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Does anyone else feel that Freeride spacer is crazy heavy for what it does? I have a ATK universal spacer on my Haute Routes and it was a small weight penalty. However, when I went to purchase a freeride spacer for my Raider Evo 13s, the weight and price ($149 CAD?) made me slide it back across the counter. And it probably adds 1-2mm to the already highish heel.
If I just bought a Freeraider 15 originally, I would probably accept the weight penalty.
29 grams doesnt feel crazy heavy to me. It dosent adds any height.
Plus, it’s a pretty cool designed sliding self-centering plate, so there’s some cool engineering inside. It’s not just a brick of Teflon.
For your use case I would not recommend the Freeraider. The RT Evo 11 is more than enough, and frankly I think the Haute Route 10+ would be more than enough if you ski at an 8.
For me, there is no better 29g spent than that little sliding piece of plastic underfoot. It makes the ski feel wildly more supportive - no spacer feels like I cannot load the back half of the ski without it just looping out. Also doesnt add any stack height when skiing. It does keep you a few mm away from truly flat mode when skinning if thats what you were talking about
Just like everything ATK, the different spacer options are dizzying. Skimo.co sells three different ATK spacers, and this doesn't even include the universal one:
https://skimo.co/atk-binding-parts
The spacer I was referencing (which is not the one that comes on the Freeraider) is referred to as the Classic Freeride Spacer or AL16, weighs 45grams and adds 2mm stack height to the heel.
Ah yeah this one. It's for the older Crest with one climbing aid. For the newer Crest with 2 climbing aids you need the normal spacer.