Broken FKS Heel: threaded metal stuck in heel arm

[DropCliffsNotBombs]

Shop guys hate these finicky, overpriced clamps. Shop guys love, Tyrolia Attack 13’s and 16’s. Buy Tyrolia’s!

Go on now

^^^ THIS ^^^

[Mustonen]

What? Why? You might buy a car your mechanic enjoys working on. Maybe. But a binding? Why would you give a fuck?

[DropCliffsNotBombs]

If your mechanic told you to stay away from a certain model car, you wouldn't listen to him?

[gwat]

If I drove a vehicle for 300+ days with zero issues and a 'mechanic' suggested I get something better and more reliable I'd get a new mechanic.

[SumJongGuy]

We can't possibly save the planet by throwing away binding parts that only require a couple hours work to get them functional again.. for a few more ski days amirite???

[Mustonen]

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...maybe? If he’s just bitching because you have to remove the exhaust manifold to change the spark plugs, I’m not going to sweat it much. That’s more or less what we’re talking about here, except on a comically different scale. Mounting my own bindings, it’s never been something I’ve thought about twice. I’m not doing release tests, though, and I don’t have 50 pairs behind mine that I need to mount, too.

[gwat]

I've been mounting these bindings for the last 26 years. No joke.

Cool, you obviously are an authority on this subject. I just started skiing last week.

The forward pressure is NOT finite. It changes quite a bit as you push down or pull up on the boot heel. (try it, you'll see)

If you can pull your boot heel up your forward pressure is wrong.

The heel DOES NOT center the boot reliably. (again, try it, you'll see

This genuinely confuses me.....the boot is samwiched between the silver rivets on the base, no way the boot could be off center. The dildo can be off center on the boot, but that's way different of your claim of an off center boot.

The brakes are NOT interchangeable. That's why they are sold in specific brake widths.

But shops can get you different width brakes....that you can change out. Yes, it involves unthreading TWO! arms (as opposed to the single screw of other designs). Too much threading on and off for you eh? And aren't most (all?) bindings sold by brake width these days?

The boot gouging problem does depend on the type of plastic used in the boot shell. Some are worse than others.

I've never seen this, but I guess that is unfortunate for people with uber soft boots? Does it affect performance at all, or are you more worried about your boots looking good for apres?

Having to reach down and use your hands in order to step into your bindings is lame. Two-piece heel pieces are much "softer" to step into than single pivot designs.

Dunno, I usually have no problem stepping in. Although I rarely lose my skis. That's probably due to the mad elasticity of my bindings. How about on XXXsteeps - being able to reach down and gingerly engage the binding while perched on vertical ice is waaay more comfy than having to smash your boot in.

Also, I'm pretty sure that I don't suck skiing powder having been a pro skier for 17 years of my life including competing on the World Tour Big Mountain circuit, being featured in multiple ski movies and magazine covers. (thanks for the insult though).

I'm so much radder than you.

Check your forward pressure. It's probably off...

Unlikely.

You can ride whatever crappy bindings you want, more turntables for the rest of us.

[waxman]

Shop guys hate these finicky, overpriced clamps. Shop guys love, Tyrolia Attack 13’s and 16’s. Buy Tyrolia’s!

Go on now

as gwat and others have answered the other BS posted I'll address this


no one not getting paid to ride them likes Tyrolias
as a "shop guy" I love pivots, to ski and to mount what's not to like about all metal goodness in the heel

[GPP33]

If your mechanic told you to stay away from a certain model car, you wouldn't listen to him?

No, he has a vested interest in me coming to him for work. If he says not to get it it's probably because he won't make any money off of me if I do.

Actually I am my own mechanic so yea, I'd listen to my mechanic, even though he's an ass hole.

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I'm so much radder than you [/QUOTE]

But do you have the belt ?