The Official Salomon S/Lab SHIFT MNC Thread -AMA

[LeeLau]

Been skiing Atomic Backland 107s with SHIFT last little while

The Backland is so light but destroys pow. The crazy looking super thin HRZN tip looks like it'll flap around and/or fall off but it really works. Floats fine in pow but still has heft so you can drive it through mank with a bit of pressure. The SHIFT binding keeps delivering without issues. More i use it the less faffing around you do for transitions.

12 days so far on Salomon and Atomic versions.

[dcpnz]

Got to check out a pair in person this weekend.
I was impressed. Toe and heel pieces seemed as solid as any alpine binding and the shift to and from touring mode has a reassuringly solid 'thunk' to it.
Brakes and heel lifter seemed a little lighter duty perhaps to save a bit of weight where possible but the important bits looked really good.
The Salomon athlete who I trust was pretty pumped on them too.

[Rossymcg]

The Duke and Guardian are heavy and tour poorly, which were pretty obvious from the beginning, they were just successful because people wanted a touring binding that skied like an alpine binding. Are there more faults I'm not thinking of? Do they ski much worse than most alpine binding? I've used Dukes for almost all my inbounds skiing the last several years, they've seemed to be very reliable and perform well.

successfull because they ski like an alpine binding or because they didn't want to own AT boots as well?

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[Rossymcg]

But if a) the wife only let me have one set up - it would be the shifts on a 105/106 ski like the Quests I tried em on with some nice stiff touring boots- luckily my issue isn’t that I can’t buy new skis just if I buy myself a pair - I have to buy her a pair.

if in either of the above mentioned situations best advice is to find another woman



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[SkiLyft]

For the front rangers and summit peeps. Shifts will be apart of the LL demos this weekend!
https://backcountrymagazine.com/back...2018-loveland/


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[LeeLau]

Pictures telling a thousand words the SHIFT brakes run wide.

100m brakes on a 99m ski (2018-9) Salomon QST99.

Left is tour mode. Right is ski mode. Tons of clearance

If you get the brakes too wide you can hit them when skinning in pow which forces the brakes from stowed away tour mode to walk mode. So get the brakes to fit your ski (duh)

[JPaul]

Pictures telling a thousand words the SHIFT brakes run wide.

Thanks LeeLau,

Really helpful. Looks like I can get those on my Protests w/minimal bending!

Cheers,
Paul

[LeeLau]

Thanks LeeLau,

Really helpful. Looks like I can get those on my Protests w/minimal bending!

Cheers,
Paul

No problem - if i remember I'll take pics of the Atomic SHIFTS 110mm brake on the 107 Atomic Backland

[margotron]

I'm considering the 4frnt Raven, line sick day tourist and sick day 104 as 75% out, 25% inbound to pair with shift. Dont think I want to go lighter than 1700g. Blister loves all 3 skiis, they won best of in touring:

Weights and lengths measured

Raven: 183cm, 104mm, 1750g, full rocker
Tourist: 183cm, 102mm, 1750g, camber
Sick day: 185cm, 104mm, 1900g, camber


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[auvgeek]

I'm considering the 4frnt Raven, line sick day tourist and sick day 104 as 75% out, 25% inbound to pair with shift. Dont think I want to go lighter than 1700g. Blister loves all 3 skiis, they won best of in touring:

Weights and lengths measured

Raven: 183cm, 104mm, 1750g, full rocker
Tourist: 183cm, 102mm, 1750g, camber
Sick day: 185cm, 104mm, 1900g, camber

Cool story, bro...? Did you have a question, or were you just posting to let everyone know what skis you're considering?

[margotron]

Cool story, bro...? Did you have a question, or were you just posting to let everyone know what skis you're considering?

I posted too fast, bro


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[margotron]

Disclaimer: I'm new to this BC stuff. Been trying to overcome my ignorance but not there clearly.

Anyone have experience with these? Relative stiffness, float, etc? Will be my first bc ski.

Last: how much am I going to notice that 150g? I won't be doing more than 3000 vert usually, sometimes 5k.

