DIN setting on Look PX12 ti JIBS

JeffNH

JeffNH

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The shop set em up at 8 and that was working for a while, but lately i've been releasing too early in certain situations. To the point where I won't even butter anymore people i'll pop out half the time. So, what i'm looking for is from someone who actually knows what they're talking about, to advise me on the situation.
FYI:I'm ~185lbs.
 
well im the same weight as u, and my shop set my bindings to 8.5 and first day i poped out when i tried to butter, I run my dins at 11 and that seems to work, and i still pop out sometimes, but i dont wanna be locked in.
 
Put your boot in your binding. Behind the part of the binding that snaps up when you click in (dildo thing), there should be a yellow indicator that moves inside of a window. The yellow indicator should be in the middle of the window. If it's all yellow or hardly yellow, push the tab on the back of the binding upwards and move the binding forward or backward accordingly until you window shows half yellow and half nothing when snapped in.

You've set your forward pressure.

Hope that helps!
 
can someone explain to me why everyone rides there dins so high. im 6 foot 4 235 pounds and pretty much only butter( butter 3's, favorite trick)and i never pop out. my dins are at 8
 
^^^ Cause they land on their edges... haha

Don't need super high DIN's. Unless skis pop off in powder off cliffs. That's annoying. haha
 
Do yourself (and your knees) a favor, go to your shop, pay the $5, $10, $15 (depending on the shop) and have them do a binding test...sometimes wear on your boot can change your forward pressure, sometimes the springs will loosen changing you DIN (so and 8 is more like a 4 or 5). They'll do a binding adjustment, when they do this they'll put it in a machine that will test the DIN so it makes sure that the DIN is correct, and they'll test the forward pressure. Trust me, it's worth the trip to the shop and $15 for the test - cause blowing out your knee can cost THOUSANDS of dollars and MONTHS of time (no to mention it's extremely painful). Most resorts even have a shop at them so you can have them checked when you get there, test them on the hill - them if somethings wrong you can go back to the shop and explain. By adjusting your own DIN and Forward Pressure, you're taking some MAJOR risks.
 
^^^ Very true words.

disclaimer time? I'm not responsible for you screwing with your bindings or your knees... This is just how the shops do it.

:D
 
Super good info on this thread! Im waiting for my px12's to arrive in the mail from Evo gear. I love skiing, but it always seems like bindings are the things that hurt me, not the jumps.
 
Do you have big feet? Im assuming you do with your size, and DIN doesn't need to be as high with a bigger BSL. You'll see if you look at a DIN chart. My other question to the OP-What is your BSL? That factors into DIN too, but it sounds like you should find out about your forward pressure as well
 
It always has...it has to do with leverage, a shorter foot has more leverage therefore requires a higher DIN. Same reason height has to do with it.
 
My BSL is 305mm. I'll check forward pressure tomorrow. It's mostly my left ski popping off if I set my spin before i pop. But it has me sketched on going for butter 3/5's off knuckles knowing they pop easy.
 
Think I found part of the problem. I bought the ski/binding combo new in January of this year. But I think the shop messed up mounting them. (Def won't be buying next pair there) They stripped two of the screws on the heel piece of my left binding (left ski graphics wise). Brought the skis back in and they epoxied. Seemed to hold for a while. But while fucking with the forward pressure just now I noticed two screws had backed out again. And I can only screw one back in snug, the other just spins.
As for forward pressure, both were mostly yellow, maybe to the first notch was black. I'm going to assume that has something to do with it. But the stripped binding may be the culprit.
Thoughts?
 
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