PSA: Mount your own fucking skis.

[Kopi_Red]

Mounted a couple pairs of skis this week for Kopi_red.

191 Goliaths @0 for 305mm


192 Pro Riders @0 for 305mm

Those Pro Rider's look so good. The best part is they ski way better than they look!

[undertow2]

Mounted a couple pairs of skis this week for Kopi_red.

191 Goliaths @0 for 305mm


192 Pro Riders @0 for 305mm

Holy shit I overlooked this post...! That is a two ski quiver overlap I am greatly envious of... Always and I mean alwys wanted the Goliath and need to step up and get a new set of LPs to replace my stolen LPs...! Nicely done gents...!

[Kopi_Red]

they'd look & ski better with stickers

[reckless toboggan]

I mounted a set of these myself. I should really get around to taking a pic and posting it here...

[Meadow Skipper]

Yesterday's adventure in shade-tree ski teching:


I used this Kingpin template that Alpinord linked on his slidewright.com site. Worked fine, I test-checked it for the bsl, ignoring the printed guide:
http://www.powderguide.com/community...nhang1477.html

[John_B]

It's not cutting edge but I was able to squeak a mount in between a few pretty existing holes. Here's hoping that the bindings stay attached to the skis.

[abraham]

Nice, I have some skis to mount real soon. Inserts too, but I have to order those

[blackdog102395]

I've mounted several pairs of my own fucking skis with dynafits. All has gone well using the Wildsnow template and tutorial. Just got a pair of LINE Sick Day Tourists and I'm going to fucking mount them with a pair of TLT Classic Speeds. I haven't every mounted LINEs. Anything special to know about their "Cloud Core" or anything else? What beer goes best with mounting LINEs?

[mr_pretzel]

If a ski has been mounted for a huge boot prior and I am now mounting for a much smaller size. All my heel piece holes are in front of the old mount. Does this significantly weaken the ski? Or should just l mount'em and ski em.
I realise that all remounts probably weaken a ski somewhat

[Breomonkey]

Keep spacing to a decent distance it should be fine. There's plenty of discussion here on how close you can really go. If you're gutsy and willing to take a little bit more of a risk tolerance approach, some will even go so far as to overlap holes with the right technique but that's a whole different story. Most of the templates will have a circle around the centerpoint of the hole if you're outside of this with your other set of holes life should be pretty good.

If it's close on the hill move the mounting plate for a few millimeters and then just adjusted heel piece backwards. Do a test mount first to make sure you have the range in the adjustment.

[skimaxpower]

Anything special to know about their "Cloud Core" or anything else? What beer goes best with mounting LINEs?

Nothing special about mounting Line skis. If they have metal, drill with a 4.1mm bit. Otherwise, drill with a 3.5mm bit. And always tap all holes. Because the skis are cheaply made in China, it might be worth the effort to double measure the boot center line and make sure it's the same distance from tip/tail on both skis.

As for beer to accompany Line skis ...

[riff]

Success! Both just so damn sexy.

[Norseman]

My turn.

These are giving me some serious wood.

[dschane]

Or should just l mount'em and ski em.

Yes. But don't take my jackass word for it.

[Vitamin I]

I've craved Prior skis for a long time. I mounted black Salomon 916 onto carbon version 193cm Prior A-Star skis. Murdered out ninjas. Mounted for 314mm BSL at -9.6cm from true center (+0.7cm from manufacturer's mark).


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[Andyski]

My turn.

These are giving me some serious wood.

I want to impregnate that rig. Fucking perfect. Strong work.

[skimaxpower]

This makes me glad that 110mm Dynafit ski crampons are black, just so they don't mess with the sex appeal of this rig.

[Boissal]

My turn.

These are giving me some serious wood.

Dead sexy. I have as pair of the same clamps to mount and I'm salivating already...

[reckless toboggan]

My turn.

These are giving me some serious wood.

But it says "Only for Marker Bindings" right on the ski...you've ruined them.

Better send the whole setup to me, before you seriously hurt yourself.

[emoji12]

[jackattack]

How would you rate the difficulty of that mount?
- 4 beers

[TAFKALVS]

How would you rate the difficulty of that mount?
- 4 beers

I would not drink space dust and try to mount $1200 carbon fiber skis that have a special mount pattern, but I'm not an enginerd like Norseman.

[jackattack]

I would not drink space dust and try to mount $1200 carbon fiber skis that have a special mount pattern, but I'm not an enginerd like Norseman.

I'll assume the space dust was the post-mount celebration. Still an expert level maneuver.

[chill winston]

did my first tech binding mount. finally getting a new lightweight setup after skiing on my old ultralight mountaineering rig. Fischer Hannibal 94 w. Speed Turns. Measured 50 times before I drilled because I was super paranoid of fucking these up. Tough drill through the fischer mounting plate, but the upside is that they feel SOLID. Thanks to everyone in this thread for all the tips, templates, etc.



Next to the old rig these will replace. The old minty greens have served me well on a decade plus of high and light tours but it is time to say good bye. Helping is that the new skis/bindings only weigh about 200g more each despite being 184s vs. 177s and 94mm at the waist vs. 67 underfoot -- so they are going to ski a helluva lot better I also weighed the old bellowed F1 vs. the new F1 superslippers and they give back almost twice the weight increase of the skis. So the new setup is way better and lighter. Progress fucken rules.



Next to the sidecountry, day tripper/short tour setup. I won't even tell you what this setup weighs

[N1CK.]

Anyone know what binding will play well with a Tyrolia Attack demo drilling?

I pulled attack13 demos and went to drill for StH2 and I'm finding some issues with the heel. To keep the toe on the line I have to mount the heel way off and max out the fore/aft adjustability in order to maintain 1cm between holes. I'd like to use these STH2s but it isn't looking good.

(mounting for a 325bsl, fwiw)

[Muggydude]

Not sure what template/Jig you're using but I'd be comfortable being max 17.5mm ahead of the heel track midpoint on STH2's (32mm total travel by my calculations). Officially closer to 14.5mm forward from center mark. This is using my template in the sticky.

This is also as long as you think you'll keep the same size boot for a while. Remember the STH2 heel track has the floating front holes - you could move those back/forward a couple mm relative to the rearmost holes to help you with clearence to little ill effect