Light is Right

[Rontele]

What? You better watch it! I'll throw one of those sandbags right at your head! I've gained 10 lbs. over the past year and haven't been able to get over this endurance plateau I've been sitting on for the past 10 months or so. I blame it all on Dynafits.......and a little bit of beer.

Next season you can lash all 240 lbs of me and my gear to your back and slog me up the hill. That should get you into really good shape...

[shera]

What? You better watch it! I'll throw one of those sandbags right at your head! I've gained 10 lbs. over the past year and haven't been able to get over this endurance plateau I've been sitting on for the past 10 months or so. I blame it all on Dynafits.

I'm ten pounds thinner and faster than ever. I am soooooo going to catch you! You just need to get good and old. The best ski mountaineers are my age anyways.

You could carry my water. I don't mind being babysat. Berko fed me goo and lent me his extra crampons and brought beer. Obviously the caring sort.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

haven't been able to get over this endurance plateau

What is that? You can't crack 5 minutes on your mile times.

[FrankZappa]

I've gained 10 lbs. over the past year and haven't been able to get over this endurance plateau I've been sitting on for the past 10 months or so. I blame it all on Dynafits.......and a little bit of beer.

Watch out, man, or you'll be worse of than me when you get to be my age

I blame mine on 3-pins & leather boots (& whiskey)

[shera]

that's because I'll be doing the skiing, and you'll be towing.

And you'll be fixing when I'm wrecking.

I want to modify that sled to keep everybody on running boards. No towing.

[iskibc]

I'm ten pounds thinner and faster than ever. I am soooooo going to catch you! You just need to get good and old. The best ski mountaineers are my age anyways.

You could carry my water. I don't mind being babysat. Berko fed me goo and lent me his extra crampons and brought beer. Obviously the caring sort.

I'll carry your water if you tow me around on your sled next winter

Dang, Berko hooked it up. I need to get out with him more often. Except, he doesn't need to feed me his goo .

[lemon boy]

Except, he doesn't need to feed me his goo .

Lotta protein there. Might be just what you need.

It ain't a big step from wearing dynafits to suckin dicks.

[Rontele]

The best ski mountaineers are my age anyways.

I didn't know the best ski mountaineers were 20 and hot!

[upallnight]

What's the point in buying Dynafits with breaks? You lose your weight savings, and the brakes make the heel rotation next to impossible.

Seeing people on Dynafits with breaks makes me feel almost as sorry for them as someone on Freerides. It just doesn't make any sense.

I've been using Dynafits with brakes for 3-4 years now, and I've been on just about every iteration of the Fritschi over the last 9-10 years.

Dynafit brakes work just fine. Yes, they can make rotating the heel a touch harder, but saying it is "next to impossible" is misleading. Perhaps if you have not used the brakes much, yours were not "broken in". After a few times, it does get easier.

Also, traveling through avy terrain is safer with the brakes than leashes.

When I'm standing above a rappel or putting my skis on in any terrain >45 degrees, I've generally chopped out a (small) platform. I find that's pretty much mandatory in order to step into any binding. The leashes could help the ski from totally taking off...but at the some point you have to remove the leash in order to really move the ski around.

The brakes do a great job of holding the ski in place on that platform that you just chopped.

My Dynafits have only ever released maybe once that I can recall. That said, for my skiing, if they *did* release, I'd want the skis away from -- not attached to -- me. But that is just my preference.

Fritschis have issues (they are heavy, for instance), but they have many amazing points. They are also quite reliable.

Dynafits, too, have many fantastic traits (love mine), but they're not as solid for any folks who need a cross-over binding. I push mine hard and occasionally even ride lifts with them, but they wouldn't handle *that* much of it...and, well, their release characteristics don't make it that safe for your joints when set near the top of their scale. (DIN 10 is not that high for folks around here.)

Fritschi's bindings were revolutionary, and they still continue to make people mobile. Don't knock them for that.

Dyanfits are more evolutionary than revolutionary ...but they are no less mind-blowing than one's first BC tour on Fritschis. They open up lots of new terrain.

