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Thread: Would you put Dynafits on fats

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    Would you put Dynafits on fats

    Any experience with Dynafits on fats?
    I will be buying some skis like Coomba, Hellbent, Fisher Watea or Gotama's for next season and I'm considering between Fritschi Freeride's or Dynafits. I'm doing mostly touring, but also a fair amount lift or heli assisted off piste.

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    sure mount the hog bellybutton + 2cm
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    Plenty of people have dynafits on skis in the 100-110 waste width, even bigger. They are stiffer than Fritchis, no real issue there with any width ski.

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    from one to another...

    I've got dynafit and fritchi set-ups. For me, it comes down to boots, actually. I like big stiff boots for resort skiing, but those make for somewhat uncomfortable skinning. I think flexible, light touring boots are a little disappointing in performance at the resort, but they are good for skiing variable backcountry conditions if paired with wide-ish skis and great for the 90% of your day spent going uphill. Obviously, there are people out there skiing some very demanding terrain with pretty light weight gear, so it is possible to get plenty of downhill performance with less than an alpine setup. I haven't tried any of the newest boots, but it seems as though you can get boots at both ends of the spectrum for each style of binding now. Fritchis give you the option of a true alpine boot, of course-- I'm not sure how close the new scarpa/garmont/dynafit boots come to that level of downhill performance. So whichever bindings you choose, I think two pairs of boots are necessary.

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    I am considering the exact same skis, as well as the G3 el Hombre (136/105/124). For me the only issue is brakes. I hate skiing anywhere without brakes (if you've ever watched your ski rocket several hundred vertical feet down a glacier and into a crevasse, you'd know how I feel).

    I think Dynafits would be better for wide skis than FRs, because they're stiffer and they hold the boot closer to the ski (so less torque on the system). And there is no comparison for touring. Don't worry about durability - the engineering on the Dynafits is pure genius.

    But the widest brakes for Dynafits are 100mm. Does anyone have any experience bending them to 105mm? They look pretty flimsy to me.
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    I have dynafits on kilowatts and fritchi's on gotama's. I have mega-rides that i use with the kilowatts and use my alpine boots with the gots. I feel like the mega rides are not stiff enough for the gotamas.

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    Once you go fat, you never go back.....er something like that.

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    FYI

    solly brake arms can be used in place of the dynafit ones
    all you have to do is drill out the little hole in the brake on the dynafit
    or you can just remove the dynafit brake arms and bend them in a vise.

    the only "issue" i have with dynafits on wider skis, 105+ for example, is that they are so stiff and so low rise they can be very fatiguing to ski on hard snow when it comes to carving.

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    Thank you for the information about using Solly arms - I wasn't aware they worked with Dynafit brakes.

    I understand that Dynafit sells a riser that might help with the carving issue on fat skis. To me, "carving, Dynafits and fat skis" don't really fit in the same sentence, unless it's frozen corn in the spring, in which case everything fatigues me.
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    Dynafits are cool. Do it. And try the 100mm brakes on before, sometimes they fit a bit wide (and sometimes they don't.....)

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    I have Dynafits on Prophet 100, Big Stix 106, Fatty Bros (115 underfoot). I have no negative things to say about these setups. The 100-106 doesn't really feel that fat anymore. The Dynafits are way stiffer then the Fritschi and I love carving those Line 100 at the resort, so fun. A million times better then Freerides and never cared to notice the slop before. But all you will want to do is tour on Dynafit and why not bring the fattest thing possible for the way down since they are sooooo dang light. I'm even thinking of putting some on my Iggy FFF, just a matter of time really and finding someone I trust to drill those skis.

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    Kya, I'm looking at getting some dynafit comforts to mount on soft Bro179's. was wondering what model dynafits you were running. thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kya View Post
    I have Dynafits on Prophet 100, Big Stix 106, Fatty Bros (115 underfoot). I have no negative things to say about these setups. The 100-106 doesn't really feel that fat anymore. The Dynafits are way stiffer then the Fritschi and I love carving those Line 100 at the resort, so fun. A million times better then Freerides and never cared to notice the slop before. But all you will want to do is tour on Dynafit and why not bring the fattest thing possible for the way down since they are sooooo dang light. I'm even thinking of putting some on my Iggy FFF, just a matter of time really and finding someone I trust to drill those skis.
    Marshal just drilled my Iggies. He said he was nervous.
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    Bro 192s with a 115 waist mounted with Dynafit? I have a pair of Freerides and a pair of Dynafit Comforts laying around from a binding buy earlier this year. Trying to decide what to do but this thread is validating my theories.

    I've never had a Dynafit issue but I keep wondering how big to keep pushing them, ski-wise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnykim View Post
    Kya, I'm looking at getting some dynafit comforts to mount on soft Bro179's. was wondering what model dynafits you were running. thanks!
    TLT Classic. But stick with Comforts because there is more adjustability in the heel piece.

    Man it must hurt everytime someone drills a pair of Iggies. I was in the shop with Adam (the dude who makes Iggies) the day he mounted mine, and you could just tell, deep down inside he didn't want to put a bunch of holes in those beautifull boards. I know I want Dynafits on mine just the thought od someone drilling them again is so depressing.

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    get dukes instead, such a more durable binding and has a din that you can use

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    Quote Originally Posted by fastR of puppets View Post
    get dukes instead, such a more durable binding and has a din that you can use
    What's a Duke? I don't believe I've ever read about it on these boards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fastR of puppets View Post
    get dukes instead, such a more durable binding and has a din that you can use
    Though I can't argue about the din. Durability, I beg to differ.....




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    Quote Originally Posted by Kya View Post
    Though I can't argue about the din. Durability, I beg to differ.....



    Is that with Dynafits?
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    Yep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kya View Post

    Man it must hurt everytime someone drills a pair of Iggies. I was in the shop with Adam (the dude who makes Iggies) the day he mounted mine, and you could just tell, deep down inside he didn't want to put a bunch of holes in those beautifull boards. I know I want Dynafits on mine just the thought od someone drilling them again is so depressing.
    I think a pair of Vertical ST's would suit your Iggies well. Plus, I bet Adam would drill them and give those boards a little touch up.

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    can't believe you didn't pre-release. btw....Nice photos!

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnykim View Post
    can't believe you didn't pre-release. btw....Nice photos!
    Why would he pre release? Dynafit does not spell Marker.

    Edit: sick shots Kya
    Last edited by telechuck; 10-18-2007 at 12:52 PM. Reason: sick shots

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeStrummer View Post
    Bro 192s with a 115 waist mounted with Dynafit?

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    ^^^^ making that happen soon.

    I can't believe that day was on Dynafits Kya. Kya is one of the smoothest skiers I've been able to ski with, so I can see how he pulled that off. I can say with almost 100% certainty, Z and marshal would be picking up little pieces of plastic and metal if attempted (by no means am I implying Z and shal' aren't smooth, they just have the ability to break ANYTHING without a DIN of at least 16 ).
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