Frame Bindings

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toe-bang-gang

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Anyone have any experience with frame touring bindings? I thinking of putting them on my pow skis just so I have the option to go into the slack country. I understand it will add significant weight I am wondering there are any other trade offs.
 
up to you to decide whether or not frame bindings are the solution for you, of course. but if you do, i suggest the tyrolia adrenalins, they're what i landed on when i decided what frame binding to get and i was very happy with them
 
Forgive the shitty basement pic but this is still my go to for “maybe it will be deep maybe it won’t— maybe I’ll tour maybe I won’t” type of skiing.

I said well I’ll switch to a tech set up when I get tired of dragging this weight around or start doing bigger tours- and just didn’t get to that point yet ?‍♂️

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**This post was edited on Mar 4th 2021 at 3:22:10pm
 
Yeah, I have. I had tyrolia adrenalins. I had them on some K2 Sidestashes. It was an alright setup but the motion when touring started to feel really unnatural because you’re having to lift your feet at an angle because the joint is in front of your toes. The actual switching from tour to ski is super easy with poles.
 
I'd avoid frame bindings if ya can. I got some for my first touring setup. The weight isn't too bad but the more foreword pivot point is kinda killer on the hip flexors for the uphill. I skied them probably 25 days in the backcountry until I snapped the middle support bars in half landing backseat on a 360 in pow. They still worked in ski mode but were unusable in walk mode. I also had weird pre-release issues with the barons and my Lange xt free 130s before I ever broke them.

Daymakers seem like an ok option. I would try and get cast if you already have pivots.

Otherwise; I replaced my barons with kinpins. I love em. That setup has sort of turned into a dedicated backcountry rig at this point but from the times I have skied the kingpins in resort they have been surprisingly solid, just not all that damp. The kingpins actually seem to release more consistently than my barons did too although they are no where near as trustworthy as pivots.
 
14253543:Hometownerz said:
I'd avoid frame bindings if ya can. I got some for my first touring setup. The weight isn't too bad but the more foreword pivot point is kinda killer on the hip flexors for the uphill. I skied them probably 25 days in the backcountry until I snapped the middle support bars in half landing backseat on a 360 in pow. They still worked in ski mode but were unusable in walk mode. I also had weird pre-release issues with the barons and my Lange xt free 130s before I ever broke them.

Daymakers seem like an ok option. I would try and get cast if you already have pivots.

Otherwise; I replaced my barons with kinpins. I love em. That setup has sort of turned into a dedicated backcountry rig at this point but from the times I have skied the kingpins in resort they have been surprisingly solid, just not all that damp. The kingpins actually seem to release more consistently than my barons did too although they are no where near as trustworthy as pivots.
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also my barons would ice over while touring and transitions took forever. With the kinpins I can rip skins and go to ski mode without taking my skis off. Takes about a minute to transition compared to ~15.
 
marker ones are trash imo, the tyrolia ones are your best bet. if you are on a budget and won't be touring a lot they aren't bad. obviously there are better options out there but if you can get them for cheap they're worth the money and are still safer/more reliable than the majority of touring options when it comes to releases and retention
 
I'd go with Daymakers if I were you. Much better than having to remount for frames (+ the stack height can be a bitch).

If you do want frames, the Tyrolia Adrenaline is BY FAR your best bet. 1000 times better than the Markers
 
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