That said, it's cool if folks use *any* gear to get out in the BC...whether that's Spats + 916s + Trekkers + Alpine boots or F1s + Dynafit Ti's + Trabs. It's all good.

Remember, Bill Briggs was up there killing it on what (?!?!) gear. I think that was before Dynafits or Fritschis were around. I'm sure he'd be psyched on either binding. Then again...we could call him and ask. He's in the phone book!

Peace.

[mtnbikerskierchick]

What is that? You can't crack 5 minutes on your mile times.

Nah, he can't go for more than 17 hours in a day.

[Rontele]

It ain't a big step from wearing dynafits to suckin dicks.

how would you know?

[lemon boy]

how would you know?

I wouldn't... although I heard you would. Traitor.

[iskibc]

What is that? You can't crack 5 minutes on your mile times.

My running has been lacking. Sub 5 minute miles are tough. I haven't cracked that barrier since college. Just signed up for the Idaho Springs-Georgetown half marathon though. Don't really know what the hell I was thinking, but figured it would be a fun test. Hopefully that will be enough to motivate me and get going again.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

Nah, he can't go for more than 17 hours in a day.

Well now that is something to be ashamed of.

Edit: A half marathon is about twice as far as I would ever voluntarily run. But then again I hate running, although my girlfriend is trying to cure of that.

[Rontele]

I wouldn't... although I heard you would. Traitor.

I am just discussing going to the darkside. Unlike Berko who has already sold his soul to the devil.

I wouldn't suck dick too well anyways, I have a bad gag reflex.

[Rontele]

My running has been lacking. Sub 5 minute miles are tough. I haven't cracked that barrier since college. Just signed up for the Idaho Springs-Georgetown half marathon though. Don't really know what the hell I was thinking, but figured it would be a fun test. Hopefully that will be enough to motivate me and get going again.

I haven't broken a sub 5 minute half mile in...

oh wait, that is embarassing.

[iskibc]

how would you know?

Look at him. He's a tele skier, likes raw meat, and likes to hang out with wildlife. He has pole smoker written all over him.

[shera]

Lotta protein there. Might be just what you need.

It ain't a big step from wearing dynafits to suckin dicks.

Shite that's funny - POTD!!!

edit - it just gets funnier

[upallnight]

The only bad thing about Dynafits is.........they make you a weak ass pussy, cause you learn that light is right.

very true. I toured for many years carrying skis on my back, wearing downill boots and snowshoes. I was in the best shape ever. Pretty much did the same mileage and vertical as I do nowadays. It took me a long time to make the switch over to AT gear because I didn't want to lose that fitness level. I liked the workout and I was used to it. Then I made the move to AT gear and got a bit lazy and fat. Now I'm partly on Dynafits and have seen my fitness level drop a bit again. Thinking I'll only bring them out on long days or big vert.

Then just go faster. Or further. Or higher.

Lighter gear just gives people more options. That said, if you want to get fit and only have x amount of time to get in that workout...but all means, take a 40-pound mountain bike on your road ride, wear alpine boots, hike with cast iron pots hanging off your pack...

If you keep speed and time constant, then it's obvious that for a given workout length, you will do less work with lighter gear. But generally you can do more, faster, longer with the light/right gear -- you can always choose to get further out there and get the cardio.

It all has it's place.

[mtnbikerskierchick]

I am just discussing going to the darkside. Unlike Berko who has already sold his soul to the devil.

Duh! We've already discussed this! You're selling your soul to the devil when you become a lawyer... so you might as well start earlier by turning to the darkside of the Dynafit world.... you Darth Vedor type....

[Rontele]

Look at him. He's a tele skier, likes raw meat, and likes to hang out with wildlife. He has pole smoker written all over him.

I agree, POTD!

[shera]

I didn't know the best ski mountaineers were 20 and hot!

That'd be like two of me. Twice as good, I guess.

[Rontele]

That'd be like two of me. Twice as good, I guess.

I hope I look as good as you when I turn 40 MirCat...

[lemon boy]

That'd be like two of me. Twice as good, I guess.

come on, you're older than ten.

[iskibc]

That'd be like two of me. Twice as good, I guess.

And all this time I thought you were 20. Damn.