Pivot brakes for Vishnu wets?

iDontHitRails

iDontHitRails

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Got some wets coming in the mail, 75 or 95 pivot brake width? I hate when the brakes stick out but also I think the 88mm waist on the wets might be pushing the 75mm brakes a little too hard. For those of you with wets and pivots; what brake size did you go with?
 
topic:iDontHitRails said:
Got some wets coming in the mail, 75 or 95 pivot brake width? I hate when the brakes stick out but also I think the 88mm waist on the wets might be pushing the 75mm brakes a little too hard. For those of you with wets and pivots; what brake size did you go with?
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I got two pairs of wet mounted with 95s and have no issues with them

i feel like 75 might be asking for issues and shi
 
this one is a judgment call. i prefer bending out 75s but that takes work and can be a little jerry rigged. 95 will work well but i personally hate any overhang so i go 75
 
14553933:SofaKingSick said:
this one is a judgment call. i prefer bending out 75s but that takes work and can be a little jerry rigged. 95 will work well but i personally hate any overhang so i go 75
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I have a pair of skis with hella overhang and one time the brake caught on my pants upon a landing (because they’re super baggy and Swaggy) and I ate shit so hard because of it
 
I got some with the 95s and it’s fine, but I also have a pair with ancient fks 155s that were made for race skis and the brake has got to be 75 at best, haven’t had a problem with those either

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For reference, these are 75s on a 86mm ski. It’s a tight fit but it’s possible.

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Also what 95s look like on the same ski

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Both are functional without being in the way.

The tight fit on the 75s does make splitting them not so smooth.
 
95, I don’t have any problem with brakes catching each other. I tried to mount with the 75s last year and they would need a serious bend.
 
Modern 95's retract. If you go with 75's, mount them first and then bend once you have a boot clicked into the binding so you don't get the death rattle.
 
14555430:jompcock said:
Modern 95's retract. If you go with 75's, mount them first and then bend once you have a boot clicked into the binding so you don't get the death rattle.
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Pivots do not retract regardless of the size. They just fold up.
 
14555436:PartyBullshiit said:
Pivots do not retract regardless of the size. They just fold up.
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They do though. I don't know if this is a semantics argument but when the part the boot heel touches gets pushed all the way flat, it forces the brake arms inward. older/narrower pivot brakes don't do this. If you bend the brakes without a boot in the binding they no longer do this and rattle around. My skis are at my parents house rn but I can take a video later.
 
14555449:jompcock said:
They do though. I don't know if this is a semantics argument but when the part the boot heel touches gets pushed all the way flat, it forces the brake arms inward. older/narrower pivot brakes don't do this. If you bend the brakes without a boot in the binding they no longer do this and rattle around. My skis are at my parents house rn but I can take a video later.
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Maybe we have different ideas of what retracting brakes means. All pivot brakes slightly move inwards when maximum pressure is put on the pad. That is not a retracting brake.

Like most other modern bindings which go up and inwards to a large degree. Which is why most other bindings brake wise are much easier to bend.

pivots because they don’t actually retract and have an extreme angle on their bends require a lot more work to get them to fit.

thats why you have to be more cautious fitment wise with pivots, because they don’t retract like typical brakes.

I have a 95, 115, 130 all sitting in my room mounted. The 95 are last years Pitt vipers. None of them retract like other modern bindings.
 
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