on where to buy? What do I need? What will I get with a more expensive binding? What should I buy? Jon What about something like http://www.summitonline.com/37031.html ? It looks like those also have risers, and I don't understand whether that will work. Someone please explain |
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"Jon C" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. I just bought some 170cm Volant Machete Souls ($184 at REI Outlet!) and now I need some bindings for them. The bindings on my Atomic 9.18's are currently set at 6.5. Apparently the skis have riser plates built into them. Yup. I have these same stix.salomon 810 bindings. nice solid ski. a little un-forgiving in the bumps BUT a tadd better in the crud then the 175 HOTS. Is something like this ok? http://www.geardirect.com/Products/S...nding/6216.cfm I'd like to keep the price under $100 if possible. Anyone have any suggestions on where to buy? What do I need? What will I get with a more expensive binding? What should I buy? Jon |
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LePheaux wrote:
"Jon C" wrote in message ... I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. I just bought some 170cm Volant Machete Souls ($184 at REI Outlet!) and now I need some bindings for them. The bindings on my Atomic 9.18's are currently set at 6.5. Apparently the skis have riser plates built into them. Yup. I have these same stix.salomon 810 bindings. nice solid ski. a little un-forgiving in the bumps BUT a tadd better in the crud then the 175 HOTS. http://shop.store.yahoo.com/emilioss...mons811ps.html Like those? With those bindings plus the riser on the skis, don't you stand way up off the skis? |
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Jon C wrote:
Jon C wrote: I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. I just bought some 170cm Volant Machete Souls ($184 at REI Outlet!) and now I need some bindings for them. The bindings on my Atomic 9.18's are currently set at 6.5. Apparently the skis have riser plates built into them. Is something like this ok? http://www.geardirect.com/Products/S...nding/6216.cfm I'd like to keep the price under $100 if possible. Anyone have any suggestions on where to buy? What do I need? What will I get with a more expensive binding? What should I buy? Jon What about something like http://www.summitonline.com/37031.html ? It looks like those also have risers, and I don't understand whether that will work. Someone please explain The riser's on the ski, not on the binding. The question is whether the binding you've chosen can be mounted on the ski you've chosen. Check the manufacturer's website. -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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Jon C wrote:
Like those? With those bindings plus the riser on the skis, don't you stand way up off the skis? You say that like it's a bad thing. -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
Jon C wrote: Like those? With those bindings plus the riser on the skis, don't you stand way up off the skis? You say that like it's a bad thing. Well I'd think that there's a limit to how far off the ski you'd want to be In other news, with snowfall like this, kayaking season is going to.. er... be in 2007. |
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Mary Malmros wrote:
Jon C wrote: Jon C wrote: I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. I just bought some 170cm Volant Machete Souls ($184 at REI Outlet!) and now I need some bindings for them. The bindings on my Atomic 9.18's are currently set at 6.5. Apparently the skis have riser plates built into them. Is something like this ok? http://www.geardirect.com/Products/S...nding/6216.cfm I'd like to keep the price under $100 if possible. Anyone have any suggestions on where to buy? What do I need? What will I get with a more expensive binding? What should I buy? Jon What about something like http://www.summitonline.com/37031.html ? It looks like those also have risers, and I don't understand whether that will work. Someone please explain The riser's on the ski, not on the binding. The question is whether the binding you've chosen can be mounted on the ski you've chosen. Check the manufacturer's website. I'm checking out the Salomon S810, for example, which appears to me to come with or without the Axe riser.. but Salomon's web site doesn't seem to give any indication of what skis it may wortk with. The ski itself is last year's so Volant's web site doesn't even acknowledge that it exists.. |
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Jon C writes: I'm 5'9, 160 lbs, and a fairly aggressive skier. If you are fairly aggressive and want to stick with Rossi bindings, I would suggest the Axial line over the Axium. That's a proven design they got from Look and it is rock solid. I ski bumps fairly aggressively and I've yet to have a ski pop off with these bindings. And unless you are a gate basher who only skis bullet proof snow I would stay away from bindings with additional risers since the ski already has one. Risers suck for bumps and soft snow. Probably a bit too early but there are several stores that dump their bindings on eBay once the season is over its peak. I bought my last 2 sets of Rossi bindings that way. I think about $150 for axial 140, and less than $100 for axial 120 last year... bruno. |
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Jon C wrote:
Mary Malmros wrote: Jon C wrote: Like those? With those bindings plus the riser on the skis, don't you stand way up off the skis? You say that like it's a bad thing. Well I'd think that there's a limit to how far off the ski you'd want to be Yes, and you can count on the riser plate from a ski manufacturer to be well within that limit. It's not like wearing a pair of Bootsy Collins shoes, so don't worry about it. -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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