Why you should not adjust your own bindings.

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TwinTipWonder

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(in the case that youre not certified). There is a lot more to bindings than just setting what looks like the right boot size.

>Foward pressure. Even though your boots might look like they fit in the bindings, you might not have the correct foward pressure pushing the boot into the toe. This means your boot might even wobble around inside the toe, which will result in you prereleasing constantly.

>DIN. Unless you know what DIN you should be riding at, and you know exactly what works for you (or you know how to read the chart), dont touch the DIN settings. It more than just turning a screw, DIN is dependent on ability, weight and sole length.

>Other adjustments. Moreso just salomon bindings, but ive met countless people who had no idea that there were even adjustments on the toe, nevertheless there are TWO. First the wing setting might be too tight/loose preventing/promoting pre/no release under proper conditions. Secondly, the top pressure, that will hold the boot to the friction plate down. Too tight, you wont come out, too lose, same as the wing effect.

>A lot of you, even if you think you know about things like this, dont have proper knowledge, or the ability to read the gauges and (sounding stupid to some) but the DIN charts as well. You dont just go up and over.

>Even though i personally dont like the LINE bindings, Jordan Judd stated that a lot of the problems prereleasing were at fault of improper binding settings. Whether thats just an excuse or not, its still a good idea to get them adjusted correctly.

>Dont touch your bindings guys, its just that simple. Bindings are made to react properly when they are SET properly. Dont run the risk of hurting yourself. Most shops will do it for free, and even ones that wont, buy a pack of gum and ask them nicely. No more posts of if or how to adjust bindings.

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i mess around with my bindings all the time. when i get my skis mounted at my shop according to the info i give them and the chart they use i should ride a 7ish din but thats way to low. so i crank em up to 10 then move the heel peices(rossie bindings) forward so they relese even less. i find thats what works best for me.

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Only problem is a lot of guys at shops have no idea what they are talking about because most people do not ski in the park. A guy at my shop told me that I should have my din set really low for riding park...

 
Thats why I have a problem with what twin tipper has been saying. alot of shop guys dont know what the fuck there talking about. They read the shit of a manuel or off a chart.

 
kjfreerider, go right ahead and adjust your bindings. but i woulnt start fucking with where your heel piece is. Yes its gonna keep you in, but so would nailing your boots to your skis.

 
i got my din set all the way to the end

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no wonder i haven't had problems with my line bindings. i'm certified and i adjusted them myself so they're fine.

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I got my bindings profesionally installed, he asked me what level of skier I was, and I told him advanced. After reviewing the din chart, he set my bindings to 5. I pre-released 3 times skiing one big mountain run with bumps in it. I cranked my bindings up to 9 and they come off everytime I need them to, but dont pre-release when I'm enjoying a casual run through variable snow conditions. So while I get what you're saying, if you ski agressively, following the din chart, in my opinion, could be more dangerous than if you just experiment and find out what setting suits your style of skiing best. And salomon bindings are a pain in the ass, look/rossi bindings work better and are much simpler.

 
having the din minned or maxxed out is very bad for the spring inside the binding. get a binding where your din setting is somewhere in the middle.

 
dont mess with your shit, unless you REALLY know what your doing...trust me...

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haha is this a joke? forward pressure is so easy to check, it takes like 2 seconds to adjust forward pressure. DIN settin, look at a chart, and use a screwdriver. done.

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i would never change anything except my din myself, they usually set my din at 7 and i usually bump it up to about 8. i have adjusted the wings on the toe piece of a salomon binding cause i didn;t have much of a choice to try to keep my boot in (they where mounted for a larger sized boot)and i didn;t have any other skis. i just moved the wings in a bit and crank the din up to 8.5 and i was fine.

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i have mine set at 12 din, and they release everytime I want them too. if you have strong legs, especially around your knees, having sharp-edged skis bouncing around you everywhere after a fall is way more dangerous than having them on your feet.

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but you do have to realize that your risking your mcl and acl with messing around with that shit.

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no matter how strong your legs are if your knee starts rotating the wrong way you're gonna be hurtin

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jacob is totally wrong about that shit. strong legs only matter when you are in balance. once you are off balance, your strength doesn't make much difference. that is when your skis are supposed to come off. but, i have blown my knee out, so i guess that i must have weak legs. pep must also have weak legs. and what about candide? he has blown both knees. he must have really weak legs -- i don't know how he manages to go as huge as possible and stomp it with those weak legs of his.

anyway, i guess that you might bruise yourself or some shit if you ski comes off when you land. but, it took me a year to feel good after i blew my knee; it takes a couple days at most to feel better after i bruise or cut myself on an errant ski.

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oh yeah. word to the starter of this thread. it is good advice. it is definitely easy to adjust bindings -- just figure out what you're doing before you just start turning screws.

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yea thats true, dont fuck with you're bindings unless you know what you are doing. and if you do know, then its easy as hell. just find out from someone with the know-how.

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simmers change your damn signature, it's hard to take you seriusly with a retarted annoying signature like that.

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Guys in the shops actually do know exactly what they are talking about. The DIN chart is a legal thing, and setting your DIN at anything but what the chart advises puts the shop in a liability situation with the customer if they were injured because of their bindings.

 
i crank the din 2 10 and tighten all the bolts as tight as they can go with my boots on and im fine

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hmm we were told to disregard the 1- and 3+ on the work forms. amen to the kid who started this thread, you know whats up. particularly with salomon bindings, if you dont know how to set the binding properly, you are gonna rip your knees apart. your din could be set to 12 and thw wings are not tight enough, in which case you may be able to turn your foot out of the binding, but get in a rearward twisting fall situation, where the binding has to release upwards, and goodbye ACL.

 
Solomon bindings could be set at 14 and they would still pre-release all the time for me. How does a company with such a strong background in skiing have such shitty bindings. I haven't even met someone in real life who actually likes Solomon bindings.

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you have now just met someone who likes salomons. haha but im a pretty small guy so i dont pop out to much or prerelease.

 
HE IS RIGHT

but

WHY YOU SHOULDNT BUY FROM ABSOLUTE SKI SHOP

He makes things up and hasnt the slightest clue about the industry.

Many people dont like twin tip wonder

and most importantly, THEY DONT CARRY NINTHWARDS

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^ how clever of you to bring up stuff that is already in endless amounts of ridicuals arguments in other threads

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asac, what din do you have your lines at, cause they kept poppin off when i was landing switch so i cranked the dins up to 8, now, no problems

 
^ i've got mine on 10 and they stay on pretty nicely. You guys need to consider places outside of the park where you sure as hell don't want your skis coming off. Just use your own judgement. if you've skied enough you should know when your skis should come off and when they shouldn't and then adjust your din accordingly.

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For whoever said a prereleased ski wont hurt more than few days, I personally saw someone cut the tendon behind his knee clean in half after landing on his ski.

 
if your not experienced with bindings or have not skied that long and don't know much about this do as he says and have a shop take care of it. some of us think we know what to do but really don't we want to ski again tomorow !!!

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mine are fine, salomon and marker certified

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erica, youre wrong thats why they have you sign the little sheet thingy, its a waiver so there is no liability and im almost positive youll find a different DIN chart in every shop

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yea if you dont know what your doing dont fuck around

seen way to much stupid shit working at shop

 
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