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Old January 6th 05, 12:05 AM
Jon C
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Default 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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Old January 6th 05, 12:16 AM
Jon C
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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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Old January 6th 05, 12:50 AM
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"Jon C" wrote in message
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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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Old January 6th 05, 12:56 AM
Jon C
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LePheaux wrote:
"Jon C" wrote in message
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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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Old January 6th 05, 01:11 AM
Mary Malmros
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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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Old January 6th 05, 01:12 AM
Mary Malmros
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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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Old January 6th 05, 01:16 AM
Jon C
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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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Old January 6th 05, 01:19 AM
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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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Old January 6th 05, 03:02 AM
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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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Old January 6th 05, 03:17 PM
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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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