I'm considering the 4frnt Raven, line sick day tourist and sick day 104 as 75% out, 25% inbound to pair with shift. Dont think I want to go lighter than 1700g. Blister loves all 3 skiis, they won best of in touring:

Weights and lengths measured

Raven: 183cm, 104mm, 1750g, full rocker
Tourist: 183cm, 102mm, 1750g, camber
Sick day: 185cm, 104mm, 1900g, camber


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[Name Redacted]

Anyone figured out if the Shift hole pattern will be similar to other Salomon binders like the Warden? Would like to upgrade possibly next season without swiss cheezin the new skies.

[jacob_dbu]

Anyone figured out if the Shift hole pattern will be similar to other Salomon binders like the Warden? Would like to upgrade possibly next season without swiss cheezin the new skies.

They will not be the same, but I don't know if they can share any holes yet. There was a preliminary template put a few pages back that you could work that out from. I'm too lazy...

[TahoeJ]

Did we come to the conclusion that pulling kingpins and mounting shifts would be fine as far as the toe piece is concerned?

[FlimFlamvanHam]

Pictures telling a thousand words the SHIFT brakes run wide.

100m brakes on a 99m ski (2018-9) Salomon QST99.

Left is tour mode. Right is ski mode. Tons of clearance

If you get the brakes too wide you can hit them when skinning in pow which forces the brakes from stowed away tour mode to walk mode. So get the brakes to fit your ski (duh)

the first bend in brake is how close to the deck? i only ask because from that perspective and your advice of that being a 100mm brake on a similar width ski looks like it would fit a 110 or more?

[LeeLau]

the first bend in brake is how close to the deck? i only ask because from that perspective and your advice of that being a 100mm brake on a similar width ski looks like it would fit a 110 or more?

It might. They're wide. Like I said i dont recommend overbending but feel free to try. You can always shave the plastic from the inner arms

[TahoeJ]

Think a 100mm brake could fit a 108mm ski? Or is that pushing it a bit much?

We're up to 21 pre orders for the Tahoe Mountain Sports deal, and I suspect brake size indecision is playing a factor in some people not pulling the trigger yet.

[LeeLau]

Think a 100mm brake could fit a 108mm ski? Or is that pushing it a bit much?

We're up to 21 pre orders for the Tahoe Mountain Sports deal, and I suspect brake size indecision is playing a factor in some people not pulling the trigger yet.

You guys (not you personally but everyone in this thread) keep asking the same question and I'll keep giving the same answer. I'm fairly confident it will work for 105mm. Beyond that you're on your own. Like someone else said upthread you're getting a group buy discount. Any more assurances needed and best to wait till they're in store and you can verify on whatever ski you want to put them on. If you don't want to pull the trigger because of brake size then that's fine.

[robnow]

Did we come to the conclusion that pulling kingpins and mounting shifts would be fine as far as the toe piece is concerned?

Didn't we figure out that the holes are totally different and far from having any conflict?

[TahoeJ]

Didn't we figure out that the holes are totally different and far from having any conflict?

Yes, I went back and found it after failing on my first attempt. Sorry for the repetition.

Anyway, I'm already in on the pre-order... and I figure if I want to change the brake size there's still plenty of time for that later on.

[doebedoe]

I may have missed it -- but has there been any discussion on the swappability of brakes?

I could see these being killer for a travel setup, with a couple of pairs of skis and inserts.

[scblurlt]

does anyone have the length of adjustment for the shift , want to use with two pairs of boots that differ by 9mm , my radical 2 have 15mm so hoping these will have that much ??

[meter-man]

does anyone have the length of adjustment for the shift , want to use with two pairs of boots that differ by 9mm , my radical 2 have 15mm so hoping these will have that much ??

What happened to JONG SLAUGHTER?

SEARCH JONG

It's in this thread multiple times. Google knows. Salomon's website states it. FUCKING SEARCH

[Judo Chop!]

presumably the mount jig puts it right to the middle of that stated adjustment range, right?