Feeler: like new FKS 155 w/ wide break

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mtsteeze406

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i have a pair of FKS 155 that i skied about 5 days or so. i also custom bent the bindings wide. they fit over my hellbents with ease...

just wodering how much i could get for these....
 
i definently want more than 100 dollars. and the only thing id trade for/ trade and pay would be some marker jester/dukes...
 
well put, and i didnt just bend these with the binding assembled, i compltley took it apart and bent bent them the right way...i would seriously consider paying and trading someone for a pair of jesters...
 
first of all there is almost no metal in the jester, and if you are paying $400 for a 16 din binding my guess is your going to want some metal in there. Next off the release system is almost no different then the traditional marker release. just a different heel.
 
If it proves to be durable and reliable, it should be decent. The only real potential selling point on it is zero ramp angle, which could be a good or bad thing. Again, wait for reviews.
 
Nah, it's the Dukes they can't stop talking about. I've not seen any real reports on the Jester.
 
thats because price wise, the duke is pretty in line with other top end AT bindings, whereas marker is kicking themselves in the ass by trying to sell the jester for 329, when its competing against bindings like fks, p/px 12 and 14, and salomon S914/916s, that already have a solid backing from the consumer marker, whereas the freeride community has completely bashed marker in the past. it's gonna be an uphill battle for that binding. i've skied it, and it skies really well, but i am not sure how i feel about the toe piece in that it doesnt really have a true vertical release.
 
i don't know of any other binding thats all metal and doesn't sell for fucking 300$. Sure Salomon bindings are high quality and ive ridden a pair for 3 years and i loved them. but after 3 years they are absoutely destroyed, ive been through at least 5 or 6 brakes. And their all metal bindings (916 and 914 race, etc) are easily 100$ more than any fks. The reason i bought a pair of fks is because models from yearsssssss ago, like 5+ are still being ridden just as hard. Id rather spend 170 on a brand new pair of fks 155 that will last me who know how long, than buy another palstic piece of shit that costs the same or more.
 
It was revolutionary...the pivogy system was amazing ang the safety tech that went into it was legit...they just had trouble getting it all together in a package that worked right. But with corporate back from K2, I wouldn't be surprised to see another attempt at that technology in a few years after more R&D.
 
yea the concept was sweet, but no vertical release toe piece. also, it looked frail, and i know that those 4 screws will hold me in, but i want bindings to be a permanent thing. and the brakes were.. gay. and everything about that binding was gay. i hope it stays burning in hell where it belongs.
 
Well, like I said it had some issues to be worked out. Vertical toe release, and brakes were a couple.

But the treaded inserts were the best idea for skis in about the last 30 years, what we're using to mount bindings is nothing more than a glorified wood screw...the inserts are far less likely to tear out and offer the option of switching between skis. I rally wish the ski industry would standardize a screw pattern, or a few different ones so we could go the insert route.
 
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