HOW TO SET BINDINGS

We could re-title this thread I'll SPAM my software

It's not necessary to download any software to look at DIN Charts. Most of the Binding Manufacturers have them online, and unless you have been trained to set bindings it's probably not a good idea to try to adjust them yourself.

tomski wrote:my weight is 115kg ,or 254 lbs but will be down to 210 lbs after i have been training,

Off thread a bit, but surely the binding settings not the important parts of this thread.

Surely the stand out thing here is, what training plan are you going to use to lose 44lbs before the ski season??

Publish that, and you'll never have to build a house again!!

ok cat among pigeons time

if you are setting a salomon binding you need to use the salomon chart if you are setting a marker binding then use the marker chart etc etc

DIN should be DIN should be DIN but it is not, there are subtle differences between what the settings come out at on the different charts and these subtle differences can be the difference between a binding releasing and major knee surgery

in most case the charts are the same from skier to skier but there are a few anomolies and if a shop set the binding using the wrong chart then an accident occurs who is to blame??????? even if the setting is correct on the shops chart if that chart is not for the make of binding being adjusted how do you know!

there is of course all the other implications such as forward pressure, toe wings etc etc

in essence the only way to know that they really are set properly is to have them run through an electronic binding tester machine [i think there is only 4 or 5 in the UK in the next few years every rental operation in europe will HAVE to have one

also a small note on that electronic calculator ...it is out of date, where is the -1 and +3 type skiers that appear on some new charts [depending on brand]

it also should include the tibial crest measurements and torque releases

I trust my own abilities with a screwdriver over most of the kids working in ski shops/rental shops. It's kind of like setting oven temperature. "Turn the dial to 325 degrees. . . " There is no computation. No rocket science.

Oh, and I think most bindings will have trouble releasing on a directly forward fall.

Dshenberger, what about forward pressure?

Dshenberger, it may be that in your experience ski bindings do not release in direct forward falls. Perhaps you need to be trained to set ski bindings, as mine have always released in that situation (well in the last 16 winters anyway).

Are you speaking directly from experience using equipment that you have set, or set for others?