FKS Hype

[Caucasian_Asian]

Then you're not buying the right Tyrolia or Salomons.

 

[NMMedia]

Not true, snapped the heel track on my markers because they were plastic..

 

[linus_deboss]

i'm 60kg din at 10... over cranked?

 

[tomPietrowski]

True marker do use a plastic heel track but all the rest I can think of use at least some metal in the track.

 

[Session]

Yes. I'm 220, and ski at 10.

 

[linus_deboss]

maybe gotta mention... sessioning the burton european open kickers a lot these days... they're not small...

I just feel like everytime I put the din to 6 my bindings eject at the single smallest imperfect landing, where you could just ride it out ugly..

 

[Scotty_Boy]

I'm only 170 lbs. and I ski at 10 din. Most of us ski pretty hard, and a lower din just doesn't keep us in the bindings when we need to be.

 

[Park.]

I rock a 9.5 and im a little heavier than you and its honestly conservative for me. If you are throwing down then you should be fine.

For moguls I rock an 11 but thats absolutely needed so it also depends on what you are doing.

 

[Yorio]

Brakes on ANY binding aren not maybe to be ejected going switch.

 

[Caucasian_Asian]

Wat

 

[Yorio]

OP is whining the his FKS brake got bent because he ejected going switch. but no brake is designed to eject switch.

 

[last_tango]

The only complaint I have with the fks/pivot is that they are the most tricky binding to put on in pow and the slightest snow stuck on your boots will make you release in the binding. I know you are not suppose to have any snow on your boots but the fks is the most prone to disaster when you have snow on your boots over a sth, griffon/jester, tyrolia. I'm also not a fan of the ramp angle of the fks 14 but that can be fixed with a shim.

 

[Park.]

The ramp angle for all new high-end bindings are all relatively close to 0 if not 0, so what don't you like about it that you like on other bindings?

 

[last_tango]

I like to ski as flat as I can. I'm 5'11 220lbs and with me being big I don't have a problem leaning over and driving the tips of the skis. I don't need to be any further forward. My s914's have no ramp angle compared to the ramp angle the fks 14. Specs say zero but when you measure it its not level. Slid a trail map in between the boot and afd for some mellow groomers and it felt much better.

Boots are salomon ghosts fit professionally and had the back of the boot trimmed out to reduce forward lean. fks 14 on 187 4frnt yle's.

 

[Park.]

I have heard of reverse ramp but i never thought anyone actually used it... well anyway I assumed that you wanted more of a ramp angle anyway because the FKS I thought had between 1 and 4 so its still pretty close to flat.